A Maryland man who helped a drunk neighbor home was arrested for marijuana possession and resisting arrest just moments later by police who had been called to help the intoxicated man. Samir Ahmed, 23, was arrested outside his home in Silver Spring, Maryland, on the morning of November 17, according to media reports.
Ahmed wrote in an Instagram post that on that morning he had been waiting outside his home for a Lyft ride when he saw an intoxicated neighbor fall down next to his front yard.
“He was so drunk he could barely walk,” Ahmed wrote.
Ahmed then decided to help his intoxicated neighbor.
“So I lifted him up and took him home,” he wrote in the Instagram post. “While walking him home I asked why was he drinking so much, so early in the morning. Unfortunately, he was grieving the loss of his brother who passed away a few days ago. I knocked on the door and made sure he got inside home safely then walked back home. When I returned home I [saw there were] policemen and firefighters outside my house.”
Ahmed learned that the first responders had been called to assist the neighbor.
“Apparently before I [saw] the drunk guy, he was unconscious [on somebody’s] lawn,” he wrote. “I explained how I carried him home, and showed my ID to prove that I lived on the residence. After answering all [their] questions in a respectful manner, one the officers said ‘I think you’re the intoxicated one.’ I was later arrested as seen in the video but was never told what for [until] literally 3 hours later.”
