Two Men Arrested On Drug and Firearm Charges

Incident Number:  50-23-31415

Date/Time: Monday, September 25th, 2023 at 9:46 p.m.

Location: Whatcoat Apartments, 900 block of Whatcoat Drive, Dover, DE

Contact:   Dover Police Department Public Information Officer
Master Corporal Ryan Schmid   Email: [email protected]

Narrative: The Dover Police Department has arrested Dominique Melton, 28, of Wilmington, and John Wyatte, 23, of Dover, on drug and firearm charges following a traffic stop Monday evening. At 9:46 p.m., the Street Crimes Unit and Drugs, Vice and Organized Crime Unit were conducting a firearm investigation involving Melton. Officers conducted a stop on a vehicle in the area of Whatcoat Apartments that Melton was driving and Wyatte was the passenger. Both Melton and Wyatte were taken into custody without incident and a search of the vehicle was conducted. Officers located a Polumer 80 9mm handgun, 13 grams of crack cocaine, 47 pills of ecstacy, .371 grams of heroin, 43.6 grams of marijuana and $336. Both suspects were transported to Dover Police Department where they were processed and arraigned.

Melton was committed to SCI on $54,200 cash bail on the following charges:
-Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
-Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited
-Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon
-Possession of Crack Cocaine in a Tier 2 Quantity
-Possession with Intent to Deliver Crack Cocaine in a Tier 2 Quantity
-Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin
-Possession of a Controlled Substance
-Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
-Violation of Probation

Wyatte was committed to SCI on $17,200 secured bail on the following charges:
-Possession with Intent to Deliver Ecstasy in a Tier 2 Quantity
-Possession of Ecstacy in a Tier 2 Quantity
-Possession of a Controlled Substance
-Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin
-Possession of Drug Paraphernalia