From Maryland State Police:
Shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 24, the JFK Memorial Highway Barracks received a 9-1-1 call from a female motorist traveling with her two young children and her mother, northbound on Interstate 95 in the area of Rt. 22 in Harford County. The driver said she was involved in a road rage incident with another vehicle. The driver described the suspect vehicle as a late model burgundy four door passenger vehicle with partial registration “PSP,” and described the driver and his female passenger. The caller said when she pulled up alongside the vehicle, the driver pointed a silver or gray color handgun at her. She said she ducked down and slowed, then dialed 9-1-1.
A broadcast of the vehicle was dispatched and while Tfc Rumaker was traveling northbound on I-95 south of Rt. 222, Perryville in Cecil County, he observed a vehicle matching the description. The vehicle was a burgundy Toyota Avalon, displaying Georgia registration. A traffic stop was initiated on the vehicle north of Rt. 222 and the driver was identified by his Georgia driver’s license as Ashanti A. S. Smalls, 33, of Atlanta, Georgia. An adult female was in the passenger’s seat and in the back seat of the vehicle, in a child safety seat, was a 14-month-old female.
During a search of the immediate area of the driver and front passenger seat, a black metal handgun ammo magazine containing ten .40 caliber full metal jacket ammo rounds was located in the vehicle’s center console. Located in the vehicle’s glove box were a gray / pink colored hand gun that was not holstered and a black neoprene holster. The handgun was a Taurus .40 caliber containing a ten round ammo magazine that was fully loaded with hollow point ammo, with a round in the chamber.
Members of North East Barrack, North East Police, Cecil County Sheriff Office, and Perryville Police Department assisted. The Maryland Gun Center was contacted and revealed Smalls did not possess a gun carry permit in Maryland. An NCIC check revealed Smalls was prohibited from possessing regulated firearms due to felony convictions in Georgia. Smalls was placed under arrest and transported to the JFK Highway Barracks for processing and charging. He will be taken to the Cecil County Detention Center central booking center for an initial appearance later tonight.
Charges: 1st degree assault, reckless endangerment, illegal possession of ammunition, possession of a firearm, firearms use/felon-violent crime, illegal possession of a regulated firearm, possession of a firearm with a felony conviction, handgun in a vehicle
So this guy already violated a boat load of existing laws, what good will more laws make? He couldn’t legally possess a gun, yet he had one. Guess he didn’t see the no guns allowed sign.
While he violated MD law, was he actually violating GA law for possession? Not all felons nationwide are banned from owning weapons and GA is notoriously lax in who can/cannot have a weapon. This mishmash of state laws is the real issue. Realistically though, you pull some crap like that, you should lose your drivers license. Good job for finding this D-Bag though!
But the NRA will probably defend him because he has a second amendment right to point a loaded gun at someone who pulled up next to and looked at him.
Are you truly that ignorant of what the NRA stands for and advocates for or are you just some left winger following talking points.
Yeah! Everyone knows the NRA is a gun-lobby shill that is only concerned with the profits of the gun industry! To think that someone actually believes the NRA cares enough about their members to actually defend them. How silly.
Hartford resident AKA moron
Hartford—you say??
A conviction of a crime that carties greater than 2 years is a prohibited factor in all firearm procession nationwide unless pardoned.
“States rights” doesn’t matter, you fill out Federal firearm paperwork in all states regardless if the state wants to control in it, like Maryland with current handgun purchases that have State Police paperwork ON TOP of filling out the Federal gun buying form.
Basically it started out as a misdemeanor vs. Felony thing, but goofy states like Maryland have misdemeanor crimes up past 10 years for incarceration.
It doesnt matter if you served no time, a guilty disposition is all it takes to be prohibited.
Another armed thug off the streets. Proof the laws work. Thank God a scared of his own shadow “armed good guy” didn’t execute him.
Laws only work for the law abiding, right? How many hundred of thousands of people are driving their car on a public road with a problem on their license (revoked, suspended, et al)?
Armed good guy? Like a law enforcement officer for example? Take your intentional negativity and go elsewhere with your ignorance.
What are you going to do if a multiple time convicted criminal points a gun (that they’re not allowed to have legally) at you in the commission of a crime?
Are you implying since the law clearly worked and he was arrested, he was law abiding?
You should think before you type
It’s not an execution if he threatens a family with a firearm.
What laws clearly work? He was a prohibited person in procession of a firearm.
No law will stop anyone from doing something unlawful. I’m not implying anything he did anything unlawful other than what the article states he was arresteded for, assault (pointing a gun) and prohibited person in procession of a firearm. Herp durp.
Good work by police! Thanks
The last name was Smalls?
“You’re killing me, Smalls!” ROFLMAO
While traveling near Level Road on Christmas evening we too experience road rage when another motorist apparently felt that we did not have the right of way at a 3 way stop; This person reacted with continuous horn honking, flashing lights, driving using high beams and dangerous tailgating. He followed our car for several miles. Given that his/her tirade was unwarranted and inappropriate, and that driving conditions were poor, this behavior was especially dangerous to us and to oncoming traffic. What kind of immature moron reacts this way? Idiot!
If it was at the blinking light at 155 and 161 it was probably the same woman in a blue car who had a melt down behind me a week ago because everyone wasn’t going 60mph. That woman is going to wear out her horn and have a stroke.
One good way to stop a tailgater:
BRAKE CHECK!
Just be sure to take off, quickly, afterwards…especially if they rear-end you. Drive to the nearest Police Station and bitch about it.
Or, pull over and let them pass…they may shout a few profanities, but when did cuss words ever kill anyone?
Remember, when being tail-gated aggressively – you know how they move to the left of you so that their headlight is hitting your left side mirror perfectly so that it blinds you – flip your mirror a little to the left, then up a little. Watch them SLAM on their breaks. Its either you or them. To me if they are purposely trying to blind you into a ditch or into on coming traffic, its going to be them. I love to watch them flip their shit. THIS WORKS every time and they back off QUICK and it puts them back where they belong.
It’s amazing. I was leaving for work at real early in the morning and once a week some guy in a crossover SUV would end up behind me, tail gating, passed me on double yellow everytime.
It’s funny, I’d notice his high beams would come on but they really didn’t do much to “blind me” as I was in a tall, full sized pickup truck.
The greatest thing was that he would actually run red lights too, I’d see him a 1/4 mile away stop and just blow through them all. I guess he couldn’t bear the shame of running the dog shit out of his car to only have me roll up behind him 2 minutes later stopped at the next traffic light.