Opinion ID: 1954827
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Heading: Apprehension and Indictment

Text: Later that morning, at approximately 4:00 a.m., a Delaware State Trooper was traveling on County Road 213 near Ellendale when he noticed a white Dodge automobile, which fit the description of the one involved in the Grambell incident, stuck in the mud. Brown and co-defendants Charles Turner (Turner), Lester and Charles Hickman (The Hickmans) and Jerry Henry (Henry) were trying to free the Dodge. Brown, who was wearing a pull-down ski mask, became verbally abusive toward the State Trooper. The State Trooper placed Brown under arrest for disorderly conduct. During an inventory search of the car, two rounds of .22 caliber ammunition were found. [1] Turner was arrested and gave a statement implicating Henry and the Hickmans in the Grambell incident. When Henry was arrested, he gave a statement implicating Turner, the Hickmans and Brown in the incident. In these statements, Brown's co-defendants indicated that, prior to the Grambell incident, Brown directed Turner, the driver, to a house where an alleged drug dealer named Jerome lived (the Jerome incident). Brown allegedly told Turner and the other co-defendants to rob Jerome. Henry refused because there were people present who knew him. After that, Brown allegedly ordered the others to the Grambell residence. The Hickmans, Turner, Henry and Brown were subsequently indicted on numerous charges related to the Grambell incident. The amended indictment charged Brown with the following criminal offenses: Attempted Robbery in the First Degree (three counts); Burglary in the First Degree; Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony (four counts); Conspiracy in the Second Degree (four counts); Criminal Mischief; Robbery in the First Degree; Kidnaping in the Second Degree; Assault in the First Degree; Disorderly Conduct; and Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited.