Crack Cocaine Worth $3K Seized; 3 Charged In Pasadena Drug Bust

PASADENA, MD — Roughly $3,000 worth of crack cocaine and another $3,000 in cash was seized during a Pasadena drug bust last week, according to Anne Arundel County Police. Two Pasadena residents and a Cambridge man were arrested on drug possession, trafficking and other charges.

Earlier this month, police received complaints of drug activity in the area of Renshaw Road and River Road in Pasadena. Tipsters said someone in a gray Lexus was dealing drugs in the area. On July 19, detectives conducting surveillance on Renshaw Road followed a gray Lexus they spotted driving in the area. Police reportedly stopped the car when the driver failed to stop for a stop sign at Elizabeth Road and Ft. Smallwood Road.

The driver — Timothy Michael Reed, 35, of the 8400 block of Forest Drive in Pasadena — told police he had no driver’s license. While speaking with the driver, detectives saw a glass smoking pipe inside the vehicle. During a search of the car, makeshift “crack pipes” were found on the driver and rear passenger, police say.

The front seat passenger — Lawrence Nelson Lewis, 39, of the 400 block of Pine Street in Cambridge — carried a large amount of money and several baggies of crack cocaine.

• 30 bags of suspected crack cocaine (30.95 grams), with an estimated street value of $3,095
• 1 bag of suspected marijuana (1.91 grams), with an estimated street value of $20
• $3,083 in cash

Suspects and their individual charges are:

• Lewis, who was charged with possession with intent to distribute, not marijuana (crack cocaine); possession of CDS, not marijuana (crack cocaine); and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Reed, who was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and two outstanding arrest warrants.
• Kacey Brooke Knighton, 19, of the 7800 block of Renshaw Road in Pasadena was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

»Photos courtesy of Anne Arundel County Police Department