WRC-TV
12:09 a.m. EST December 2, 2006
LA PLATA, Md. - A routine traffic stop in Maryland led to the recovery of 29 guns stolen from a nearby home that had been burglarized, state police said. Troopers said they pulled over a Cadillac on a routine traffic stop Thursday afternoon at a gas station on the corner of Routes 6 and 301.
A police dog detected the odor of drugs. None were found, but semiautomatic handguns, shotguns, revolvers and rifles worth an estimated $10,000 were found in the trunk.
Police allege that the weapons were stolen from a home on Linden Lane in La Plata.
The three men in the car -- Kurron Brown, Charles Davis IV and Shawn Price -- were charged with burglary, theft and possession of firearms.
Investigators believe the daytime heist was planned, the house was targeted because of the assortment of weapons and the suspects were going to sell the weapons on the streets.
"After a burglary like this, they go to one of the communities where people are looking for these weapons to do whatever they like to do with them," said Maryland State Police First Sgt. Ron Best.
All of the guns were registered, unloaded and some were still in their cases.
Still, the number of guns in the victims' home worried some neighbors.
"Of course I don't know all of the folks who live here, but that's kind of excessive," said Tina Herring, a Linden Lane neighbor.
Two of the suspects have posted $30,000 bonds, while one remains in jail, NBC 4's Miguel Almaguer reported. All three of them are expected in court next week.
12:09 a.m. EST December 2, 2006
LA PLATA, Md. - A routine traffic stop in Maryland led to the recovery of 29 guns stolen from a nearby home that had been burglarized, state police said. Troopers said they pulled over a Cadillac on a routine traffic stop Thursday afternoon at a gas station on the corner of Routes 6 and 301.
A police dog detected the odor of drugs. None were found, but semiautomatic handguns, shotguns, revolvers and rifles worth an estimated $10,000 were found in the trunk.
Police allege that the weapons were stolen from a home on Linden Lane in La Plata.
The three men in the car -- Kurron Brown, Charles Davis IV and Shawn Price -- were charged with burglary, theft and possession of firearms.
Investigators believe the daytime heist was planned, the house was targeted because of the assortment of weapons and the suspects were going to sell the weapons on the streets.
"After a burglary like this, they go to one of the communities where people are looking for these weapons to do whatever they like to do with them," said Maryland State Police First Sgt. Ron Best.
All of the guns were registered, unloaded and some were still in their cases.
Still, the number of guns in the victims' home worried some neighbors.
"Of course I don't know all of the folks who live here, but that's kind of excessive," said Tina Herring, a Linden Lane neighbor.
Two of the suspects have posted $30,000 bonds, while one remains in jail, NBC 4's Miguel Almaguer reported. All three of them are expected in court next week.
