LEONARDTOWN, MD – Detectives with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division arrested a Lexington Park man Friday following an investigation into suspected drug activity and the execution of multiple search warrants at a residence in the 46000 block of Radford Lane.
During the early morning hours of May 8, 2026, detectives served the warrants and seized suspected cocaine, suspected crack cocaine, drug paraphernalia, approximately $400 in U.S. currency, and a Polymer80 handgun without a serial number. Detectives also recovered a magazine containing 9mm ammunition.
As a result of the investigation, detectives arrested Laroi James Burch, 35, of Lexington Park.
Burch was charged with:
- unlawful possession of a firearm without the required serial number
- use of a firearm in the commission of a felony
- possession of a firearm after being convicted of a felony
- possession of ammunition after being prohibited
- knowingly possessing a firearm after being convicted of a disqualifying crime
- two counts of possession with intent to distribute
- possession of a controlled dangerous substance
- possession of a firearm with a nexus to a drug trafficking crime
Burch was transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Leonardtown, where he is being held without bond.