Murder USA: Five men go into an alley, only four leave the alley…Ramel Keith Baker lay dead

Just before 11 p.m. on August 17, Baltimore County Police and Fire personnel responded to the Welcome Inn (8700 block of Loch Bend Drive 21234) for a report of a shooting. Upon arriving at the location, officers discovered 30-year-old Ramel Keith Baker lying in an alley suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center where he was declared deceased

St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Detective Poses for Political Campaign Photo with Candidate While Displaying His Badge

LEONARDTOWN, MD. (Sept. 10, 2014) – A representative of a local Fraternal Order of Police lodge, St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Cpl. William Raddatz, posed for an endorsement photo with Republican candidate for State Senate Steve Waugh and in the photo is shown handing over a political donation to the candidate – all the while displaying prominently on his belt his official Sheriff’s badge.

Operation ‘La Flama Blanca’: G-Men say skin-heads are meth-heads too

The indictment alleges that since November 2013, the defendants conspired to distribute various amounts of methamphetamine. During this 10-month-long operation, investigators conducted several controlled methamphetamine purchases. To date, authorities have seized approximately nine pounds of “crystal” methamphetamine, 15 firearms, over $9,000 in U.S. Currency and other assets in connection with this investigation.

Southern Md. Police Beat: Mini bike operator driving on road without lights killed

CALIFORNIA, MD. (Sept. 12, 2014) — A man operating a mini-bike equipped with a motor on Town Creek Drive in California, Md., without the benefit of lights and wearing dark clothing, was struck by one motorist and when ejected was flattened by another. In spite of the best efforts of the heroic Lexington Park Vol. Rescue Squad, Advanced Life Support Medics, Maryland State Police Medevac Trooper Seven and doctors at a trauma center — he died.

Murder USA: Hooligans, Hoodlums, Hell-raisers and a Killer wanted by PG Police

Robbery unit detectives released these surveillance photos of two armed robbery suspects. The two men robbed a food mart on Livingston Road in Fort Washington on September 7, 2014. One of the suspects pulled out a gun and demanded cash. After grabbing money, the suspects ran from the store heading toward Indian Head Highway. If you have information on this case, please call 301-772-4905

Possible Cougar Sightings in Fairfax County — good news — they eat deer!

Over the past 48 hours, Fairfax County Animal Control has received two reports of early-morning sightings of a large cat, possibly a cougar, near Riverside Elementary School on Old Mount Vernon Road in Alexandria. Animal Control Officers searched the area of the reported sightings but found no evidence confirming the presence of the animal.

Nine indicted by Caroline Grand Jury in Heroin Slam; St. Mary’s Adds to Tally with Heroin Dealer Suspect and Leonardtown High Teacher

LEONARDTOWN, MD. — St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Capt. Dan Alioto, the chief of the Narco Squad, reports the arrest of Michael Leonard Semiklose, 29, of Lexington Park, was identified as a distributor of heroin. A search and seizure warrant was obtain and executed on his home. Heroin and other evidence were recovered from the home and Semiklose was arrested. Additional charges are pending a State’s Attorney’s Office review.