A traffic stop on Hospital Drive in Glen Burnie ended with two arrests Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, after police say they found a loaded handgun and suspected drugs inside a green 2009 Subaru. Shannon D. Watson Jr., 25, of Laurel, and Lynsey Jane Beck, 32, of Glen Burnie, now face charges following the search.
According to the Anne Arundel County Police Department, officers stopped the Subaru in the 300 block of Hospital Drive on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. During that stop, police say they recovered a loaded Taurus 9mm handgun along with suspected drugs inside the vehicle.
What Police Say They Found
Among the items police reported recovering were suspected Suboxone and several prescription medications that belonged to people other than Watson or Beck, the department said. Police arrested and charged both Watson and Beck following the search, though the specific charges filed against them have not been detailed.
The stop is the latest in a string of Anne Arundel County traffic encounters this year that have turned up firearms or drugs during routine enforcement. In a separate case in March, an officer pulled over a vehicle near Hospital Drive and Elvaton Road after noticing a burned-out brake light; that search, according to a report from foxbaltimore.com, turned up a loaded 9mm handgun along with roughly 506 grams of suspected marijuana, 12 grams of suspected cannabis oil, and 1,200 grams of suspected promethazine.
A Pattern of Similar Stops Across the County
Other recent cases show a similar mix of weapons and narcotics surfacing during routine stops around the county. In August, officers in Severn recovered a loaded 9mm handgun during a traffic stop, and the driver was arrested and charged, per a statement from the Anne Arundel County Government. On March 5, officers stopped a vehicle near Hospital Drive and Elvaton Road in Glen Burnie, according to a report from foxbaltimore.com.
A March 2026 investigation in Glen Burnie similarly ended with officers conducting a traffic stop that recovered 11 sealed packages of suspected Suboxone, four suspected Oxycodone pills, and $2,519 in cash, the county government said in a release. And in September, a drug investigation tied to a traffic stop and search warrant in Glen Burnie turned up suspected cocaine, fentanyl, crack cocaine, Suboxone, and oxycodone pills along with $46,422 in currency, as reported by The Baltimore Sun.
