GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Dashcam video captured the moment one driver flashed a gun at another during what police described as a road rage incident.
A quick moment of road rage led to a world of trouble for the 53-year-old suspect in this case, accused of not only losing her cool but leading police right to an alleged drug operation at home.
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One flash of a gun in traffic is how police say they caught an accused drug dealer working out of her own living room.
It started as road rage on Aug. 8 along Jimmy Carter Boulevard near Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.
The driver with the dashcam called Gwinnett County Police and turned over the video.
“We also suggest that you do not follow anyone in a road rage incident, because you do not know if they have a firearm or not,” said Master Police Officer Brock Marks.
Officers took a report and handed the case to investigators, who identified the suspect as Contessa Johnson. Six days later, they found the 53-year-old.
What officers say they found in that car got them a search warrant for her apartment.
Warrants say the marijuana, cocaine and oxycodone inside added up to five felony drug charges.
“That led to an additional party also being arrested from the residence,” Officer Marks said.
Conzady Sullivan, 45, is also charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
Ofc. Marks says the woman in that SUV ending up giving police everything they needed.
“Without that evidence or footage, that would’ve made it very hard for officers to pinpoint with their investigation and have probable cause to make an arrest in that case,” he said.
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