Baltimore officer dragged by car during traffic stop

A Baltimore police officer was dragged by a car during a traffic stop, according to the Baltimore Police Department. At about 1:58 p.m., an officer made a traffic stop in the 3300 block of W. Garrison Ave. in Northwest Baltimore’s Central Park Heights neighborhood, police spokeswoman Detective Nicole Monroe said. During the stop, the driver tried to get away and dragged the officer, police said. The officer, who was not identified by police, was taken to a hospital. “The injuries do not appear to be life threatening,” Monroe said. The officer was released from the hospital just before 3 p.m., according to the Fraternal Order of Police. Police spokesman T.J. Smith said in a tweet a suspect was in custody.

Former GOP candidate gets Arundel position

investigations and other issues. County attorney Nancy Duden said Rogers was hired on a 1,500-hour contract to “fill a gap” after the previous liaison, Jay Creech, became a liaison to the county’s Fire Department. County spokesman Owen McEvoy said Rogers is paid $65 an hour. Duden downplayed any possible conflict, saying Rogers and Adams work in separate capacities and would rarely cross paths, if ever. She added the decision wasn’t politically driven, saying “we have had a history in this office to have that filled by former state’s attorneys.” Rogers was one of a handful of assistant state’s attorneys Adams fired his first week in office in 2015 after defeating then-Democratic State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess during the 2014 general election. Colt Leitess is campaigning against Adams to reclaim the office in November. When Rogers first announced her candidacy in September 2017, Adams said she “had primary responsibility for implementing the failed policies of Colt Leitess “that led to increased crime, lenient plea deals and dysfunctional relationships with other branches of law enforcement.”