Gun charge dropped against official's son

Anne Arundel County prosecutors have dropped handgun charges against the son of the civil rights director for the Maryland attorney general's office, authorities said yesterday.

Kojo Lummuba Malik Snowden, 22, who lives with his father, Carl O. Snowden, on Garden Gate Lane in Annapolis, was arrested on gun possession charges Feb. 14 when police found a loaded .45-caliber handgun in the vehicle he was driving in Crownsville. Two passengers in the car also were charged.

Initially, none of the men claimed the weapon, which was in a jacket in the back seat.

But one of the passengers -- Danico Robinson, 19, of the 1300 block of Tyler Ave. of Annapolis -- has since said that it was his gun, prompting authorities to drop the charges against Snowden, said Deputy State's Attorney William D. Roessler.

Charges were also dropped against Jahlil Hayward, 21, of the 400 block of Chester Ave. in Annapolis.