Wicomico County Sheriff's Department Press Release

Antwon Townsend

Keith Parker

Incident: Possession of Cocaine

Date of Incident: 30 October 2008

Location: East Main Street at Long Avenue, Salisbury, MD

Suspect: 1. Antwon J. Townsend, 20, Pocomoke City, MD
2. Keith Parker, 21, Salisbury, MD

Narrative: On 30 October 2008 at 1:10 AM, a deputy from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office stopped a vehicle operated by Antwon Townsend for a registration violation. During the traffic stop the deputy initiated a search of Townsend’s vehicle and located under the front seat a Crown Royal bag. When the deputy opened the bag, the deputy located powder cocaine, marijuana and unlabeled prescription pills. The deputy managed to identify the pills as Loratab and Morphine. Both Townsend and his passenger, Keith Parker, were arrested. Search incident to arrest located empty baggies on Townsend that matched what the found CDS under the seat was contained in, and on Parker, marijuana and oxycodone pills in a baggie.

Both Townsend and Parker were transported to the Central Booking Unit at the Wicomico County Detention Center where they were processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. After their initial appearances, Townsend was detained in lieu of $75,000.00 bond while Parker was detained in lieu of $3,000.00 bond.

Charges:
Antwon Townsend:
Possession of Cocaine with the Intent to Distribute
Possession with Intent to Distribute within 1,000 feet of a school zone
Possession of Morphine with the Intent to Distribute
Possession of Loratab with the Intent to Distribute

Keith Parker:
Possession of Marijuana
Possession of Oxycodone