Delaware State Police arrested 62-year-old man John Rickards of Dagsboro, Delaware, on multiple misdemeanor drug charges and receiving stolen property following a search warrant at a Dagsboro residence.

On October 10, 2024, members of the Sussex County Governor’s Task Force and the Sussex County Drug Unit executed a search warrant at a home in the 32000 block of Dupont Boulevard in Dagsboro. The search warrant was obtained following a three-month investigation into Rickards for criminal nuisance property as well as the manufacture and distribution of illegal narcotics. During the search warrant, detectives arrested nine people who were on the property, including Rickards.

A search of the property revealed the following:

• Approximately 197.02 grams of marijuana
• Approximately 2.03 grams of cocaine
• Approximately 2.85 grams of methamphetamines
• About 0.12 grams of crack
• Drug paraphernalia and digital scales
• $641 in suspected drug proceeds
• Stolen John Deere Gator UTV
• Several power tools stolen

After a search of the property, four of the nine people arrested were arrested for minor offenses and capias warrants. The others were released without incident.

Rickards was taken to Troop 4 where he was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by the Justice of the Peace at Court 2, and incarcerated in the Sussex Correctional Facility on $59,000 cash bail.

• Operation of a clandestine laboratory (Felony)
• Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Felony) – 3 counts
• Maintaining Drug Property (Felony)
• Possession of a Controlled Substance, Level 1 (felony)
• Receipt of stolen property valued over $1,500 (Felony)
• Receiving stolen property under $1,500 – 3 counts
• Resisting arrest
• Possession of drug paraphernalia – 3 counts
• Criminal Nuisance – Maintaining a Place for Illegal Conduct

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