Anne Arundel County man busted in his Mercedes conducting drug deal in Pasadena
Yesterday, the Anne Arundel County Police Department (AACOPD) announced that on January 13, 2025, at approximately 11:55 p.m., their detectives observed a suspected drug transaction in the area of Outing Avenue and Duvall Highway in Pasadena. Officers made contact with the suspect, who was seated in a silver 1999 Mercedes sedan.
The police investigation led to a search of the vehicle, resulting in the seizure of a loaded .40 caliber Glock handgun, 13 rounds of ammunition, approximately 85 grams of suspected cocaine, 19 individually wrapped strips of suspected Suboxone, and a digital scale.
The suspect, identified as 50-year-old Jerome Shelton Johnson of Arnold, Maryland – who is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition – was arrested and charged.
The Baynet shared the charges brought against Johnson as being:
- Firearm Use in a Felony-Violent Crime
- Loaded Handgun in Vehicle
- Handgun in Vehicle
- Firearm Possession with Criminal Violence/Felony Conviction
- Illegal Possession of Ammunition
- Registered Firearm: Illegal Possession
- Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS): Possession of Firearms
- Firearm/Drug Trafficking Crime
- CDS: Distribution, Etc., with Firearm
- CDS: Possession-Not Cannabis (2 counts)
- CDS: Possession of Paraphernalia
- CDS: Possession with Intent to Distribute
- CDS: Distribution-Narcotics
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(Source: Anne Arundel Police Department)
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