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🌱 How a Dunkirk traffic stop turned into a weapons charge

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  • How a Dunkirk traffic stop turned into a weapons charge

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  • Saturday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.
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• Expired Tags, Suspended License And A Hidden Knife: North Carolina Man Charged In Calvert (thebaynet.com) — A late-night traffic stop in Dunkirk led deputies to charge a North Carolina man after they reported finding a large fixed-blade knife hidden beside the driver’s seat. The stop began at the BP on West Chesapeake Beach Road over expired tags and a suspended license, and the driver now faces a concealed weapon charge and a separate traffic case in Calvert County District Court.
   

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