Delaware State Police

01/08/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/08/2025 10:31

Detectives Arrest Man for Felony Gun and Drug Related Charges Following Drug Investigation in Wilmington

Date Posted: Wednesday, January 8th, 2025

The Delaware State Police, with the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Delaware Violent Crime and Safe Streets Task Force, arrested 33-year-old Guy Calloway of Wilmington, Delaware, for felony gun and drug related charges following the conclusion of a several-month long drug investigation in Wilmington on Monday.

On January 6, 2025, members of the Delaware State Police Troop 2 Drug Unit, and Delaware State Police Special Operations Response Team executed search warrants at properties associated with Guy Calloway on the 800 block of East 13th Street in Wilmington. The search warrants were obtained following a several-month long drug investigation with the FBI of Guy Calloway, who was suspected of the large-scale distribution of narcotics. Upon the execution of the search warrants, Calloway fled from the property on foot. He was subsequently taken into custody near the Brandywine River after a brief foot pursuit.

A search of the properties and Calloway led to the discovery of the following items:

  • A Taurus handgun
  • Multiple firearm magazines and rounds of ammunition
  • Approximately 432 grams of cocaine
  • Approximately 48 grams of crack cocaine
  • Approximately 234 grams of marijuana
  • Approximately $19,928 in suspected drug dealing proceeds
  • Various paraphernalia to include digital scales, and distribution/packaging materials

A computer inquiry revealed Calloway is a convicted felon and is prohibited from possessing firearms and/or ammunition. Calloway was taken to Troop 2, where he was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2, and committed to Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on a $163,000 cash bond.

Guy Calloway
  • Possession with Intent to Deliver Controlled Substance Tier 3 Quantity (Felony) - 2 counts
  • Possession of Controlled Substance Tier 3 Quantity (Felony) - 2 counts
  • Possess a Firearm/Ammunition by a Person Prohibited Prior Violent Crime or Felony (Felony)
  • Resisting Arrest
  • Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Disclaimer: Any individual charged in this release is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.


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