(BALTIMORE, MD) \u2013 Two persons prohibited from possessing firearms were arrested on gun and drug charges during recent enforcement by a task force working along the border with Baltimore City and Baltimore County.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The first suspect is identified as Phillip J. Desmarais, 23, of Baltimore.\u00a0 He is charged with possession of a large amount of a controlled dangerous substance, wearing\/carrying\/transporting a handgun in a vehicle, transporting a loaded handgun, possession of a firearm and of ammunition while a prohibited person, possession of CDS not marijuana, obstructing\/hindering an arrest and resisting arrest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The second suspect is identified as David D. Genius, 23, of Baltimore, Md.\u00a0 He is charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance not marijuana, possession of a loaded handgun in a vehicle, possession of a handgun in a vehicle and possession of ammunition while a prohibited person.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
On June 30, 2021, Maryland State Police Strike Force 7, a component of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, consisting of officers from the Maryland State Police, Maryland Transportation Authority Police, Baltimore City Sheriff\u2019s Office, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Homeland Security Investigations and the Drug Enforcement Administration, worked with uniformed state troopers from the JFK, Golden Ring, and Frederick barracks along Pulaski Highway in the area of the Baltimore County and Baltimore City line.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During a traffic stop, a uniformed trooper saw a clear bag with gel caps containing suspected fentanyl.\u00a0 A subsequent search led to the recovery of a loaded handgun, drug packaging materials and counterfeit cash.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Troopers contacted the Maryland Gun Center and it was determined both suspects were prohibited from possessing firearms.\u00a0 Both were arrested and charged with the gun and drug-related crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both suspects were transported to the Baltimore County Detention Center for processing and to await an initial appearance before a court commissioner.\u00a0 Both have been held without bond.<\/p>\n
This and other ongoing enforcement is supported by funding from the Governor\u2019s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth and Victim Services through the Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network (MCIN) initiative.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(BALTIMORE, MD) \u2013 Two persons prohibited from possessing firearms were arrested on gun and drug charges during recent enforcement by a task force working along the border with Baltimore City and Baltimore County.\u00a0 The first suspect is identified as Phillip J. Desmarais, 23, of Baltimore.\u00a0 He is charged with possession of a large amount of Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"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":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22472","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\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22473,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22472\/revisions\/22473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}