29-Year-Old Magnolia Resident Taken Into Custody After Dover Standoff

A 29-year-old Magnolia man wanted in connection with a June 2025 shooting was arrested Tuesday following a two-and-a-half-hour standoff at a Dover apartment complex. Police discovered drugs and a firearm during their search of the residence.

A Magnolia resident is facing multiple charges after law enforcement officers spent over two hours negotiating his surrender during a tense standoff in Dover on Tuesday afternoon.

Traymere Stevens, age 29, was taken into custody at approximately 4:49 p.m. following the incident that began around 2:27 p.m. in the Unit block of Fairway Lakes Drive.

According to Dover Police, a joint law enforcement team including the Dover Police Department’s Drugs, Vice and Organized Crime Unit, the US Marshals First State Fugitive Task Force, and ATF agents had arrived to apprehend Stevens in connection with a shooting incident from June 2025.

When officers moved to make the arrest, Stevens fled into a nearby apartment and barricaded himself inside, refusing to come out. This prompted police to call in their Special Operations Response Team along with Crisis Negotiations specialists to handle the situation.

The standoff lasted approximately two and a half hours before Stevens voluntarily surrendered without any additional complications.

During their subsequent search of the apartment, investigators discovered significant quantities of illegal substances including 33.5 grams of cocaine and 51.5 grams of crack cocaine. Officers also recovered a silver revolver.

Stevens has been processed at SCI with bail set at $188,000 cash. He faces an extensive list of charges including Assault First Degree, multiple counts of Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, four counts of Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance, two counts of Possession of a Firearm By a Person Prohibited, Tampering With Physical Evidence, Criminal Mischief Over $5000, Conspiracy Second Degree, Resisting Arrest, Criminal Mischief Under $1000, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

The case stems from a shooting investigation that Dover Police have been pursuing since June of last year. Stevens is considered innocent until proven guilty in court.

Master Corporal Ryan Schmid serves as the Dover Police Department’s Public Information Officer for this case.