Cheswold

Second Arrest in 5 Months leads to More Drug Charges

On 4/24/13 at approx. 5pm, Cpl. Louis Simms of the Cheswold Police Department made a traffic stop on a 1991 Jeep Cherokee for a traffic violation. When the vehicle came to a stop the driver, Raymon Stoker, 47 yr old w/m from Dover, DE exited the vehicle and approached the officer’s patrol vehicle. After speaking with the operator, who was arrested by Cpl. Simms in Dec. 2012 when he was charged with Traffic Violations, along with Drug Possession charges when it was found that he was hiding suspected marijuana and prescription pills in a Christmas Tree that he was transporting in the rear seat of the Toyota Celica that he was driving at the time, Cpl. Simms was given permission by the operator to search his vehicle. While searching the vehicle the officer found several open beer cans and a prescription bottle containing 42 pills. The operator was placed under arrest and charged with Posses, Consume a Controlled or Counterfiet Substance w/o prescription, Posession of Drug Paraphernalia, Driving while Suspended or Revoked and Failure when moving right, left or turning to Signal, he was araigned at JP Court 7 in Dover, posted $1,000 secured bail and was released.