Traffic stop leads to drug, weapons charges

Carpenter [FCPD]

A traffic stop in the eastern end of Mason District led to narcotics and weapons charges, the Fairfax County Police Department reports.

When police stopped a Volkswagen sedan in the 4900 block of Oasis Drive just after 1 a.m. on Sept. 7, the officer detected a marijuana odor. As police started to search the vehicle, the passenger, Dewey Carpenter, a 22-year-old from Miami, Fla., attempted to flee.

When Carpenter was taken into custody and searched, police found narcotics in his pants. He head-butted the officer who was putting him into the back of the police car. A search of the vehicle netted a pistol and more than $10,000 in cash.


Carpenter was taken to the Adult Detention Center where he was charged with possession of narcotics, possession of a firearm with a narcotic, attempt to flee from a law enforcement officer, assault on a law enforcement officer, and obstruction of justice.

Police also report a commercial burglary at around 3 a.m. on Sept. 5. Three men forced entry inside a business in the 5800 block of Seminary Road in Bailey’s Crossroads and attempted to take cash from an ATM machine. They were unsuccessful and fled in a car. The suspects were of unknown race and had their faces covered.