

Bailiffs Statewide can NO Longer Carry Guns Following Prank in Sussex Co Courthouse

By Kelli Steele

Superior Court Judge Jan Jurden has made the decision to revoke the ability of bailiffs statewide to carry firearms when working in courtrooms after a gun "prank" goes wrong.



The Wilmington News Journal reports that the incident involving two prosecutors, a courthouse bailiff and a pointed gun happened during the first week in February on the second floor of the Sussex County Courthouse.



The newspaper says the prank involved the Courthouse's Chief Bailiff Delbert Garrison, who opened the door to a side room where lawyers work and pointed his service weapon at a deputy attorney general in the room; Garrison was reportedly coaxed into the prank by Prosecutor Adam Gelof.



The Wilmington News Journal also points out that a Delaware State Police detective who was also in the room when the Bailiff entered, drew his own service weapon because he didn't know what he was seeing was a "prank."



Delaware Capitol Police who are charged with overseeing security at the state's court buildings, are investigating the incident.



Meantime, the Department of Justice has suspended Gelof; Garrison has also been suspended.













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