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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Troopers Seize Marijuana After Drug Raid At Local Motel


Rehoboth Beach - The Delaware State Police have arrested two persons after they executed a drug related search warrant at the Econo Lodge on Coastal Hwy in Rehoboth Beach last evening at approximately 8:15 pm.

Members of the Sussex County Drug Unit, assisted by troopers from the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) and Sussex Governor’s Task Force (GTF), conducted the search warrant in connection with a two-month undercover investigation into the distribution of marijuana.

The search warrant was executed in room # 308 and once inside troopers encountered Katie R. Hynson and John P. O’Connor. Both subjects were taken into custody and a subsequent search yielded two separate bags of marijuana. One weighed 458 grams and the other weighed 461 grams.

As a result of the investigation, John P. O’Connor, 29 of Lewes and Katie R. Hynson, 23 of Rehoboth were arrested for Possession with Intent to Deliver Marijuana, Maintaining a Dwelling for Keeping Controlled Substances, Conspiracy 2nd Degree and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. O’Connor was incarcerated in the Sussex Correctional Institute (SCI) in lieu of a $6,000 cash bail. Hynson was incarcerated at SCI in lieu of a $3,000 secured bail.

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