Teenager Arrested on Gun Charges Following Traffic Stop in Wyoming, DE

Delaware State Police have arrested a teenager from Wyoming, Delaware for felony gun and related charges following a traffic stop in Wyoming Tuesday night. Police say that on October 28th at about  8:50 p.m., a trooper saw a motorized scooter, with no light, traveling on Layton Avenue near Broad Street in Wyoming. The trooper pulled the scooter over, and spoke to the driver, identified as a 16-year-old male. While talking to the teen, the trooper saw a rectangular shaped object near his waistband, and after the trooper asked the teenager if he had anything on him, he ran away. After a short foot chase, the teenager was taken into custody without incident. During a search of the teen, the trooper found a loaded Polymer 80 9mm handgun, with no serial number, in his waistband. The 16-year-old was taken to Troop 3, where he was charged with several crimes. He was arraigned by the Justice of the Peace Court 7, and is now at Stevenson House Detention Center on a $21,200 secured bond. 

List of Charges:

• Possession of a Firearm by a Person Under 21 (Felony)
• Possession of Ammunition for a Firearm by a Person Under 21 (felony)
• Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony (Felony)
• Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon – Firearm (Felony)
• Possession of an Untraceable Firearm (Felony)
• Resisting Arrest
• Unlawful Operation of a Motorized Skateboard or Scooter on a Public Highway, Streets, Sidewalks, or Right of Way