On Sept. 22, at 9:17 p.m., Dep. Thomas Rickard conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle near the intersection of Md. Route 260 eastbound and Md. Route 2 in Owings.

The driver, later identified as William Austin Elliton, III, 19 of Dunkirk

, was found to be in possession of suspected marijuana. 

He was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, a digital scale used to weigh a controlled dangerous substance, and a metal hose clamp commonly used to crush unknown pills into a powdery form to be inhaled.