Suspected Marijuana

Howard County police officers and drug-sniffing dogs searched lockers and cars at Glenelg High School at the request of school officials yesterday, finding small amounts of what appeared to be marijuana in two cars, a police spokesman said.Charges were not filed yesterday, but police said charges are pending. Under school rules, the two students involved in the matter face possible expulsion from the school system. The names of the students, who are juveniles, were not released by police.

At least seven people were arrested at the annual Starscape Festival at Fort Armistead Park last week on drug charges, Anne Arundel police announced Thursday. The June 9-10 event, in Baltimore near the Arundel line, consisted of an outdoor music festival and laser light show and attracted thousands of young revelers and dancers. The following seven people were arrested in the vicinity of the park by Anne Arundel police or Maryland Transportation Authority Police, who were working together on drug enforcement: Two men, James Donald Ruffin, 26, of Sandy Spring, Ga., and Jacob Asa Windeagle Ridgeway, 20, of Silver Spring, were each arrested and charged with possession, possession with intent to distribute and distributing LSD, police said.

Suspected marijuana, packaged and allegedly ready for sale, was seized Tuesday when police served a search-and-seizure warrant at the home of Charles Ronald Robinson Jr. in Westminster.Mr. Robinson, 25, of the first block of Charles St., was charged with possession of marijuana, intent to distribute it and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was held on $2,500 bail.Police officers said Mr. Robinson was arrested in his home after they made a controlled buy from him. They estimated the street value of the 14 bags of suspected marijuana that was confiscated at $1,200.

City teacher charged in marijuana case The discovery of a bag of suspected marijuana in a classroom at a West Baltimore school led to a confession from a teacher who was subsequently charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, court documents show. The city school system has declined to release details about the arrest. According to court documents, the teacher, Megan Cameron, 28, was arrested Thursday at George G. Kelson Elementary/Middle School, 701 Gold St. Contacted yesterday, Cameron declined to comment.

Nine people, including a juvenile, were arrested on drug charges Thursday night after members of the Sheriff's Drug Strike Force raided a Manchester home and seized suspected marijuana and Ketamine, a liquid animal tranquilizer.Deputies said suspected Ketamine, known as "Special K" and not often seen in Maryland, was being boiled down to powder form on a kitchen stove when they arrived.The eight adults were being held Friday night at the Carroll County Detention Center, Sheriff John H. Brown said.

County police arrested an Arnold woman and a Severna Park man on drug charges Wednesday morning after finding 13 grams of suspected marijuana in their car, officials said.Eastern District Officer Bryan Culbertson said he saw a 1983 Volkswagen Rabbit run a stop sign at Jones Station and Church roads about 12:30 a.m. When he pulled the car over, a man and woman inside tossed clothes over something in the back seat, the officer said.When he asked the woman driver what was on the back seat, she said there was nothing illegal in the car and consented to a search, police said.

An Arnold man was arrested on drug charges Sunday morning after police searched his car in the 1700 block of Ritchie Highway and found seven bags of suspected marijuana, county police said.Officer Conrad Herold was on routine patrol when he saw a 1986 Toyota parked on the side of Danaker Furniture, shortly after 1:30 a.m. The driver's side door was open and no one was in the car. While Officer Herold checked the car, four men walked up from the Sunoco food store nearby, police said.Officer Herold noticed suspected marijuana leaves inside the driver's door handle.

At least seven people were arrested at the annual Starscape Festival at Fort Armistead Park last week on drug charges, Anne Arundel police announced Thursday. The June 9-10 event, in Baltimore near the Arundel line, consisted of an outdoor music festival and laser light show and attracted thousands of young revelers and dancers. The following seven people were arrested in the vicinity of the park by Anne Arundel police or Maryland Transportation Authority Police, who were working together on drug enforcement: Two men, James Donald Ruffin, 26, of Sandy Spring, Ga., and Jacob Asa Windeagle Ridgeway, 20, of Silver Spring, were each arrested and charged with possession, possession with intent to distribute and distributing LSD, police said.

A Baltimore man was arrested on drug charges Wednesday night after a county police officer found 3.5 grams of suspected marijuana and a pipe in his car, officials said.Officer Anthony H. Mills was at Furnace Branch Road and Country Club Drive, checking for speeders with his radar gun, when a 1989 Ford Escort ran a stop sign at the intersection at about 9:20 p.m., police said. Officer Mills stopped the car at Furnace Branch Road and Margate Drive.He arrested the driver after learning the man's license had been suspended, police said.

County police investigating a complaint of a loud party Tuesday arrested a Glen Burnie man on drug charges after finding suspected marijuana in his bedroom, officials said.Northern District Officer Charles Benner went to a house in the 200 block of Fourth Ave. about 1:30 a.m. to check out possible drug use at a loud party. A man who said he lived in the house gave the officer permission to enter. As he questioned several partygoers, Officer Benner noticed a bag of suspected marijuana in a bedroom.

Four arrested, suspected drugs seized by police Anne Arundel County police said they seized suspected marijuana worth more than $5,000 and arrested four people yesterday when they executed a search-and-seizure warrant on a residence in the 1600 block of Fairhill Drive in Edgewater. Residents Gerald Scott Debronkart, 39; William Bolyard, 32; and Richard Dale Hardesty, 23, were arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, police said. Debronkart and Bolyard also were charged with possession with intent to distribute, police said.

An anonymous call reporting drug dealing at a McDonald's restaurant in Westminster resulted in the arrests of four Carroll County residents on marijuana--related charges, authorities said. State troopers arriving at the McDonald's lot at Route 140 and Gorsuch Road Wednesday evening observed a white 1992 Plymouth with a door open and a man walking from the car to a maroon vehicle parked nearby, said Trooper Robert Schoenberger of the state police barracks in Westminster. A driver and two passengers were seen in the Plymouth, police said.

BEL AIR - Three Harford County men have been arrested and charged in connection with the seizure on Tuesday of 12 pounds of marijuana, a variety of weapons and more than $26,000 in cash, the county sheriff's office said yesterday. Robert Tremper, 41, of Edgewood; Michael Holland, 21, of Pylesville; and Stacy Phillips, 21, of Bel Air face a series of drug distribution charges, authorities said. All three were released on bond. The sheriff's office said it intercepted a shipment of marijuana en route to Harford County from Arizona after receiving information about the delivery.

Three women were shot with a pellet gun outside a Wendy's restaurant in Westminster at dinner- time Wednesday, authorities said. No one else was injured. Michael W. Riggs, 18, of the 600 block of Windsor Drive was charged with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, use of a deadly weapon and possession of marijuana, court records show. He was released yesterday from the Carroll County Detention Center in Westminster on $50,000 bond, court records show. Westminster police said a man passed through the drive-through lane of the fast-food restaurant about 5:10 p.m. and shot at three women who were standing outside near a pay phone in the 300 block of N. Center St. Amanda L. Grimm, 23, of Ellicott City was struck in the right leg. Melissa L. Sealover, 18, of Westminster was shot in the right hip. The women were treated at Carroll County General Hospital in Westminster and released, a spokeswoman said.

Carroll's chief prosecutor, who is investigating allegations that a Westminster police officer tried to plant drugs on suspects, said yesterday that he has found no evidence of similar problems within the department. State's Attorney Jerry F. Barnes said he wanted to make it clear that the inquiry he expects to complete this month remains focused on Officer Richard A. Ruby. Two Westminster officers filed complaints against Ruby, 36, alleging the officer was holding a small bag of suspected marijuana July 17 when, in two incidents, he acted as if he would plant the narcotics to facilitate an arrest.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Baltimore City Southeastern District Shooting: Clarence Pridgen, 44, of the 400 block of N. Streeper St. was in his house about 11 p.m. Wednesday when several men standing next to his car got into an argument. When Pridgen went outside and asked the men to move, one of them pulled a handgun and shot him in both legs. Pridgen was in good condition yesterday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Central District Theft: Charges of theft were pending against the male caretaker of an elderly woman, who said he cashed two of her disability checks -- worth more than $1,000 -- Wednesday.

County narcotics detectives seized 146 grams of suspected marijuana Wednesday evening and arrested five people during a raid on a house in Odenton, county police said yesterday.Detectives and tactical team officers entered the house in the 400 block of Greenwood Street about 7:30 p.m. They found five people in a downstairs bedroom, along with 20 individually packed bags of suspected marijuana, a digital scale, several pipes and a loaded .22-caliber revolver, police said.All of those arrested were charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

A Frederick man accused of selling drugs to an undercover trooper in Carroll County was held Friday in lieu of $100,000 bail at the detention center. Ryan D. Outland, 20, of the 400 block of Shannon Court was arrested Thursday on charges stemming from incidents between Dec. 8 and Feb. 10. According to court records, Outland's bail review hearing Friday was postponed. He is charged on 20 counts involving possession and distribution of suspected marijuana and Ecstasy and possession of drug paraphernalia.

For the second time in 10 days, Baltimore's top police officer has been involved in the arrest of a drug suspect -- demonstrating that his stern anti-crime strategy is for real and that those in the drug trade aren't very discerning. Yesterday morning, Police Commissioner Ronald L. Daniel called for backup when, police say, Steven Lewis Jupiter of the 1000 block of McKean Ave. tried to sell him suspected marijuana. "I had emergency police lights mounted on the dash of my car, and any idiot could have looked and saw I was a police officer," said Daniel, who was taking a nostalgic tour of his boyhood West Baltimore neighborhood.