Patrol Car

FREDERICK — Police in Frederick County say a Smithburg man has been charged with driving under the influence and other charges after his vehicle struck a Maryland State Police patrol car. Police say 19-year-old Robert John Gery hit the patrol car parked on Raven Rock Road near Fort Ritchie at just after 4:30 a.m. Saturday. The trooper driving the patrol car sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

A Baltimore County police officer found two men suffering from stab wounds after a traffic stop early Saturday in Parkville, police said. Police later arrested Randy Monsio Bropleh, 21, and him charged with attempted murder and first-degree assault. Police said Bropleh was injured during the stabbings, but they did not elaborate. About 12:30 a.m., a county police officer saw a car go through a stop sign without stopping at Bon Air Road and Taylor Avenue. The officer followed and the car eventually stopped but backed into the patrol car, prompting the passenger to flee on foot.

A Baltimore police officer was injured Sunday evening when his speeding patrol car, its siren blaring and its emergency lights flashing, crashed into a pickup truck on York Road in North Baltimore and flipped it onto its roof. Officers who went to the scene of the accident said it appeared to have occurred when the Ford pickup pulled out of a parking lot at 5438 York Road in front of the officer's white-and-blue Chevrolet Impala. The officer, who was not immediately identified, was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, possibly with a broken ankle or leg. Debris from both vehicles littered the road.

A Baltimore police officer was injured in a car crash in East Baltimore Thursday, the department said. The incident took place in the 1900 block of E. Lafayette Ave. just before 11 a.m., as an Eastern District patrol officer was responding to a serious call for service, police said. The officer had his emergency lights and sirens on when his patrol car was hit by another car, which then crashed into a home at the intersection of LaFayette and Washington, police said. The officer was taken to University of Maryland Shock Trauma and the other driver was treated at the scene, both with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Two Maryland State Police troopers were injured early Saturday morning when a vehicle hit the back of a patrol car stopped at the scene of a robbery investigation in Joppa. The driver of the vehicle was also injured. The troopers are identified as Trooper Zachary Shelley, who has been a trooper for two and one-half years, and Trooper First Class David Stanley, a nine-year veteran of the Maryland State Police. Both troopers are assigned to road patrol duties at the Bel Air Barrack.

Two Baltimore City officers suffered minor head injuries last night when their patrol car was rammed by two youths in a stolen van, police said.Police said that about 7 p.m., Officer Chris Powell, 27, and police trainee Billy Shiflett, 26, were joining in the pursuit of a stolen blue 1992 Dodge van in the 5000 block of Frederick Ave. They were in the westbound left turn lane when the driver of the eastbound van turned into the patrol car in an attempt to...

Car 9663, where are you?For about a half-hour yesterday, police were frantically relaying that query after a patrol car was stolen from a police officer.Officer Vincent L. Biondo, 32, of the Southeastern District said that he left the car running when he stepped out about 1:30 a.m. to investigate an incident in front of an Eastern Avenue tavern, said Dennis S. Hill, a police spokesman.The officer was asked to investigate a fight at another bar farther down the block. After taking care of that, Officer Biondo said, he looked down the street to discover that someone had made off with his patrol car.The officer said that he immediately radioed in a report of the theft.

A Baltimore police officer was injured last night when the patrol car he was driving in West Baltimore crashed into the front of a rowhouse during the pursuit of car driven by a suspected drug offender, police said. Officer Walter Brown of the Central District was among other police officers pursuing the suspect in the 1400 block of Druid Hill Ave. about 10 p.m. when he collided with another police car at West Lafayette Avenue and careened into the house, causing minor damage to the dwelling and serious damage to the car. Brown sustained chest, neck, head and leg injuries.

A Baltimore County police officer was injured yesterday when his patrol car was struck by a car whose driver was charged with driving while intoxicated.Police said Officer Chuck Massey, a member of the force for nine years and assigned to the Wilkens Precinct, was responding to a minor traffic accident at the Beltway Motel in the 3600 block of Washington Blvd. about 2:20 a.m. and was slowing down to turn onto the motel parking lot when his vehicle was struck in the rear by a Chevrolet Cavalier.

A Baltimore police officer lost control of his patrol car yesterday and struck a pedestrian on a Reisterstown Road sidewalk near the Baltimore County border. Both were taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where the officer was treated for a cut on his forehead and the man - whose name was not divulged - was in serious condition with internal injuries, police said. The officer, whose name also was withheld, was driving south in the 6100 block of Reisterstown Road in response to an armed robbery call about 2:40 p.m., police said.

An Anne Arundel County officer shot at a suspect after police encountered a car heist in progress in Hanover early Wednesday morning. Police said officers went to Baltimore Washington Auto Outlet in the 2700 block of Annapolis Road at around 12:30 a.m. after the building's burglar alarm was triggered. Two men wearing masks were at the scene when police arrived. One ran to a red 2005 Chevrolet Corvette, which police said was stolen from the business and parked nearby, and drove at an officer who was outside of his patrol car, according to police.

While I am not a native of Baltimore, I have lived in the area for six years now, and I've never seen anything quite as accurate as the commentary written by Eileen Pollock ("Baltimore is no New York," Jan. 13). I was born and raised in Boston, which is certainly not Manhattan but it's no small town either. I moved to Baltimore for my job and, at the time, was excited at the prospect of a new and "blossoming" (as one journalist put it) scene. It turned out that the only way I could have been prepared for Baltimore was if I had spent extensive time in Detroit first.

Two Maryland State Police troopers were injured early Saturday morning when a vehicle hit the back of a patrol car stopped at the scene of a robbery investigation in Joppa. The driver of the vehicle was also injured. The troopers are identified as Trooper Zachary Shelley, who has been a trooper for two and one-half years, and Trooper First Class David Stanley, a nine-year veteran of the Maryland State Police. Both troopers are assigned to road patrol duties at the Bel Air Barrack.

A Maryland State trooper was recovering Monday from injuries sustained when his patrol car was struck by a vehicle along Interstate 695 in the Essex area. The accident closed the outer loop of the beltway for about three hours during the morning commute. Police said Trooper First Class Christopher Hall, 28, a 10-year veteran assigned to the Golden Ring Barrack, was responding to an earlier accident and was parked in the highway left lane, with the car's lights activated, near Southeastern Boulevard at about 6:30 a.m. While Hall was in the patrol car, a Dodge Stratus driven by Vicente Lopez-Calixto, 63, of Baltimore, struck the car in the rear.

Two Maryland Transportation Authority police officers were injured while conducting a traffic stop on the side of southbound Interstate 95 in a collision that backed up traffic for at least a mile early Thursday morning, according to MdTA Police. The officers were released from the hospital Thursday afternoon, according to the MdTA police union. About 3:55 a.m., one officer was standing outside a patrol car and a second was inside of it just south of Caton Avenue when an oncoming vehicle collided with the patrol car, which then struck the officer standing outside, said 1st Sgt. Kevin Ayd, a police spokesman.

A former Baltimore County police officer will serve no jail time after pleading guilty to allegations that he filmed himself engaging in sex acts and neglected calls while on duty. Aaron Z. Pross, 29, of Newark, Del., received an 18-month suspended sentence and three years probation Wednesday in Baltimore County Circuit Court. Pross was assigned to the Pikesville Precinct before he resigned last month. He pleaded guilty to one count of misconduct in office. According to the state's attorney's office, Pross took more than 120 images and 20 videos engaging in sexual acts with himself, including one in which he masturbated inside his patrol car while reports of "possible guns involved," were audible over a police radio.

An Annapolis police officer helping to keep out traffic as crews cleaned up a fallen tree and power lines was momentarily knocked unconscious yesterday evening when a wooden utility pole crashed onto the roof of his patrol car in a residential waterfront neighborhood. Although city Officer Carl Bouie, an eight-year veteran, did not appear seriously hurt, he was flown by MedEvac helicopter to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore as a precaution, said police Lt. Timothy Seipp. He was reported in fair condition shortly after arrival there.

A Baltimore County police officer pleaded guilty to misconduct and agreed to resign after admitting to filming himself numerous times engaging in sex acts and neglecting to respond to calls while on duty. Aaron Z. Pross, 29, who had been assigned to the Pikesville Precinct, took more than 120 images and 20 videos engaging in sexual acts with himself, including one where he masturbated inside his patrol car while reports of "possible guns involved," can be heard over a police radio, prosecutors said.

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office said a deputy was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma on Tuesday after his patrol car collided with another vehicle on Route 140 west of Westminster. Master Deputy Matthew Wilson, a five-year veteran of the Sheriff's Office, was traveling west on Route 140 near Mayberry Road at about 3:12 p.m. when his car collided with a Dodge RAM 1500 operated by Darian Barron, of Westminster, officials said. The sheriff's office said its initial investigation suggested Barron was making a left turn from Mayberry Road on to eastbound Route 140 when the crash occurred.