Dereck Wells WILMINGTON, Del. - Authorities in Delaware are searching for a man who allegedly beat a car dealership employee with a handgun after the 'check-engine' light flashed on a friends' newly purchased vehicle.Delaware State Police said a customer who had purchased a car from Major Motors in Wilmington on Friday returned to the dealership with 31-year-old Dereck Wells when the vehicle's 'check engine' light came on.During a diagnostic check of the car, state police said Wells became aggravated and began to beat a 33-year-old employee in the head with a handgun.
The employee was taken to a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening head lacerations. Wells has been charged with second-degree assault and related crimes.