Route 1 Traffic Stop Results in Large Cocaine, Heroin Seizure

DSP News Release: Route 1 Traffic Stop Results in Large Cocaine, Heroin Seizure

Location:

·        Southbound Delaware Route 1, south of Middletown Odessa Road, Middletown, DE

Date:

·        Thursday, November 14, 2013

                               

Defendants, Charges, and Bail Information:

·        Javona Smith, 35, of Chesapeake, VA (photo attached, dark jacket with hood, black shirt)

·        Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Tier 5 Quantity (2 counts)

·        Conspiracy Second Degree (2 counts)

·        Following a Motor Vehicle too Closely

·        Failure to Signal a Lane Change

·        Committed to Baylor Women's Correctional Institute on $54,002 secured bail.

·        Sherita Nicks, 40, of New York, NY (photo attached, gray jacket with hood)

·        Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Tier 5 Quantity (2 counts)

·        Conspiracy Second Degree (2 counts)

·        Committed to Baylor Women's Correctional Institute on $54,00 secured bail.

Resume:

Middletown – A traffic stop on Delaware Route 1 yesterday resulted in the seizure of large amount of cocaine and heroin.

Shortly before 2:00 p.m. a Trooper traveling south on Route 1, south of Middletown Odessa Road (Del. 299), observed a 2013 Toyota Corolla traveling too closely to the vehicle in front of it. The Corolla then changed lanes without properly displaying a turn signal.

The Trooper initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle. Once he approached the Corolla and began talking to the driver, he detected the smell of burnt marijuana. The driver, Javona Smith, 35, of Chesapeake, VA, provided the Trooper with paperwork showing that the car was a rental vehicle that was not authorized to leave Virginia.

A search of the vehicle resulted in Troopers locating a jacket in the trunk. Concealed in the jacket was a plastic bag containing 170 grams of cocaine and 515 grams of heroin. Detectives estimate the drugs are worth almost $70,000 and, once packaged and sold in individual units, could be sold for more than $250,000.

Smith and her passenger, Sherita Nicks, 40, of New York, NY, were both taken into custody and transported to Troop 2. Both were charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance in a tier 5 quantity and two counts of conspiracy second degree. Smith was also charged with two moving violations. Both defendants were committed to Baylor Women's Correctional Institute on secured bail. Troopers determined the odor in the vehicle was a result of Smith smoking marijuana shortly before driving.

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