State Police Traffic Stop Leads To Gun, Drug Arrest In Prince George’s County

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Type of Incident: Traffic Violation, Poss. of CDS/Marijuana, Handgun in Vehicle

Date and Time: 01/19/2021 at 10:07 AM

Location: S/B I -495 at Arena Dr. Largo, MD – Prince George’s County

Accused: JaQuan Demetrice Ross (25, male, Lanham, MD)

Charges: Traffic violations, Possession of Marijuana – Less than 10 grams, Possession of a Handgun, Illegal Possession of Ammunition

Narrative: On January 19, 2021 at approximately 0956 hours, a Maryland State Trooper stopped a silver Chevrolet Cobalt for a traffic violation. When the Trooper contacted the driver, an odor of Marijuana was detected from inside of the vehicle. During a probable cause search of the vehicle, Troopers located CDS marijuana less than 10 grams in the possession of the driver. The driver was also in possession of a Smith and Wesson SD40 VE handgun.

The driver is prohibited from possession of a regulated firearm. The driver was arrested and transported to the Maryland State Police Forestville Barrack for processing prior to seeing a District Court Commissioner.

Investigating Trooper: TFC W. Thompson

Phone Number: 301-568-8101

Forestville Barrack

3500 Forestville Rd.

Forestville, MD 20747

msp.forestville@maryland.gov

Disclaimer: In the U.S.A., all persons accused of a crime by the State are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. See: https://so.md/presumed-innocence. Additionally, all of the information provided above is solely from the perspective of the respective law enforcement agency and does not provide any direct input from the accused or persons otherwise mentioned. You can find additional information about the case by searching the Maryland Judiciary Case Search Database using the accused's name and date of birth. The database is online at https://so.md/mdcasesearch . Persons named who have been found innocent or not guilty of all charges in the respective case, and/or have had the case ordered expunged by the court can have their name, age, and city redacted by following the process defined at https://so.md/expungeme.

 

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an odor of Marijuana was detected from inside of the vehicle.

I though this excuse for a vehicle search was over turned