Posted on 01/27/2006 7:05:48 PM PST by wjersey
UPPER DARBY, Pa. -- An Upper Darby teenager was arrested Friday on drug charges, but police said that it was his arsenal and the setup of his drug operation that really surprised them.
Upper Darby police got a tip about a suspected drug dealer and went to a home on West Chester Pike. Police found 19-year-old James Jenkins in the bathroom getting ready for school.
Police said that when the searched Jenkins' house they found a cache of weapons -- including three loaded guns -- one pound of marijuana, body armor, a bulletproof vest and a surveillance system.
Officers said Jenkins could have seen police coming with the surveillance system if he had been in his bedroom.
Jenkins told police that they were lucky they found him in the bathroom.
"I truly believe, if we weren't lucky enough to find him in the bathroom, with his surveillance system, it could have been tragic," said Lt. George Rhoades.
Jenkins' parents told police that they did not know what was going on in their son's bedroom.
Police said that all of the attention feeds into his fantasy of a gangster lifestyle. In fact, he had a picture of famous gangsters in his bedroom.
One of the guns -- a loaded .357 Magnum -- was found under Jenkins' pillow.
"This handgun was registered to and belonged to a Thomas Wood," said Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood.
Wood was a leader in the Hells Angels motorcycle gang. He was shot and killed in January of 2005 in South Philadelphia. Police are trying to determine how Jenkins obtained Wood's gun.
"He was ready for war. He's 18-years-old. He's a high school student who portrays himself as a gangster. Well, guess what? He lost," Chitwood said.
Three guns makes him ready for war? This "Army of One" has gone to far.
Upper Darby was once an OK town. Nice to see that the filth from Filthadelphia are bringing their hobbies with them.
Ok, which was it? Oh, he's just a "teen." Nevermind.
Wood was a leader in the Hells Angels motorcycle gang. He was shot and killed in January of 2005 in South Philadelphia. Police are trying to determine how Jenkins obtained Wood's gun.
Okay, so a leader in the Hells Angels has a clean enough record to buy and register a gun? Hmmm. That sounds a bit odd.
Don't ask, don't tell.
He could have been the next Bill Gates!
Did he leave Maine, or is this a different Chitwood?
Never mind. One and the same:
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/13588050.htm
When Chitwood found Holly Maddux:
How much wood would a chitwood chit
If a ....
Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff. -- Major Kong
Maybe he had a slingshot and sharpened stick too.
I hate this current media trick of using the word "teen"...the dude is 19 or 18, the writer doesn't seem to be great at factfinding. If this dude is 19 and still in high school...THERE'S a problem, Johnny.
Glad he was stopped before he caused untold grief.
Media Mike Chitwood took the job of Police Sueprintendent in Upper Darby about 6 months ago.
He recently returned to Portland to announce that he would not be a candidate for Governor of Maine -- Why anyone would have thought he would make a good candidate or governor is beyond me.
Steven Scharf
SCSMedia@aol.com
If that is his pic he will be well taken care of on the block with a little lipstick and homemade panties. Either that or he will shave his head and pretend to be a nazi bro. As an ADULT with weapons and distibution amounts of pot he will get at least 10 years to think about his boy friends.
I used to know hundreds of teens with automatic weapons... of course they were in uniform.
"As an ADULT with weapons and distibution amounts of pot he will get at least 10 years"
He wouldn't get that much time if he killed someone.
"And all the girlies say he's pretty fly (for a white guy)...."
Haha! Thanks for the best laugh of the day!
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