Attempt Murder Suspect Takes Wrong Turn During Dover Chase, Second Man Facing Drug Charges

The Dover Police Department arrested two suspects following a vehicle pursuit on Tuesday afternoon.

Police said officers from the Drugs, Vice, and Organized Crime Unit received information that a suspect, Cody Fulton, 26, was staying at a residence in the Dover East Mobile Home Park on S. Little Creek Road.

Fulton was wanted out of Baltimore County Police for Attempted Homicide stemming from an incident that occurred in November of 2021, according to police.

Officers conducted surveillance and observed a gold Honda Accord from the residence in the 100 Block of S. DuPont Highway that was occupied by two male suspects. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle in the area of Fork Branch Road and N. DuPont Highway and the suspects fled.

Officers pursued the vehicle on Fork Branch Road to Pearsons Corner Road, then through the town of Cheswold, and eventually to a dead-end in the Holly Hills Mobile Home Park in Smyrna where both suspects were arrested without further incident.

Officials said during a search of the vehicle, the following items were located:

-9mm handgun (reported stolen out of Columbia, SC)
-7.6 grams of Fentanyl
-12 grams of Crack Cocaine
-161 doses of Oxycodone

Cody Fulton was committed to SCI on a $287,500 cash bond on the following offenses:

-Possession with Intent to Deliver Fentanyl
-Possession of Fentanyl
-Possession with Intent to Deliver Crack Cocaine
-Possession of Crack Cocaine
-Possession with Intent to Deliver Oxycodone
-Possession of Oxycodone
-Drug Paraphernalia
-Receiving Stolen Property
-Possession of a Firearm/Ammo by Person Prohibited (4x)
-Carry Concealed Deadly Weapon
-Conspiracy 2nd Degree
-Disregard Police Officer Signal
-Multiple traffic-related offenses

Hirsi Abdul Budul (passenger) was committed to SCI on a $88,000 cash bond on the following offenses:
-Possession with Intent to Deliver Fentanyl
-Possession of Fentanyl
-Possession with Intent to Deliver Crack Cocaine
-Possession of Crack Cocaine
-Possession with Intent to Deliver Oxycodone
-Possession of Oxycodone
-Drug Paraphernalia
-Receiving Stolen Property
-Possession of a Firearm/Ammo by Person Prohibited (4x)
-Carry Concealed Deadly Weapon
-Conspiracy 2nd Degree