Crime & Safety
Loaded Gun Found During Churchton Traffic Stop, Columbia Man Arrested: Police
Police said they found a loaded handgun during a Churchton traffic stop. Officers arrested the accused Columbia man.
![The Anne Arundel County Police Department said it arrested 28-year-old Eric Deandre Xavier Hill of Columbia last week. Officers said they found him with a loaded gun, pictured above, during a Tuesday traffic stop in Churchton.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/24287450/20220502/035536/styles/patch_image/public/unnamed-22___02125549979.jpg)
CHURCHTON, MD β The Anne Arundel County Police Department announced that it found a loaded gun during a recent traffic stop in Churchton. Officers said they arrested the accused driver, identified as 28-year-old Eric Deandre Xavier Hill of Columbia.
The encounter happened last Tuesday around 2:35 p.m. Authorities said they stopped a blue Honda Civic on Muddy Creek Road near Chalk Point Road.
The officer then seized a loaded 9-mm Polymer 80 handgun and a small amount of suspected marijuana, a press release said. Police charged the suspect accordingly.
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