{"id":16880,"date":"2020-02-06T16:08:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T21:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/?p=16880"},"modified":"2020-02-06T16:08:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T21:08:11","slug":"traffic-stops-leads-troopers-to-arrest-armed-robbery-suspect-in-harford-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/2020\/02\/06\/traffic-stops-leads-troopers-to-arrest-armed-robbery-suspect-in-harford-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Stops Leads Troopers To Arrest Armed Robbery Suspect In Harford County"},"content":{"rendered":"

(EDGEWOOD, MD) \u2013 Maryland State Police arrested an armed robbery suspect following a traffic stop Wednesday in Harford County.<\/p>\n

The suspect, Lavonta Graham, 27, of Baltimore, Maryland, was initially charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana following the traffic stop. A warrant check conducted by troopers discovered that Graham was wanted for armed robbery in Baltimore County, along with first-degree assault, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, illegal possession of a firearm and armed robbery in Baltimore City. He was transported to the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barrack for processing.<\/p>\n

Shortly before 3:15 p.m. on Feb. 5, troopers from the Maryland State Police Criminal Enforcement Division\u2019s Firearms Enforcement Unit were on patrol in the area of Brookside Drive at Treetop Drive in Edgewood, Maryland. According to a preliminary investigation, troopers witnessed a Honda Accord with illegal tinted windows speeding in the area, which led to a traffic stop of the vehicle.<\/p>\n

During contact with the occupants, a probable cause search was conducted and suspected marijuana was located. Two occupants in the vehicle besides Graham were charged on a civil citation for possession of marijuana.<\/p>\n

The Maryland State Police Criminal Enforcement Division – Firearms Enforcement Unit consists of sworn troopers who are tasked with working throughout the state to identify, infiltrate and dismantle firearm-related violence. The unit is among one of many state agencies committed to combating violent crime in Maryland.<\/p>\n

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(EDGEWOOD, MD) \u2013 Maryland State Police arrested an armed robbery suspect following a traffic stop Wednesday in Harford County. The suspect, Lavonta Graham, 27, of Baltimore, Maryland, was initially charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana following the traffic stop. A warrant check conducted by troopers discovered that Graham was wanted for armed robbery  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barracksd-bel-air","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16889,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16880\/revisions\/16889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}