Wanted man arrested after police chase in Laurel

LAUREL, Delaware – Laurel police arrested a wanted Wilmington man after a chase through the Laurel area over the weekend.

Wilmington police notified Laurel police on May 1 that an arrest warrant had been issued for 36-year-old Brian Bell, who was known to frequent the Hollybrook apartment complex. At approximately 4:30 p.m. Sunday, a patrol officer saw Bell get into a vehicle at the Hollybrook apartment complex and drive away. The officer requested an additional patrol unit to assist with a traffic stop of Bell’s vehicle on Camp Road. Bell reportedly did not cooperate with a lawful request to exit his vehicle and instead fled the stop in his vehicle. Officers engaged in a brief eastbound chase on Camp Road, and Bell eventually stopped on Discount Land Road and was taken into custody.

The cameras in the car revealed that objects may have been thrown from Bell’s car during the chase. During a subsequent search of the area, police found a plastic container that later turned out to contain powdered cocaine and crack cocaine.

Bell was charged with failure to obey a police signal (another offense), tampering with evidence, resisting arrest, possession of the controlled substance crack cocaine, possession of the controlled substance powder cocaine, and several traffic offenses. He was released from the Laurel Police Department on $9,430 unsecured bail and was given a $6,000 cash bond on his since-issued warrant from the Wilmington Police Department.