Man, teens charged after waving guns in Bridgeville McDonald’s parking lot
A Maryland man and two teens face felony gun charges after police said they were reported waving guns April 9 at the McDonald’s near Bridgeville, and the teens resisted arrest.
Delaware State Police were called at 9:56 p.m. to the McDonald’s on Route 13 for a report of people in a white car waving firearms at patrons, police said. Police spotted a white Mazda in the parking lot with three males and when police approached, police said, one of the teens walked away. Police retraced the teens path and found a loaded firearm with extended magazine hidden between parked vehicles in the parking lot, police said.
With help from the Bridgeville Police Department,police said, troopers searched the area and apprehended the 17-year-old from Cambridge after a foot pursuit. He physically resisted arrest and was ultimately taken into custody, police said.
A front passenger, a 17-year-old from Delmar, tried to flee on foot, police said, and then actively resisted arrest and struggled with troopers during apprehension, which damaged a trooper’s uniform pants. A loaded firearm was recovered from his waistband, police said, and the teen also initially provided a false name and date of birth.
The rear passenger, identified as Dion Garner, 36, of Preston, Md., was taken into custody without incident. A loaded firearm was found in a bag on the floor of the vehicle directly in front of Garner’s seat, near his feet, police said, and a computer check revealed the firearm was reported stolen within the jurisdiction of the New Kensington Police Department in Pennsylvania. Police said Garner had active warrants for his arrest, and is a convicted felon prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.
All three suspects were taken to Troop 5, where they were each charged with aggravated menacing, carrying a concealed firearm, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and second-degree conspiracy.
Garner was also charged with possession of a firearm within 10 years of prior conviction of any felony and receiving a stolen firearm. The teens were also charged with possession of a deadly weapon by persons under 18, possession of large capacity magazine during commission of a felony, and resisting arrest. The Delmar teen was charged with provide false statement to law enforcement with intent to delay/hinder investigation of a felony, and criminal mischief under $1,000.
All were arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 7 and committed on secured bond- Garner on $52,500 to Sussex Correctional Institution; and both teens to the Stevenson House Detention Center, the Delmar teen on $48,100 and the Maryland teen on $43,000.
