Driver With Cocaine On His Face Convicted On Drug Charges: Harford County Prosecutor

HARFORD COUNTY, MD — A 51-year-old Port Deposit man has been convicted of drug-related charges after a two-day jury trial in the Circuit Court for Harford County.

Deputies testified that a vehicle was stopped Feb. 6, 2019, after it passed a school bus in a double yellow no passing zone. The vehicle had been seen earlier in the day by the Harford County Narcotics Task Force engaging in activity consistent with the sale of controlled dangerous substances.

The deputy who pulled over the vehicle saw a black digital scale sitting on the center console, so a K-9 was summoned to check out the vehicle. Deputies saw a powdery white substance in and around passenger Timothy Eugene Fisher's nostril, according to court documents.

Deputies attempted to take Fisher into custody, but he resisted. Fisher was ultimately restrained by deputies and there was a positive K-9 alert on the vehicle. A search of the car revealed not only the digital scale but a white plastic bag containing numerous sandwich bags consistent with packaged cocaine. A search of Fisher yielded two more plastic bags containing suspected cocaine. One of those bags contained 10 individual one gram bags of the substance. A third bag was recovered containing a suspected cutting agent. The Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division tested and positively identified the substance as cocaine, according to prosecutors.

Fisher has been convicted of possession with intent to distribute: cocaine and possession of a controlled dangerous substance: cocaine. He faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison and fines of up to $30,000.