A traffic stop on Sunday ended in a drug arrest when a large quantity of crack cocaine fell out of a man's pants, the Frederick Police Department reports.

Officers with the Drug Enforcement Unit were patrolling at Willowdale Drive and Shookstown Road about 5 p.m. when they saw a vehicle make several illegal maneuvers, police said.

The officers stopped the driver and, after speaking to him, they called for a K-9 unit which smelled drugs in the car, police said.

A passenger, Joseph Snouffer Geisbert, 26 of Stratford Way in Frederick , was making furtive movements inside the car, police said, so officers patted him down. During the pat-down, a large quantity of crack cocaine fell out of his pants onto the ground.

Geisbert was arrested and charged with possession and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. He was taken to the Frederick County Adult Detention Center to appear before the District Court Commissioner.

The driver, whom police did not name, received a traffic citation and was released.

-- Comfort Dorn

Police seek three assailants

The Frederick Police Department wants help finding three men who assaulted a man early Saturday in downtown Frederick .

Officers were called about 5:40 a.m. to the 500 block of North Market Street, police said. A man told them that two white men and one black man had assaulted him and taken items from his pockets.

The victim was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, police said.

Police have no more information.

Anyone who was in the area and saw anything suspicious is asked to call Acting Sgt. Hayer at 301-600-1265. Anonymous tips can be left at 240-600-TIPS (8497) or e-mailed to fpdcrimetip@fredco-md.net.

-- Comfort Dorn

Three charged after "snorting"

Police arrested two Frederick residents and a West Virginia man Saturday night after officers said they saw the three "snorting cocaine" in a vehicle, according to the Frederick Police Department.

Drug Enforcement Unit officers were in the Sagner Court area about 9:30 p.m. when they saw Zachary James Funke, 21, of North Bentz Street; Titus Lamont Diggs, 28, of Martinsburg, W. Va.; and Shawn Lafond Miller, 30, of Klineharts Alley, all in the vehicle.

Officer arrested the three men. When police searched Funke, they found marijuana.

All three were charged with possession of cocaine. Funke was also charged with possession of marijuana.

They were taken to the Frederick County Adult Detention Center to appear before the District Court Commissioner.

-- Comfort Dorn

Officer finds stolen Jeep

A police officer took a report Sunday of a Jeep stolen from the Waterford neighborhood. The same officer spotted the missing vehicle while on patrol Monday just south of U. S. 40, the Frederick Police Department reports.

The owner reported to Officer Patrick Spevak that the Red 2008 Jeep Wrangler had gone missing from Waterford Drive after 4 p.m. Friday, police said. Spevak spotted a vehicle matching that description on Rock Hill Drive about 4 p.m. Monday.

After officers confirmed it was the missing Jeep, they approached and found a male juvenile inside, police said. He was arrested. Two other juvenile males were later arrested, one at Cheryls Court and the other from Key Parkway.

Inside the Jeep officers found stolen items, including radio and stereo equipment that had been reported stolen from another vehicle overnight, police said.

The three juveniles, ages 15, 16 and 17, face motor vehicle theft, conspiracy theft and other related charges.

-- Comfort Dorn

Deputy tasers man after chase

FAIRPLAY -- A Boonsboro man faces multiple charges after leading a deputy on a high speed chase, ramming his patrol car and being shot by a Taser early Saturday, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

Deputy Ryan Socks spotted a northbound pick-up truck on Md. 65 near Lappans Road about 12:15 a.m., the sheriff's office said. Socks clocked the truck on radar going 91 miles per hour in a 40 mph zone.

The driver refused to stop, turning west on Lappans Road, then south on Reichard Road where Socks clocked the truck going 80 mph in a 35 mph zone and the driver turned off his headlights to avoid detection, the sheriff's office said.

At Reichard and Spielman roads, the truck stopped, then suddenly backed up and rammed the front of Socks' patrol car, damaging but not disabling the vehicle, officials said.

Socks followed the truck, a 2001 Ford F-350, to a private driveway in the 7600 block of Fairplay Road, where it stopped.

Socks ordered the driver, Allen William Smith, 45, of Sharpsburg Pike, to get out and lie on the ground. Smith refused and began walk away. Socks shot Smith with his Taser and Smith fell to the ground. He was then arrested.

Smith had two Xanax tablet which he had no prescription for, officials said.

Smith was charged with fleeing and eluding, leaving the scene of an accident, driving under the influence of alcohol, possession of CDS and CDS paraphernalia, malicious destruction of property and second-degree assault.

He posted $25,000 bail and was released pending trial.

-- Comfort Dorn

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