At approximately 12:25 a.m. on March 18, Trooper K. Hunt was participating in an authorized DUI Sobriety Checkpoint on southbound Route 301, west of West Industrial Park Drive, La Plata, Charles County, Maryland.
Trooper Hunt was standing on the double yellow lines when a white Ford Ranger bearing Maryland registration 37L020 came through the DUI checkpoint and stopped at his position.
Trooper Hunt approached the vehicle and detected a strong odor of marijuana emitting from the vehicle.
The driver was identified by his Maryland driver’s license as James Kenneth Boswell Jr., 22 years, of La Plata.
When Trooper Hunt questioned Boswell, as to hiding anything in the vehicle, Boswell immediately told Troop Hunt that there was marijuana in the vehicle.
A probable cause search revealed three marijuana smoking devices in the glove box and a half burned marijuana cigarette on the driver’s side floor mat.
Boswell was arrested and transported to the Charles County Detention Center pending a bond review. Boswell was charged with the following: Possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia.