Bowie Man Arrested with Oxycodone Pills, Other Drugs

A Bowie man is in custody after a routine traffic stop led police to over $5,000 worth of drugs in the driver’s car, police said.

The Bowie Police’s Traffic Safety Unit was doing speed enforcement in the 3200 block of Mitchellville Drive when they saw a gold Oldsmobile speeding through the 35-mph zone, according to a police press release.

When officers tried to pull over the driver, he continued driving south on Mitchellville Road eventually stopping in the 2200 block of Prince of Wales Court.

The driver, 28-year-old Gerald Lawrence Carroll, tried to get out of his car. Officers ordered him to stay in his car and he then began reaching for something between the seat and the center console.

The officer asked Carroll to stop rummaging around his car before eventually ordering him to stop at gun point and Carroll complied. Police searched between the seats and found an 18-inch brass pipe and a prescription bottle for Oxycodone that was not prescribed to Carroll.

Carroll was then taken into custody as officers continued to search the car, discovering several plastic baggies with a white powder substance which was field tested and confirmed to be cocaine.

After the drugs were found, the Prince George’s County Police K-9 unit was called in for a more thorough search and they discovered more drugs in the back seat of the car.

Police found Carroll to be in possession of the brass pipe, 11 grams of marijuana, 5.5 grams of cocaine, 149 Oxycodone pills and one ecstasy pill, totaling an estimated $5,260 street value.

He was taken to the Department of Corrections in Upper Marlboro and charged with several counts of possession, eluding police, speeding and intent to distribute.

This isn’t Carroll’s first run-in with drugs and police, according to court documents. Dating back to 2001, he has been charged with possession several times as well as assault and possession of illegal firearms among other things.

More recently, Carroll ran into a similar situation in Montgomery County when he as pulled over for a traffic violation at the end of July. He was charged with several traffic violations as well as possession of marijuana and other drugs. He is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 1, according to court documents.