WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – An equipment violation stop led officers to arrest a man who had three active warrants against him.

According to police, Ricardo Quaimaine Tillery, 26, was riding in a car Tuesday night in the 100 block of South 14th Street that was stopped because it took the vehicle a considerable distance to stop.

In addition to having three active arrest warrants against Tillery, officers found a small amount of Ecstasy in his possession. He was taken into custody and officers discovered nine individual pieces of crack cocaine on Tillery after a more detailed search.

Tillery was charged with:

• driving with a revoked license
• possession of Ecstasy
• possession of marijuana
• possession with intent to manufacture/sell/distribute cocaine
• possession of drug paraphernalia

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WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A young man was arrested Tuesday for assaulting an officer and for having drugs.

Officers responded to a disturbance call at a home on 11th Street Tuesday, where witnesses say Timothy Tyre Miller, 20, had "flipped out" and started to destroy property. Witnesses told police Miller had left the home and it was discovered he also abandoned his seven-year-old sister at the home.

An officer helped walk the girl to her home about a block away and found Miller, who was irate at the time, inside their home.

Police say Miller left the house and began yelling and swearing at the officer. He then attempted to physically confront the officer who deployed his Electronic Control Device to subdue him.