
Delaware Natural Resources Police (DNRP) State Parks Unit officers arrested a 21-year-old Newark man on multiple felony charges after finding him with a loaded, illegally modified handgun in White Clay Creek State Park.
At about 12:10 p.m. Aug. 23, a state park volunteer working near the park office on Thompson Station Road contacted a DNRP officer after hearing a gunshot nearby. The volunteer told the officer that after the shot, he saw a man carrying a black bag and a woman walking away from the area toward the park office parking lot.
The responding DNRP officer located the individuals described walking on a trail and made contact with them. During the contact, the man was found to be in possession of a loaded .45-caliber Glock handgun with an obliterated serial number that had been illegally modified to fire as an automatic weapon.
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