On August 11, 2018 Troopers of the Maryland State Police Princess Anne Barrack conducted a traffic stop on gray Honda Accord bearing New York Registration for traffic violations in the area of northbound US Route 13 and Camp Road, Westover, Somerset County, Maryland.
Upon contact with the occupants who were identified as Marc J Schwartz, DOB: 5/29/1952 of Staten Island, New York and Luke Norgreen Keough, DOB: 1/10/1991 of Brooklyn, New York. Based on the presence of criminal indicators a K9 scan was conducted on the vehicle. The scan produced a positive alert and a search of the vehicle was conducted. Keough was found to be in possession of cocaine and associated paraphernalia. Schwartz was found to be in possession of 112 cartons of various untaxed cigarettes and a large amount of US currency. Both of the listed subjects were subsequently arrested. Based on the above, the Maryland Comptroller’s Office was contacted, and Schwartz was released on a Criminal Citation. Keough was taken before a Somerset County District Court Commissioner where he was released on his own recognizance.
All events occurred in Somerset County Maryland
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CRIMINal indicators?
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good lord
they make up shi# to search you
Taught in academy. Were they wrong? Nope.
DeleteYeah they were, in the 20 searches before this one.
DeleteYea if they want to search they WILL find a reason 100% of the time. Legit or not. And because they are our wonderful can do no wrong police officers they can do WHATEVER THEY WANT and get away with it!!! 5:59 am is correct. The k9 will do whatever their handler wants them to do. Did you know that some states only require a k9 to be right like 45% of the time to be used in investigations? Something is very fishy about that? That basically means.....the police can do what they want!!! It's very very sad!!!
DeletePossession of coke and released on personal recog?
ReplyDeleteHow about seizing some heroin sports.
ReplyDeleteCriminal indicator - Tip off; informant.
ReplyDeleteA phone call!!
MD wasn’t losing tax revenue, NY was. Why does Francis spend money chasing these people?
ReplyDelete11:29 PM not enough to be considered "for distribution" so they let him go.
ReplyDeleteWonder if they will receive a slap on the wrist like the Islamic smugglers that transport thousands of cartons instead of the 112 cartons these guys had.
ReplyDeleteInstead of destroying the evidence - sell it to at least make some money rather than always relying on ME (TAXPAYER)!
ReplyDeleteI authorize it since I vote too!!!!!
The cigarettes are not untaxed. They are federally taxed at the mfg level and state taxed at wholesale level. In Maryland and VA they are again taxed at retail level. VA has a very low state tax at wholesale level. I know this because I worked in the tobacco industry for 32 years. Usually the confiscated cigarettes are sold back to the manufacturer by the state they were confiscated in.
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