Seaford, Del. – Delaware State Police arrested 37-year-old William Nieberg of Seaford on multiple felony gun and drug charges following the execution of a search warrant at a Seaford residence last week.
Officials said on February 6, 2025, members of the Sussex County Drug Unit and the Sussex County Governor’s Task Force conducted a search at a house on the 10000 block of Pit Road in Seaford. The warrant stemmed from an investigation into Nieberg’s alleged involvement in manufacturing and distributing illegal narcotics from the property according to police. Before executing the search, detectives observed Nieberg leaving the residence in a Hummer H3. He was subsequently pulled over and detained.
A search of the property uncovered a 9mm handgun with no serial number, ammunition, approximately 3,821.55 grams of marijuana, a digital scale, and equipment used for growing marijuana police said. Nieberg was arrested and taken to Troop 4, where he was charged with multiple offenses, including possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of an untraceable firearm, possession of a firearm by a person prohibited, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, operating a clandestine laboratory, endangering the welfare of a child, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Nieberg was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 7 and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $153,100 cash bond.