Bond set at $1 million for suspect who tried to elude vice-narcotics detectives
Updated: Oct. 13, 2017 at 10:13 AM EDT
WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - A man who attempted to flee from law enforcement Wednesday is in the New Hanover County Detention Center under a bond of just over $1 million.
According to Lt. Jerry Brewer with the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office, the department's Vice-Narcotics Unit was conducting an investigation of Diquelle Jashaun Sweet. When detectives attempted to stop Sweet's vehicle Wednesday, he fled the scene before being stopped a short time later and taken into custody.
Sweet has been charged with:
- possession of a firearm by felon
- maintaining a vehicle/dwelling for a controlled substance
- possession of marijuana under a 1/2 ounce
- five counts sell/deliver Schedule I controlled substance
- four counts possession with the intent to manufacture/sell/deliver a Schedule I controlled substance
- three counts manufacture/sell/deliver/possession a controlled substance at child care center
- resist/delay/obstruct public officers
- speeding to elude arrest with aggravating factors
- hit/run/failure to stop/leaving the scene of property damage
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