Drug Raid

An Anne Arundel police corporal was charged Friday after allegedly warning drug suspects that a search warrant was going to be executed for their residence, police said. Anne Arundel County Police Cpl. Rick Alexander, 36, a 14-year member of the department, was arrested and charged with obstructing and hindering a police officer, conspiracy to distribute marijuana and conspiracy to distribute cocaine, according to a statement Friday evening from county police. Around 10 p.m. Thursday, Anne Arundel County Police executed a narcotics search and seizure warrant in the 1300 block of Juniper Street, in Shady Side, police said.

The Annapolis City Council met in closed session Monday night to discuss the residency issues surrounding Alderman Kenneth A. Kirby, who is without a permanent home, but offered no new details on how the city would proceed on the issue. Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen said the council had a "candid and privileged" discussion with City Attorney Karen Hardwick. Cohen said he instructed Hardwick to draft a memo to address two issues: what the city code and charter say about residency requirements and what role the mayor and council play in determining that those standards are met. He set a two-week deadline.

Anne Arundel County Police are looking for the owners of thousands of dollars worth of power tools, lawn equipment, guns and other items that were discovered during a search of a Lothian home where two people were arrested. In the few days after police publicly invited owners of property that was stolen to contact them, police received about 100 inquiries by phone and email, said Justin Mulcahy, police spokesman. Before that, police had been able to return a few items they had recently seized from the Lothian property home to their owners, he said.

An Anne Arundel police corporal was charged Friday after allegedly warning drug suspects that a search warrant was going to be executed for their residence, police said. Anne Arundel County Police Cpl. Rick Alexander, 36, a 14-year member of the department, was arrested and charged with obstructing and hindering a police officer, conspiracy to distribute marijuana and conspiracy to distribute cocaine, according to a statement Friday evening from county police. Around 10 p.m. Thursday, Anne Arundel County Police executed a narcotics search and seizure warrant in the 1300 block of Juniper Street, in Shady Side, police said.

A Severn woman and a 17-year-old girl were arrested after a drug raid Wednesday night at a house in the 1700 block of Circle Road, officials said.Detectives, who raided the house around 8:30 p.m., had obtained a search warrant after receiving complaints from area residents about drug activity at the address, police said.Police said they found a small quantity of crack cocaine and packaging material used for street-level drug sales.Paula Stansbury, 26, of the 1700 block of Circle Road was charged with possession of crack cocaine and possession of narcotics paraphernalia.

A three-month investigation has resulted in the largest drug raid in Somerset County history and the arrests of 39 people, authorities say.More than 100 state, county and municipal police executed search-and-seizure warrants in two areas of the county yesterday in response to complaints about illegal drug activity.In Crisfield, 18 people were arrested on distribution and cocaine possession charges. In the Greenwood section of Princess Anne, 21 people were arrested on charges of cocaine distribution and possession.

County police officers raided a Crofton house Friday, arrested a resident and seized 137 grams of marijuana, police said.Undercover officers began investigating activity at the house in the 1600 block of Fendall Court after neighbors called in complaints, police said.Officers spent a month watching the house and twice bought marijuana there, police said.They raided the house about 9: 30 p.m. and found the drugs in a master bedroom, police said.Meyer Charles Scherr, 34, was charged with possession and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, distribution of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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

An investigation that evolved from a Dec. 8 drug raid in Bel Air led to the arrest of two Aberdeen women on charges of possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute marijuana last week, police said.Members of the Harford County Joint Narcotics Task Force and sheriff's deputies arrested Antoinette Regina Mauro, 24, of the 200 block of Schemel St., and Nancy Anne Eller, 19, of the first block of E. Bel Air Ave., about 9 p.m. Tuesday at a Route 22 restaurant in Churchville, a task force spokesman said.

Annapolis housing officials have confirmed that city Alderman Kenneth A. Kirby is not an approved tenant or visitor of a city-owned apartment where he was found during a drug raid earlier this month. Kirby faced questions about his residency after the Jan. 5 raid of two apartments, with housing officials investigating whether he was staying there in violation of a lease agreement. Police have said Kirby is not accused of any wrongdoing in connection with the drug raid. Housing Authority chief operating officer Joseph Johnson told The Capital in Annapolis that the agency's paperwork does not list Kirby as a tenant or visitor of the city-owned apartment in the Harbour House community.

Annapolis Police disclosed Saturday that they encountered a city alderman last week while raiding a an apartment where confidential sources had told police that PCP was being sold, an experience the elected official called “harrowing.” According to a statement sent out by police, a confidential informant gave police information about drug activity in an apartment building in the 1200 block of Madison St., and police obtained “no-knock” search...

A Baltimore police officer was shot in the arm by a Baltimore County officer Monday afternoon while in Odenton serving a warrant with a law enforcement task force, police said. The city officer, who was not identified, was shot about 2:15 p.m. in the 100 block of Pinecove Ave., in a townhouse community east of Fort Meade, officials said. The injury was described as a "through and through" wound and was not considered life-threatening, though he was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center as a precaution.

Anne Arundel County Police are looking for the owners of thousands of dollars worth of power tools, lawn equipment, guns and other items that were discovered during a search of a Lothian home where two people were arrested. In the few days after police publicly invited owners of property that was stolen to contact them, police received about 100 inquiries by phone and email, said Justin Mulcahy, police spokesman. Before that, police had been able to return a few items they had recently seized from the Lothian property home to their owners, he said.

After hundreds of local and federal police fanned out across Baltimore at dawn yesterday, hauling suspects out of homes and off the streets, authorities announced at day's end that they had shut down one of the city's major sources of illicit drugs and violence. In all, they charged 63 suspects with federal and state drug conspiracy counts — among them Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, whose arrest on heroin-related and aiding and abetting charges echoed the street lifestyle she portrayed as a character in HBO's series "The Wire" and sought to overcome in her personal life.

Baltimore city police say they discovered a suspected dog fighting ring while conducting a drug raid at a home near Druid Hill Park on Friday night, and six animals were seized from the dwelling. Det. Kevin Brown, a police spokesman, said police found six pit bulls, ranging in age from a three-month-old puppy to an elderly dog, while undertaking a drug raid at a home on the 2300 block of Edgemont Avenue in the Parkview/Woodbrook neighborhood Friday evening. All of the dogs had bite wounds, he said, and several had severe scarring.

Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges this week against Baltimore police Detective Mark J. Lunsford, alleging he embezzled $10,000 in confidential-informant funds while assigned to a federal drug task force, lied to colleagues and stole a broken diamond watch from a target's home during a drug raid. "The charges are not unexpected, and Mr. Lunsford is extremely regretful that he finds himself in this position," defense attorney Paul M. Polansky said Wednesday. No court date has been set on the charges, which were filed Tuesday through a "criminal information" by prosecutors rather than a grand jury indictment.

Anne Arundel County detectives charged three people and seized $27,500 worth of what they believe to be marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms this week from a home in Arnold, police said. The raid, which stemmed from the investigation of an anonymous complaint, took place about midnight Wednesday at a home in the 1100 block of Gator Court, police said. Charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia were David A. Bennett, 25; Catherine D. Kirby, 21; and Dominick N. Purdham, 24, police said.