Adolfo Lopez-Olguin, 42, of North Beach
Adolfo Lopez-Olguin, 42, of North Beach, has been charged with possession with intent to distribute narcotics, possession of a controlled dangerous substance other than cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia, and two counts of possessing or using a false government identification document after a Calvert County Sheriff’s Office investigation that began in 2025 and ended with a traffic stop in Huntingtown on June 10, 2026.
According to charging documents, the case began after the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit received an anonymous tip during the summer of 2025 alleging that cocaine was being sold by Lopez-Olguin from the Tiki Bar and Grill on Charles Street in Solomons.
Investigators said they later learned Lopez-Olguin worked at Tiki Bar and Grill, Plaza Mexico in North Beach, and Skipper’s Pier in Deale.
Investigators described several surveillance operations between July 2025 and May 2026. In one incident, detectives said Lopez-Olguin was seen speaking with Edward Lee-Dexter Vermillion on Seventh Street in North Beach. Detectives alleged Lopez-Olguin told Vermillion to meet him in the rear parking lot, where investigators reported seeing what they believed was a hand-to-hand narcotics transaction.
The filing also describes other alleged meetings and driving behavior that detectives said appeared consistent with efforts to detect surveillance. Investigators wrote that Lopez-Olguin was seen making abrupt turns, using back roads, stopping in unusual locations and turning off vehicle lights while traveling through Calvert and Anne Arundel counties.
In another incident on May 12, 2026, detectives alleged Lopez-Olguin met with a man later identified as Douglas Fleming near Neptune’s Pub on Chesapeake Avenue in North Beach, followed by another brief vehicle-to-vehicle interaction at Peking Liquors on Chesapeake Beach Road.
On June 10, 2026, investigators said Lopez-Olguin left his home on 2nd Street in North Beach in a red GMC Sierra and drove to SpringHill Suites by Marriott on Sherry Lane in Prince Frederick. Detectives later saw the Sierra traveling north on Route 4 and reported that it was going 65 mph in a 55 mph zone before making a right turn at a steady red light at Plum Point Road without stopping at the stop line. A traffic stop was then conducted near Plum Point Middle School on Plum Point Road in Huntingtown.
During the stop, detectives said Lopez-Olguin told them he “had just come from Stoney’s in Prince Frederick” and was heading home, which investigators said did not match what they had observed. After Lopez-Olguin stepped out of the vehicle, a K9 handler asked whether the dog, “Rico,” would alert to the odor of narcotics in the vehicle. Investigators said Lopez-Olguin indicated there might be cocaine inside.
The K9 alerted to the vehicle, according to police. Detectives said Lopez-Olguin then put his right hand in his pocket and, when asked to remove it, pulled out a plastic tear-off. When asked what he was holding, Lopez-Olguin allegedly replied, “cocaine.” Investigators said that item later weighed about half a gram with packaging. Lopez-Olguin also reportedly told detectives he was traveling home and that his “friend is waiting on him.”
A search of the Sierra allegedly turned up about 60 grams of suspected cocaine in a plastic bag protruding from the sunroof visor. Detectives said another plastic tear-off with trace amounts of cocaine was later found during a search at the Calvert County Detention Center. While booking paperwork was being completed, Lopez-Olguin allegedly told Detective Tavares that he did not have a Social Security number.
Later that night, investigators obtained a search warrant for Lopez-Olguin’s room at the home on 2nd Street in North Beach.
The Calvert County Drug Enforcement Unit and Special Operations Team executed the warrant around 11:15 p.m. and reported finding a digital scale with white powder residue, a small glass vial with white powder residue, a clear plastic baggie with white powder residue, multiple empty tear-offs, an apparently fraudulent Social Security card, an apparently fraudulent permanent resident card, $1,106 in cash, and multiple clear plastic jugs filled with assorted coins.
The documents list Lopez-Olguin’s place of birth as Mexico. They do not state his immigration status, but investigators allege they found an apparently fraudulent Social Security card and permanent resident card during a search of his room.
At an initial appearance on June 12, 2026, Lopez-Olguin waived an attorney for that hearing only and was ordered held without bond. The stated reason was a reasonable likelihood that he would not appear when required. Required conditions listed included not engaging in criminal conduct and appearing in court when notified; special conditions also referenced abstaining from alcohol and the misuse or possession of controlled substances without a prescription.
