Weapons, Drugs Recovered From Car After Man Shot Himself At Maryland Gas Station, Police Say

A man accidentally shot himself at a Maryland gas station and had to be hospitalized, leading to a large drug and weapon bust in Anne Arundel County, according to police.

The drugs and weapons recovered by police.
Photo Credit: *Anne Arundel County Police*

Zak Failla

06/13/2024 4:29 p.m.

Glen Burnie resident Joseph Lemarchant Montgomery, 40, was arrested and charged following an early-morning probe into a reported shooting at the Sunoco gas station on Nursery Road in Linthicum earlier this week.

Police say that shortly before 8 a.m. on Tuesday, June 11, officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department met with a victim at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore who suffered a gunshot wound to an extremity.

Investigators determined that the man was shot at the station and was taken by a friend to the hospital in a 2002 Ford Mustang, leading to an unexpected discovery.

During a search of the Mustang, officers seized:

Bersa .380 handgun with an obliterated serial number, loaded with eight rounds;
Taurus .380 handgun with an obliterated serial number, loaded with eight rounds;
One spent .380 casing;
Approximately 503 grams of suspected cannabis;
Approximately 81 grams (over 200 pills) of suspected MDMA;
Approximately 14 grams of suspected crack cocaine;
Large bag containing packaged suspected heroin/fentanyl, “crack” cocaine, and loose unknown powdery substance (suspected heroin/fentanyl);
Approximately 102 grams of unknown pressed pills;
Approximately 150 grams of suspected Methadone.

Montgomery was arrested and is facing drug and weapon charges.

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