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Brooklyn resident Tyler Andrew Ernest was arrested on Wednesday morning following a welfare check of a man who was unresponsive in the driver's seat of a vehicle.
The incident was reported at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 4 on Church Street, near Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn.
According to the Anne Arundel County Police Department, when the man was stirred, the responding officer spotted the grip of a handgun in his waistband, leading to his arrest.
Ernest was detained and found to be in possession of:
- 24 pills of suspected Oxycodone Hydrochloride;
- Suspected CDS packaging material;
- A digital scale;
- $635 in cash;
- .25 caliber AG Armi Galesi Hijo handgun.
He was arrested and charged with weapons and related offenses.
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