Footage shows police chase and crash that killed woman

Victim, 74, was riding in vehicle being driven by her husband

State investigators released body camera footage Thursday of a March 25 pursuit by Baltimore Police that ended in a crash that killed Linda Moss, 74, of Westminster.

The footage shows city police officers pursued Daniel Moss, 58, north through the city for nearly 10 minutes after he fled an attempted traffic stop until Moss crashed into a parked car and then a tree on the 5000 block of Roland Avenue in Roland Park.

Linda Moss, the wife of Daniel Moss, who was riding in the passenger seat, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Moss was driving a vehicle that was wanted in connection with an attempted armed robbery in Westminster the night before the crash. Moss was injured in the collision. No officers were hurt.

The video shows body camera footage from the officer driving the police vehicle, identified as Bradley Roberson, and Officer Menachem Rosenbloom, who was riding in the passenger seat.

Police radio traffic can be heard on the video, and an unidentified speaker tells the officers to “back off. Keep back.”

A few seconds later, the radio continues: “Copy that [if ] you’ve got it by the general order, do not push it.”

“What? It’s a f——— armed robbery car. F—- it. No, no, no,” one of the officers says in response.

“Can I keep going?” one of the officers asks. The other replies, “Yeah, keep going.”

They continue to pursue Moss’ vehicle for another minute. Moss then loses control of the vehicle and crashes.

Baltimore Police do not have dash camera footage, according to the Maryland Office of the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division, which investigates police-involved deaths.

Roberson has been with the department for a year and a half, and Rosenbloom has been with the department for two and a half years. Both officers have been assigned to administrative duties, police said.

Baltimore Police policies prohibit officers from chasing fleeing vehicles in cases where the initial violation is a “crime against property,” including auto theft, but officers can chase if there is a felony suspect inside who poses an “immediate threat” of death or injury.

Moss had twice led Carroll County Sheriff deputies on a chase in October 2022 and had absconded from pretrial home detention earlier in March. He was required to wear a GPS ankle monitor as part of his pretrial release for unlawfully taking a vehicle from a Baltimore County gas station in 2021.

Paul Yackanicz, the son of Linda Moss, questioned why a Baltimore County judge granted Daniel Moss home detention given his lengthy criminal background.

Yackanicz said Daniel Moss was driving his mother’s Chevy on the night of the crash. That Chevy had been used in an attempted armed robbery at an ATM in Westminster.

Officers Roberson and Rosenbloom were alerted by a license plate reader that the vehicle was in Baltimore, according to the Attorney General’s Office.

“He should have never been out. And maybe the police chase would have never happened. Somebody’s property would have never been damaged,” Yackanicz said. “My mom might not have been dead.”

Yackanicz described his mother as a bubbly and flamboyant woman who excelled as a grandmother. Linda Moss grew up in Laurel and spent the majority of her life in Maryland. After her third husband died, Linda Moss “fell off the deep end,” Yackanicz said.

His relationship with his mother fractured, he said, when she started dating and then married Daniel Moss, who was a registered sex offender and 15 years younger.

“I feel like Daniel took advantage of her,” Yackanicz said.

The nearly 30-minute video compilation of the police chase was “heartbreaking” to watch but provided some closure, Yackanicz said.

Baltimore Police said Thursday that Moss was released from the hospital and charged with second-degree assault and an array of traffic violations. He is being held without bail at Baltimore Central Booking & Intake Center and has several open warrants in other Maryland jurisdictions. Online court records did not reflect any charges stemming from the crash as of Thursday.

Yackanicz is wrestling with the “extensively long” police pursuit that preceded his mother’s death. Although he agrees the crash highlights the dangers of police chases, Yackanicz doesn’t blame the officers, he said, because Daniel Moss should have pulled over.

“Running from the cops, what did it solve? My mother ended up dead. How much is her life worth? What is her life worth? Could she have lived another 10 years?” Yackanicz asked. “There’s no answers.”