Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office made three drug-related arrests during separate traffic stops within a six-hour period. At approximately 10:05 p.m. on Thursday, August 1, 2024, Deputy Joseph Senatore and Deputy First Class Travis Wimberly were patrolling in Lexington Park. Deputy Senatore observed a silver Jeep Cherokee abruptly leave a residential parking lot at a high rate of speed, while Deputy Wimberly saw the vehicle failing to stop at a stop sign. After initiating a traffic stop for the violation, the deputies requested K9 assistance. Corporal Lacey Smith and her K9 partner, Kyra, responded and conducted a free-air sniff, which detected narcotics in the vehicle. A search of the car revealed suspected controlled dangerous substance (CDS) paraphernalia containing suspected cocaine, buprenorphine hydrochloride pills, and a suboxone strip. The driver, James Henry Elam III, 42, of Lexington Park, was found with a plastic bag containing suspected crack cocaine. The passenger, Antonio Roberto Belen, 38, of Lexington Park, was found in possession of suspected CDS paraphernalia containing suspected cocaine and a glass smoking device with cocaine residue. Both suspects were arrested; Elam was charged with three counts of CDS: Possession – Not Cannabis and three counts of CDS: Possession […]
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