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WPD’s Vice Squad Arrests Male for Trafficking Fentanyl and Firearms Charges

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/28/2025 10:23 am

On October 27, 2025, members of the WPD’s Vice Squad were in possession of search warrants for an apartment on Delldale Street as well as a Ford F150 pickup truck. The named target of the warrants was sixty-five-year-old Peter Hicks.  

Hicks was observed leaving the residence at approximately 7:30 a.m.  Hicks drove away in his pickup truck and was stopped by Vice Detectives.  At this time, Hicks was detained while other Vice Detectives proceeded to the Delldale apartment to execute the warrant.  

During the search, 13 individually packaged rocks of crack cocaine were recovered from the person of Hicks.  Inside the apartment, Detectives located additional crack cocaine as well as numerous suspected counterfeit pills containing Fentanyl.  A subsequent search of the truck revealed an unsecured handgun and ammunition.  

Hicks does not have an LTC or FID.  Hicks is being charged with Trafficking in Fentanyl more than 10 grams, Possession to Distribute Cocaine (subsequent offense), Carrying a Firearm Without a License, Use of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Possession of Ammunition w/out FID, and Improper Storage of a Firearm.