Man Waiting To Take Driving Test Arrested For Drugs At MVA

GLEN BURNIE, MD — While knowing traffic laws is a must to get your driver's license, apparently flouting criminal laws by having marijuana in your car is an even bigger infraction. A Baltimore man waiting to take his driver's license test was arrested Monday on drug charges at the Glen Burnie Motor Vehicle Administration office, Maryland State Police say.

On Monday afternoon, Reginald D. Wooding Jr., 22, of Baltimore, was waiting in line in his mother’s car to take his driving test at the MDOT Motor Vehicle Administration in Glen Burnie. A driver’s license examiner became suspicious when she smelled what she thought was marijuana coming from the vehicle. She contacted a state trooper who was working an overtime assignment at the MVA. The trooper confirmed the strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and investigated.

A search led to the recovery of almost one pound of marijuana, a scale, more than $15,000 in suspected drug-related money and a 9mm Glock handgun with a loaded 30-round magazine, according to a police news release.

Wooding was arrested on the spot and charged with engaging in a drug-trafficking crime while transporting a firearm, possessing a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, unlawfully purchasing/receiving a detachable magazine with a capacity of more than ten rounds of ammunition, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, illegally wearing/carrying/transporting a handgun upon public roads/parking lots, wear/carry/transporting a handgun on his person, possession of marijuana, two counts of possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia, possession of drug paraphernalia, and obliterating the identification number on a firearm.

After processing at the State Police Glen Burnie Barrack, Wooding was taken for an initial appearance before a court commissioner, where he was released on a $7,500 unsecured bond.

Photos of Reginald D. Wooding Jr. of Baltimore and gun, drugs and cash reportedly seized from his car at a MVA office, courtesy of Maryland State Police