While on routine patrol in the area of Md. Rt. 4 near the Thomas Johnson Bridge in Solomons on March 24 at 10:18 a.m. Dep. G. Gott conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle.
He found the driver, later identified as Sandra Louise Birch, 43, of Ridge, to be in possession of suspected drugs.
Birch was arrested and charged with three counts of possession of suspected controlled dangerous substance; oxycodone, morphine sulfate and methylphenidate, and possession of drug paraphernalia; a metal container.