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At 9:06 p.m. on Sunday, July 3, Officer Matthew Talavera conducted a motor vehicle stop in the 2000 block of Atlantic Avenue.
During the stop, Jovy Delphine was placed in custody after being found in possession of a loaded handgun, police said.
K-9 Officer Jesse Oliver-Logan and his K-9 partner Gee assisted. K-9 Gee, trained in narcotics detection, indicated the presence of narcotics in the vehicle, police said.
Officers reportedly located more than 21 grams of cocaine and several loaded high-capacity magazines in the vehicle. Delphine, who initially provided false information, was found to have an active arrest warrant from Norristown, PA, police said.
Delphine, 27, of Philadelphia, was charged with several drug and weapons offenses as well as hindering apprehension, and fugitive from justice.
Delphine was being held in the Atlantic County Justice Facility.
Anyone with additional information regarding this incident is urged to contact the Atlantic City Police Department Criminal Investigations Section at 609-347-5766. Information can be text to tip411 (847411). Begin the text with ACPD. All texts are anonymous.
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