Guilty pleas have been announced by federal prosecutors in a case involving heroin distribution from B&D Detailing, an auto detailing shop adjacent to the now-shuttered Thunderguards Clubhouse on Northeast Boulevard in Wilmington.
Daywine Hunter, 32, of Wilmington, pled guilty earlier this month to conspiracy charges.
The investigation focused on Hunter, a member of the Thunderguards Motorcycle Club and the owner of B&D Detailing. Hunter and his father, Victor Williams, both sold heroin from B&D Detailing,. according to prosecutors.
Victor Williams, 54, Brian Teat, 53, Prince Seward, 51, Jaquanda Lewis-Davis, 22, all of Wilmington, and Yanthonic Herrera, 23, of Philadelphia, were also arrested as part of the heroin conspiracy. Williams, Teat, and Seward pleaded guilty to their participation in the heroin distribution ring, headed by Hunter.
Drug Enforcement Administration agents intercepted Hunter’s telephone calls. Agents also covertly installed and monitored video and audio surveillance equipment, from inside B&D Detailing. This electronic surveillance continued until the defendants’ arrests on April 22, 2015.
According to statements made by the government during court hearings in this case, Hunter used Williams and his co-defendants Teat, Seward, and Lewis-Davis as drug couriers. Hunter ordered the couriers to travel to Philadelphia in vehicles equipped with hidden compartments to pick up in excess of 100 grams of heroin per trip from Hunter’s heroin source of supply. These trips occurred weekly.
On April 22, 2015, the day after the couriers made a trip to Philadelphia, video surveillance caught a Lincoln Aviator with a hidden compartment as it backed into B&D Detailing. Hunter was then seen removing a shopping bag from the Navigator. Officers executed a search warrant at B&D Detailing and recovered the bag, which was found to contain in excess of 100 grams of heroin packaged for distribution.
