FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 24, 2018

MDTA POLICE RECOVER STOLEN VEHICLE,

DRUGS AND GUN DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN HARFORD COUNTY

On Sunday, July 22, the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police arrested a Delaware man who was in possession of a stolen vehicle, also from Delaware, along with drugs and a loaded handgun.

An MDTA Police officer stopped Jerome P. Johnson, a 52-year-old male from Wilmington, DE on the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge for operating a stolen motor vehicle. Mr. Johnson was operating a 2018 Nissan Altima. During a subsequent search of the vehicle, officers located a loaded handgun, carisoperodol, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms and xanax pills.

The MDTA Police charged Mr. Johnson with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, five counts of possession of controlled dangerous substance (CDS) not marijuana, possession CDS marijuana, theft under $25,000 and transporting a firearm in a motor vehicle.

After processing, officers transported Mr. Johnson to the Harford County Detention Center. The suspect is being held on $7,500 bail.