On October 3, 2026, at approximately 4:56 pm, members of the Newark Police Department Street Crimes Unit stopped a car near S. College Ave at Old Chestnut Hill Rd after observing a traffic violation.
During the stop, officers contacted a passenger in the vehicle, Isaiah Brown, 28, of Elkton, MD. A subsequent search of the vehicle resulted in the location and recovery of a 9mm handgun with no serial number, approximately 72.5 grams of cocaine and crack cocaine, and a small quantity of marijuana.
Brown was charged with:
- Possession of a Large Capacity Magazine During the Commission of a Felony
- Possession of an Assault Weapon
- Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
- Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Cocaine) in a Tier 3 Quantity
- Possession of a Controlled Substance (Cocaine) in a Tier 3 Quantity
- Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited
- Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon – Firearm
- Consumption of Marijuana in a Motor Vehicle
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Brown was arraigned by a Justice of the Peace Court # 7 judge and was issued $140,200.00 cash bail and was transported to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in lieu of bail.
Isaiah Brown
