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IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY

STATE OF DELAWARE  )  
)  CRIMINAL ACTION NUMBER  
v.  )  
)  IN-12-05-1255  
VINCENT STALLINGS  )  
)  ID No. 1204019409  
Defendant.  )  

Submitted: November 22, 2012 Decided: December 24, 2012
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Upon Motion of Defendant to Suppress - DENIED
Andrew J. Vella, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for the State of Delaware
Christopher D. Tease, Esquire, of Wilmington, Delaware, Attorney for the Defendant
HERLIHY, Judge
Wilmington Police, and a gun seized from his residence.  He contends the warrant for the search of his residence was illegal, as it was based primarily upon an earlier illegal inventory search of a vehicle, and that he was detained for an unreasonable time during which he gave a statement to the police.
The Court finds that the underlying inventory was properly conducted and the search warrant is valid. Further, there was no unreasonable delay in holding Stallings which, would rule his statement inadmissible.  Accordingly, his motion to suppress is DENIED.

Factual Background
The Wilmington Police had received complaints about drug dealing, indecent exposure, and loitering in a parking lot in the 800 block of W. Fifth Street.  The lot is U

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