On Sunday, April 29, 2012, at approximately 12:15 p.m., Ocean City Police stopped a vehicle in the area of 33rd Street andCoastal Highway for a seatbelt violation. Officers conducted a K-9 scan of the vehicle, which resulted in the discovery of small amounts of controlled dangerous substance.
During the search of the vehicle, officers recovered a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun from a suitcase behind the passenger seat. The passenger of the vehicle, who was determined to be the owner of the handgun, was identified as Lance Montral Hawkins, 22, of Norfolk, VA.
Hawkins was arrested and charged with a possessing a handgun in a vehicle. He was seen by an Ocean City District Court Commissioner and released on personal recognizance.
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13 comments:
No 2nd amendment in Ocean City?
That was my first reaction also. The fact that it was loaded and in a vehicle with CDS I suspect is the issue. Maybe one of the LEO on here will chime in. Ammo and gun should be in two separate places and gun should be in a locked case is what I have always been told.
Actually, the only time one can carry a firearm in a vehicle is on the way to or from a shooting range or hunting grounds. Stupid law, but law it is in the Communist state of Maryland.
If it was loaded, then its a violation. Weapon and ammo must be transported in seperate areas of the vehicle unless you posses a valid Maryland concealed handgun permit. So either it was loaded and no permit, or he had a Virginia permit and thought he was ok. Maryland only recognizes their own permits. Current LEO..
The law states that the only times a handgun can be transported:
To and from a place of purchase/sale/transfer/repair.
To and from bonafide range.
To and from place of business.
Ammo must be stored seperately.
ALL violations of 2nd amendment.
Police Officers who are oath keepers recognize this. Take a look at the facebook page for Big City Cops. Theu are police officers who believe in the constitution. They believe that all law abiding citizens should carry concealed with or without a permit. Virginia law states that you can carry openly a loaded handgun - no bars or schools. You can have a handgun - unloaded - in your vehicle as long as it isn't concealed. You can get a permit to carry concealed - shall issue. When I stop a person with a handgun and they have no criminal history and it is obvious that they aren't intent on criminal activity they are left alone.
Bonafide range? You mean you can't go to someone's property with a properly set up range and target practice? Define bonafide! Lord forgive a person for being comfortable with handling a gun safely.
Sorry...not bonafide range....bonafide residence. Target practice can be formal or informal.
Well Mr Leo....you forgot to mention any time a gun is found with narcotics it is an auto matic arrest.its a federal law.so the local police can charge all they want.the feds can swoop in at the last second and take over.
So how does a seat belt violation, warrant a K9 scan? Could there have been a little profiling going on?
Yes, We use the seat belt excuse a lot! LOL. Sometimes we get alerts from NSA cell phone espionage but mostly just use our sixth sense to determine whether or not someone is involved in illicit activity , make up a reason to perform the stop, call in K9, ask the handler to make the dog appear to alert so we can search and get these criminals off the street.
We do not care about your constitutional rights.
Leo
Ok....c'mon......you know that doesn't really go on. Yes sometimes we use pre-text stops. The Scotus says it's legal and it's a great tool. So is the k-9. We have rules we have to obey. The courts see to it. Arbitrary pat downs with no reasonable articulable suspicion? That's another matter. Forcing someone to comply with an unlawful pat down is gonna cost someone. I know what the previous comment refers to and those officers need ro be re-educated on the finer points of Terry. UNFORTUNATELY their supervisors are dropping the ball. This is why vicarious liability exists. Supervisors have an obligation to educate their officers and protect their agency and the public.
Leo,
So what you are saying is that the brown shirts are now wearing blue?
Re-educated?
How do you unteach vindictiveness and contempt?
Most supervisor's encourage the "make it look good" mentality.
C'mon man you know what I'm talking about.
It does happen, every day.
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