Man Stopped For Speeding Gives False Name. Claims Police Don't Have Jurisdiction

A Friday morning traffic stop for speeding in Pasadena got very strange for Anne Arundel County Police, very quickly.

At around 7 a.m. Friday, an officer on Route 10 saw a black Ford Explorer going 77 mph in a 55 mph zone, police say. The officer turned on his emergency lights at Route 10 South and Ritchie Highway North, but the vehicle did not stop. The officer pulled alongside the Explorer and motioned for the driver to pull over. The driver slowed to 40 mph but did not stop, and motioned to the officer he was on his cell phone. The driver called 911 and spoke to both Anne Arundel County and state police dispatch and said he had no intention of stopping for county police. The driver told dispatch be believed Anne Arundel County officers did not have jurisdiction or authority to stop him, and said he felt "racially profiled." Both dispatches advised him to stop, police say.

The driver eventually had to stop for traffic at a stop light by Marley Station Mall. Officers approached the vehicle without weapons drawn and conducted the encounter as a regular traffic stop. A lieutenant called for a car with a dashcam, which arrived minutes later. State troopers responded, as well.

Police say the driver refused to comply with commands, provide identification or exit the vehicle, only getting out when supervisors and the camera car arrived. The driver was arrested and taken to the Eastern District station without injury to himself or police. There, he refused to give his real name and identified himself as his self-given Moorish Nation name of Kadarighazel. The Moorish Nation is a black separatist group akin to the sovereign citizen movement.

The man, later positively identified as 31-year-old Antwone Nathaniel Payne of Bishop Avenue in Brooklyn, told police he would get "physical" if they tried to fingerprint or photograph him. As his resistance continued late Friday morning, a booking photo has not yet been made available.

Payne has been charged with driving without a license, driving on a suspended license, speeding, unsafe lane change, talking on a cell phone while operating a vehicle, failure to produce identification, failure to produce registration and giving a fictitious name to law enforcement.