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A William H. Lemmel Middle School teacher was arrested yesterday and charged with possession of methadone that she is suspected of buying on her way to work, Baltimore police said. About 7:15 a.m., undercover officers observed a man selling what turned out to be a 2-ounce bottle of methadone to a woman in the 2000 block of N. Charles St., said Detective David Jones of the Central District's drug enforcement unit. The officers arrested the dealer, and the woman was arrested by uniformed officers who stopped her car about two miles away in the 2500 block of W. North Ave. and seized the methadone, Jones said.

An Owings Mills man, arrested on charges that he twice failed to appear in court on a bad check charge, was charged at the Carroll County jail with carrying drugs, court records show.Mikhail Korsunsky, 26, of the 200 block of Pittston Circle is being held at the Carroll County Detention Center in lieu of $7,500 bail.Korsunsky was accused 11 months ago of paying a Finksburg body shop for auto repairs by writing a check for $722 without sufficient funds in his bank account, court records show.

Southeastern District police officers raided six homes in Highlandtown last night and arrested 20 people on drug charges, including a mother and her 14-year-old daughter.The raids came after members of the district's drug unit made several undercover drug purchases in the past month in open-air drug markets around Highlandtown, police said.The purchases were part of a monthlong investigation prompted by residents' complaints, Lt. George Klein said.At a house in the 3500 block of E. Baltimore St., officers seized nearly 100 pieces of crack cocaine, valued at about $1,000, and arrested five suspects, including a mother and daughter accused of dealing drugs as a team, Klein said.

A Severna Park man was arrested and charged with robbing a French restaurant on Benfield Road Tuesday.Sean Patrick O'Brien, 19, of the first block of Brenda Court also was charged with drug possession and assault.An employee at Moulin de Paris, in the 500 block of Benfield Road, told police a man in his late teens with sideburns walked in just after 6 p.m. asking for change. When the cashier opened the register, the man pushed her, reached into the drawer and took an undisclosed amount, police said.

A story in Friday's Maryland section incorrectly reported the status of Cynthia Adams, 31, after a drug raid at her house in the 3200 block of Leverton Ave., Baltimore. She was arrested and released without being charged.The Sun regrets the error.Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Baltimore and Baltimore County.Southeastern DistrictShooting: A 20-year-old man was in serious condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital after he was shot in the thigh, calf, buttocks and ankle at 3: 20 p.m. yesterday in the first block of S. Chapel St.Garrison PrecinctArmed robbery: Two men robbed a 24-year-old woman of $50 at gunpoint at 8: 30 p.m. Tuesday in the 12000 block of Reisterstown Road.

More than 50 police officers and federal agents -- some armed with assault rifles -- raided an East Baltimore public housing complex yesterday to arrest suspected drug dealers who had fled law enforcement crackdowns elsewhere.Police said many of the targets in the raids at Latrobe Homes live in East Baltimore and allegedly were doing business in Latrobe because of saturation patrols aimed at curtailing homicides in their neighborhood.Housing Authority Police Lt. David Adams said suspected drug dealers were paying some residents $40 a day to set up shop at Latrobe, a complex of 45 low-rise apartment buildings built in 1941 between Madison and Eager streets, near Oldtown Mall.

Anne Arundel County police arrested 18 people Friday following a three-month street-level drug investigation of the Severn area .While executing the arrest warrants, police seized a stolen handgun, $3,389, two vehicles and 41 grams of suspected crack cocaine.Officers from the Western District Beat Officers Against Drug Trafficking Unit masqueraded as drug dealers and sold inert, nonnarcotic substances in place of actual drugs.Sixteen of those arrested were charged with drug offenses, police said.

Authorities have dismissed charges against a Severn man who was accused of letting teen-agers drink and smoke marijuana in his home.Edward Earl Cordova, 47, whose 11-year-old son, Edward Eric, had traces of alcohol and drugs in his system when he was killed in a car accident in April, was charged two months after the fatal accident with possession of marijuana, contributing to the condition of a child and maintaining a common nuisance, but prosecutors dismissed...

An Eastern Shore man has been charged with drug possession and weapons violations after sheriff's deputies found more than 10,000 prescription drug pills and two AK-47 rifles in his car and home, a Dorchester County sheriff's official said.Richard White, 53, of Hooper Island was arrested Thursday afternoon on suspicion of trying to sell drugs to an undercover officer in a Cambridge parking lot, said Detective Jeff Biskach.He was charged with drug possession and distribution, and possession of illegal weapons, Biskach said.

Police raided a Brooklyn Park home Monday and arrested a couple on drug charges.Cheryl Berger, 39, and Charles D. Thompson, 31, both of the 5200 block of Patrick Henry Drive were charged with drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police raided the home about 8 p.m., ending an investigation into alleged illegal drug activity. Police said they found a small amount of drugs and paraphernalia.Pub Date: 1/30/97

A Baltimore man was arrested Thursday after officers found drugs, a handgun and ammunition in a home where two children ages 4 and 6 were locked inside, police said. Corey Baker, 39, of the 2600 block of Seamon Ave., was stopped by officers on patrol in Cherry Hill and admitted that he was in possession of marijuana, police said. He was arrested and then told the officers that his children were home alone. Officers responded to the home with Baker to check on the safety of the children.

A 33-year-old man shot in Baltimore 12 years ago, who was paralyzed from the waist down, died of complications related to his injuries, police said. Valando Goodman was shot April 14, 1996, after getting into an argument in the 2200 block of Jefferson St. in East Baltimore. His attackers were never found. He died July 29 this year, and the medical examiner's office determined the next month that the death was a result of the shooting. The death counts against this year's homicide tally.

Police charge 3, seize drugs in Annapolis Police seized 25 grams of apparent crack cocaine from the Clay Street home of a suspected drug dealer Tuesday, Annapolis police said. On Monday morning, officers witnessed what appeared to be a drug deal between a pedestrian and a man in a car near the intersection of Clay and Pleasant Streets. Police found a small amount of crack cocaine in the center console of the car and charged the driver, John E. Edwards, 53, of Reidsville, N.C., with drug possession and seized his Honda Civic, police said.

The son of the civil rights director for the Maryland attorney general's office is facing drug charges after police searched the home he shares with his father during a drug sweep, police said. Police charged Kojo Lummuba Malik Snowden, 22, son of Carl O. Snowden, with possession and intent to distribute marijuana last week as part of an undercover investigation that included more than 30 drug buys throughout the city. Details of those charges, which police said resulted from a three-month investigation of drug dealing in the city, were sealed.

A William H. Lemmel Middle School teacher was arrested yesterday and charged with possession of methadone that she is suspected of buying on her way to work, Baltimore police said. About 7:15 a.m., undercover officers observed a man selling what turned out to be a 2-ounce bottle of methadone to a woman in the 2000 block of N. Charles St., said Detective David Jones of the Central District's drug enforcement unit. The officers arrested the dealer, and the woman was arrested by uniformed officers who stopped her car about two miles away in the 2500 block of W. North Ave. and seized the methadone, Jones said.

Howard County police have arrested 25 people in a three-month investigation into drug activity in the Columbia villages of Wilde Lake and Harper's Choice. Four of the suspects are juveniles; six were charged with drug distribution; 17 live in Columbia; and all of them live in Maryland. The operation also netted several repeat offenders, including Dennis Pully, 19, of Brookway in Columbia. According to court records, Pully pleaded guilty to marijuana possession, drug possession and second-degree assault charges in two separate cases in November as part of an apparent deal with prosecutors in which more severe drug distribution, auto theft, theft, fraud and drug possession charges -- his third -- were dropped.

Howard County police arrested 32 people on drug-related charges Wednesday night at a Dead concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Twenty-four people were arrested and charged with illegal possession of controlled dangerous substances, and eight were arrested and charged with distribution of controlled dangerous substances, police said. Officers also seized $1,200 in money and drugs, including LSD, PCP and marijuana, police said. The Dead is made up mainly of members of the now defunct Grateful Dead rock group.

Man with knife robs driver, steals his van and flees PASADENA - County police are investigating an armed robbery and carjacking that took place early Friday morning at Fort Smallwood and Marley Neck Roads in Pasadena. Officers who responded to the incident at 2:49 a.m. said Kenneth E. Meadows, 57, of Baltimore, a driver for Stoney Creek Passenger Service, told them that as he was driving on Marley Neck Road, his passenger put a knife to his throat and demanded money. Meadows gave the man cash and was ordered to get out of the van. The suspect fled in the van. 3 arrested in Pasadena on drug, weapons charges PASADENA - Ending a three-month investigation, county police arrested three people on drug and weapons charges Friday at a residence in Pasadena.

Through a combination of planned drug raids and a search that came after a driver ran a red light, Anne Arundel County police have seized more than $4,000 worth of marijuana, crack cocaine and cash in recent days. In two days, eight people have been charged with drug violations around the county, police said yesterday. Narcotics officers made their biggest seizure of the week Tuesday in Glen Burnie. Police said officers watched two men sell marijuana to another man, then stopped the van in which the two men rode a short distance away.

Philadelphia man wanted in Pa. case charged in Arundel A 20-year-old Philadelphia man wanted in a homicide there was arrested after police seized more than 73 grams of crack cocaine, a sawed-off shotgun and drug paraphernalia from his Brooklyn Park motel room, Anne Arundel County police said yesterday. Acting on an anonymous tip, county police said they arrested John C. Dwyer, of the 2400 block of Carlisle Street in Philadelphia, at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday after a brief foot chase. Police also arrested Tiffany L. Jackson, 19, of the 5400 block of Sunner Street in Philadelphia, at the Budget Plaza Motel at 4806 Ritchie Highway.