One of the suspects was an adult, the other a juvenile.
Tow Handguns confiscated by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, Oct. 9th, 2024
(Photos from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office)
Taneytown, Md (KM) The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office charged an adult and a juvenile following a traffic stop on Wednesday afternoon. Deshawn Melique Lewis, 19, from Hampstead, and a 15-year-old boy, also from Hampstead, were taken into custody on weapons offenses.
Just before 2:00 PM, deputies conducted the stop on West Baltimore Street in Taneytown after they noticed a gray Dodge Durango had a suspended registration and an inoperable brake light. Lewis was the driver, and the teenager was a passenger, and both were ordered out of the car so a canine scan could be done.
As the youth was getting up, a handgun was found on the passenger seat.
The canine scan resulted in a positive alert and deputies searched the vehicle. They found a baggie of cannabis on the driver along with a second handgun, and an additional baggie of cannabis in a backpack.
Lewis and the juvenile were taken the Central Booking. The teenager is being charged as a juvenile.
The Sheriff’s Office says the charges against two are carrying a loaded handgun on or about their persons; knowingly transporting a loaded handgun in a vehicle; knowingly transporting a handgun in a vehicle; and possessing a handgun by a person under 21 years of age.
The arrests were made by deputies with the Pro-Active Community Enforcement Team (PACE) who were patrolling that area at the time, the Sheriff’s Office says.
By Kevin McManus