On November 21, 2021 Deputy Freeland of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Solomons Fastop, located at 13888 HG Trueman Road in Solomons, for a reported disorderly subject.
Deputy Freeland observed a male subject slumped in the driver’s seat with an open bottle of beer to which he offered the Deputy.
Additional police units arrived on scene and observed a machete and hatchet inside the vehicle.
The operator, Gary Leon Mitchell, 42 of Washington D.C., was detained while a search of the vehicle was conducted.
While in police custody, Mitchell was shouting profanities and causing a disturbance in a public setting.
Mitchell was arrested and transported to the Calvert County Detention Center where he was charged with Concealing a Deadly Weapon and Disorderly Conduct.