Deputies from the Criminal Investigations Division of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office recovered a loaded unserialized firearm and arrested a suspect following a traffic stop on Friday, October 17, 2025.

 

While conducting proactive enforcement in the 21000 block of Colton Point Road in Avenue, Detectives observed a subject known to be prohibited from possessing firearms due to his age, in possession of a suspected firearm.

 

Detectives requested members from the patrol unit to assist. Ultimately, a traffic stop was initiated on a gold sports utility vehicle on the 22000 block of Duke Street in Leonardtown. During the traffic stop, a search of the vehicle and occupants was initiated, and Omari Lee Miles, 18, of California, Maryland, a passenger in the vehicle, was found in possession of a loaded Polymer 80 9mm handgun with an extended 40-round magazine.

Miles was taken into custody and charged with multiple firearm-related offenses, including:

 

• Wearing a handgun on his person
• Wearing a loaded handgun on his person
• Wearing a handgun in a vehicle on public roads
• Wearing a loaded handgun in a vehicle on public roads
• Unlawfully possessing an unserialized firearm
• Possession of a regulated firearm while under the age of 21

 

Miles was transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center and is currently being held without bond.