WILMINGTON, DE — Two men and two 16-year-old boys face weapons charges after Wilmington police reported recovering two loaded handguns, ammunition and marijuana while executing a warrant on Conrad Street.
According to police, members of the Safe Streets Task Force executed an administrative warrant around 11 a.m. Aug. 20 in the 1200 block of Conrad Street.
Officers encountered the two juveniles, 21-year-old Javierre Wilson and 19-year-old Antwain Canty, and took all four into custody without incident, police reported.
Investigators allegedly recovered a loaded .40-caliber handgun equipped with a switch, a loaded .45-caliber handgun with an obliterated serial number, multiple rounds of ammunition and 77 grams of marijuana.
The first 16-year-old was charged with two counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person prohibited, possession of a weapon with an obliterated serial number and possession of a destructive weapon. Police reported that he was arraigned in New Castle County Family Court and committed to Vision Quest on $32,000 secured bail.
The second 16-year-old was charged with four counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person prohibited, possession of a weapon with an obliterated serial number and possession of a destructive weapon. According to police, he was arraigned in New Castle County Family Court and committed to the New Castle County Detention Center on $27,500 cash-only bail.
Wilson was charged with possession of a weapon with an obliterated serial number and possession of a destructive weapon. Police reported that he was arraigned in New Castle County Court of Common Pleas and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Facility pending further proceedings.
Canty was charged with two counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person prohibited, possession of a weapon with an obliterated serial number and possession of a destructive weapon. According to police, he was arraigned in New Castle County Court of Common Pleas and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $70,000 cash-only bail.
All suspects, arrestees, and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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