Posted December 1, 2015 9:00 am by Comments

By Vanessa Torres

Marijuana and Guns

Charges include drug, hunting and firearms violations

Two men arrested near Townsend on multiple charges including drug, hunting and firearms violations
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)

Delaware -(Ammoland.com)- Following an investigation, DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police arrested two men Nov. 13 – the opening day of Delaware’s shotgun deer season – on multiple charges related to illegal hunting practices in southern New Castle County.

Michael J. Whitby, 43, of Townsend, was charged with:

  • two counts of possession of a firearm by a person prohibited
  • possession of firearm ammunition by a person prohibited
  • hunting with a rifle/illegal method of take
  • failure to display required hunter orange during a firearms deer season and hunting without a license.

Whitby was video-arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 7 in Dover and released on $25,150 unsecured bond pending a preliminary hearing in the New Castle County Court of Common Pleas. Two rifles were confiscated as evidence in the case.

Wayne D. Whitby, 41, of Dover, was charged with:

  • possession of marijuana
  • four counts of possession of drug paraphernalia
  • failure to display required hunter orange during a firearms deer season and hunting …Read the Rest

    Source:: AmmoLand

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