POTOMAC RIVER (Aug.
21) --- Sgt.
Ken Turner of the Maryland Natural Resources Police
reports that on Saturday, August 18, at 9:52 p.m.,
the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged two
Virginia men with possession of a controlled
dangerous substance (CDS) on the Potomac River in
the area of the Quantico Marine Base.
Officers stopped a vessel operated by Joseph Barkley
Baer, 21, of Stafford, Va. at 9:50 for operating
after sunset without displaying proper navigational
lights. Upon stopping the vessel, officers observed
in plain view, a clear plastic bag of suspected
marijuana on the console of the vessel. Baer and
his passenger, Justin Edward Hardy, 21, of Stafford,
Va. were placed under arrest, and a subsequent
search found another bag of suspected marijuana on
the deck of the vessel as well as a pipe containing
suspected marijuana in Hardy's pants pocket.
Both men were
transported to the Charles County Detention Center
where a Charles County District Court Commissioner
released them on their own personal recognizance.
Baer was also charged for operating a vessel without
proper navigational lights.
Charles
County - On Sunday, August 19, at 9:56 p.m., the
Maryland Natural Resources Police charged Edward Lew
Miller, 39, of Alexandria, Va. with operating a
vessel while under the influence of alcohol on the
Potomac River off of Leesylvania State Park.
Miller was stopped for
operating his vessel after sunset without displaying
proper navigational lights. Miller displayed signs
of intoxication and after failing several field
sobriety tests, was placed under arrest and
transported to the Maryland State Police La Plata
Barrack. Miller took a breath test, which showed a
blood alcohol concentration of .11 percent. He was
charged with operating a motor vessel while under
the influence of alcohol, operating a motor vessel
while impaired by alcohol, operating a motor vessel
while under the influence of alcohol per se,
negligent operation, and operating a vessel without
proper navigational lights. Miller was released on
his signature to a friend.
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