Westernport traffic stop leads to drug, firearm charges

Westernport traffic stop leads to drug, firearm charges

WESTERNPORT, Md. - A routine traffic stop near Westernport recently led to the arrest of an area man and the recovery of a large quantity of drugs and a stolen handgun.

TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO LOADED FIREARM ARREST IN BRIDGEPORT

A traffic stop by Bridgeport Police for motor vehicle violations on Wednesday night, July 22, 2026, led to the arrest of a 19-year-old city man for illegally possessing a loaded firearm with an altered serial number and a large-capacity magazine. Nineteen-year-old Kyeshon Leven King of Bridgeport was stopped by a patrol officer at the intersection of State Street and Lafayette Boulevard around 10:45 p.m. Wednesday after the car he was driving wa…