PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. – On August 8, 2018 Deputy Bowlan conducted a traffic stop in the area of Route 4 and Main Street, Prince Frederick, along with Deputy Mohler and Deputy Rzepkowski.
The driver, Austin Edward Peed, 36, was asked to exit the vehicle and perform standardized field sobriety tests. During these tests, Peed admitted to using heroin just prior to the officers stopping him.
A search of the vehicle revealed a soda can with burn residue, a plastic bag with suspected heroin, two green pills wrapped in a paper towel and a total of 36 syringes. Peed was placed under arrest and transported to the Calvert County Detention Center where he was charged with CDS: Possession-Not Marijuana as well as Driving Under the Influence of a Controlled Dangerous Substance.