Staff Writer

 An Old Orchard Beach man with a May 11 date in Portland courtroom Portland to face drug trafficking charges also has an April 30 court hearing in Massachusetts for similar charges.

Peter Lorenzen, 40, a Milliken Street resident, was indicted this month by a Cumberland County grand jury on a charge of trafficking and two charges of drug possession. The charges stem from a Feb. 13 traffic stop on Pleasant Hill Road in Scarborough.

Lorenzen is already under indictment in Middlesex County, Mass., on charges of trafficking and conspiracy to traffic drugs, according to court documents included in his file at Cumberland County Superior Court, where he will face the Maine charges.

Police records show Lorenzen was stopped by a Scarborough police officer at 9:35 p.m. on Feb. 13, after an officer noticed a brake light on Lorenzen’s car was not working. During the stop, the officer discovered Lorenzen was driving with a suspended license, police said.

A statement by Officer Steven Thibodeau says Lorenzen appeared nervous and had bloodshot eyes. Thibodeau said Lorenzen initially said he was not carrying any drugs or weapons but then said he did have a knife in his pocket.

While searching for the knife, Thibodeau said he found a pipe Lorenzen said he used for marijuana. After finding the pipe, Thibodeau said he told Lorenzen the car would be searched.

Police said the search turned up 14 grams of cocaine, 4 ounces of marijuana, a scale with cocaine residue, drug paraphernalia and a book Thibodeau said was “what I believed to be a drug ledger.”

Lorenzen, who is unemployed according to court records, was released on $5,000 bail after his arrest. He returned to jail March 9 after a drug test showed he had been using cocaine and marijuana, police said. He has since been released, according to officials at the jail.

Before appearing in Cumberland County Superior Court, motions to suppress evidence in a case against Lorenzen will be heard April 30 in Middlesex County Superior Court in Woburn, Mass.

Statements by a Tewksbury, Mass., police officer in court files detail how Lorenzen was arrested Sept. 4, 2008, with two men and one woman in a fast-food restaurant parking lot frequently used for drug deals.

In the statements, an undercover officer reported seeing Lorenzen and a woman with him leave money in her car before going into the restaurant to buy food.

 Shortly after they went inside, two men drove into the parking lot. One was seen entering the car before the two were detained. Lorenzen and his companion were arrested as they tried to flee on foot.

According to the officer, 5 ounces of cocaine were found in the glove compartment while the two men arrested were found with more then $4,000 in cash, an amount consistent with the price for that much cocaine.

Court records detailing Lorenzen’s brushes with the law show a history of driving violations, including at least six license suspensions.

Lorenzen also was found guilty of operating under the influence in 1999, being a habitual offender in 2001 and operating without a license in 2006.

Staff writer David Harry can be reached at 282-4337