Police say officer was drunk driving, reached for handgun, records show
An off-duty Baltimore police officer was arrested last week after leading Baltimore County police officers on a chase and failing a breath test, according to police charging documents.Timothy Terrell Smith, 26, a five-year department veteran, is accused of reaching for his handgun as officers forcibly removed him from his vehicle, after he nearly side-swiped a county police cruiser while traveling at more than double the speed limit.
The charging documents state that County police attempted to pull over Smith's black Lexus at about 2 a.m. on Sept. 23 on Liberty Road. He then accelerated and crossed five lanes, cutting in front of several vehicles, and forcing their drivers to brake to avoid crashing into him. He continued to flee for nearly a mile before coming to a sudden stop.
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2 comments:
Sounds more like P.G. County every day.
A regular citizen probably would have been shot dead for "reaching for a weapon". You or I would have been charged with reckless driving, fleeing and eluding a police officer, drunk driving, assault, and who knows what else (and I'm SURE there are a LOT of other posssible charges). Citizens now wait to see what charges will be filed against a person with the authority to kill us and who is also SUPPOSED to set the example.
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