Maryland
Firearm Recovered During DUI Checkpoint – The Southern Maryland Chronicle
On August 19, members of the CCSO Visitors Operations Unit, Maryland State Police, Maryland Transportation Authority Police and members of the Maryland State Freeway Administration carried out a DUI checkpoint on Route 210.
Twenty-two visitors citations had been issued, two civil citations had been issued for drug possession, and two arrests had been made – one driver had an open warrant and one other driver, Tracy Erik Nasir Jones, 21, of Indian Head, had marijuana and a loaded AR-style pistol in his automotive. Jones was charged with possession of a hid harmful weapon.
On August 19, a district courtroom commissioner launched Jones from the Charles County Detention Middle on private recognizance. The checkpoint was funded by means of an Impaired Driving Grant from the Maryland Freeway Security Workplace.