Ex-teacher charged with sex offense remains detained, judge decides

Former Carroll County Public Schools teacher Kenneth Brian Fischer, who was federally indicted over a sexual offense involving a minor, among other charges, will continue to be detained until his trial in March, and will not be released into the custody of his father, a judge decided after a detention hearing Thursday afternoon, in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Fischer, 40, is being held at the Chesapeake Detention Facility in Baltimore. Fischer was in court Thursday with his legal counsel, Michael Montemarano. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ayn Ducao presented the case for the prosecution. Judge Beth P. Gesner presided over the hearing. Ducao argued against Fischer’s release, and said he was a flight risk and a danger to the community. Montemarano said Fischer would turn over his passport and argued his client was not a danger to the community. Judge Gesner said while she did not necessarily express concern over Fischer being a flight risk, she was concerned that the charges show he is a danger to the community. lice and EMS arrived on the scene, they found 26-year-old Cana Maree Ratchford of Finksburg and her 25-year-old friend lying in the street. Both were transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where Ratchford was pronounced dead. The other woman remains in critical condition. The driver of the truck, whom police identified as Scott Anthony Kozera, 40, of Hampstead, stopped the truck about two and a half miles farther down Hanover Pike when he began experiencing engine trouble following the crash, according to police. A Baltimore County police officer who was responding to the call of the hit-and-run saw the truck matching the description of the suspect’s vehicle parked on the side of the road and stopped and investigated, according to police. Officers then placed Kozera under arrest. He is charged with hit-and-run violations and driving an uninsured vehicle, according to police.

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