17-year-old James Gouge of Wilmington Manor Gardens has been charged with drug related offenses after he tried to dodge police officers as he hid into a homemade igloo while carrying an illegal fixed blade knife, two "bongs" and 7.5 grams of marijuana.
The incident happened Wednesday morning at 8:30 when county officers responded to the Wilmington Manor Gardens community for a report of a male who was walking in the snowstorm possibly carrying a gun. The officers searched the neighborhood for several minutes but originally could not locate the subject.
A neighbor then called 911 and reported seeing a suspicious male hiding inside a snow bank. The officers responded to the area on Notre Dame Avenue and found two black shoes sticking out from the entrance to the igloo.
The officers removed the subject from the igloo and found he was in possession of an 8 inch fixed blade "survival" style knife, two bongs (used for smoking illegal drugs) and 7.5 grams of marijuana.
The teen was arrested and charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon, three counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, carrying a concealed dangerous instrument (a hammer) and possession of marijuana. He has been arraigned and released to his parents pending a Family Court hearing.
