Wilmington man was arrested in Pa. with 33 bags of heroin, 4 bags of cocaine
Wilmington – Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden announced today that his office has filed an emergency motion with the state’s Board of Nursing to suspend the license of a man who has been arrested and charged with serious drug-related offenses.
Paul J. Walker, of Wilmington, who holds a nursing license in Delaware, was employed as a registered nurse at the DuBois Regional Medical Center in central Pennsylvania when he was arrested July 13 in suburban Philadelphia by the Towamencin Township Police. Walker was found carrying 33 bags of heroin and 4 bags of cocaine when police arrested him. He has since resigned his position at the medical center.
Walker has been charged in Pennsylvania with two counts of possession of a controlled substance (heroin and cocaine), possession of drug paraphernalia and receipt in commerce of a controlled substance.
Bidens’ office is seeking the emergency suspension so Walker cannot work as a registered nurse in Delaware. The first hearing in the criminal case against him in Pennsylvania is not scheduled until October.
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