Baltimore man charged with assault in Hollywood

Ronnie L. Braitsch, 32, of Baltimore was charged with felony and misdemeanor assault and misdemeanor false imprisonment and attempted theft of between $100 and $1,500. According to a charging document, police responded to the 24300 block of Old Three Notch Road in Hollywood on March 13.

Braitsch allegedly assaulted his girlfriend after she confronted him about a fraudulent $544 charge on her debit card

for an online video game. Braitsch said it was only supposed to be for $50.

He allegedly spit in the woman’s face, shoved her to the ground, stood over her with a small wooden stool and then a 10inch knife and threw a bottle of water at her.

After the incident, Braitsch fled to Baltimore, the charging document stated. He was arrested on March 14 and ordered held without bond.

Braitsch was convicted on first-degree burglary in Anne Arundel County and sentenced to 15 years on Dec. 13, 2017. He was ordered to pay $36,507 in restitution to a couple whose home he burglarized of jewelry and electronics and then pawned, according to a charging document. That case was recently reopened.

He also faces an indictment for four counts of felony distribution of narcotics with intent to distribute in Anne Arundel on June 24, 2020. Braitsch also faces a misdemeanor charge for failure to appear in St. Mary’s County on Dec. 15, 2021, and misdemeanor disorderly conduct and intoxicated public disturbance for allegedly throwing traffic cones into the road near MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown around 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 20, 2020. Braitsch allegedly struck a vehicle a woman was driving with a traffic cone and upset her three children.