INVESTIGATION INTO BALTIMORE POLICE VEHICLE FOUND OFF I-95 COMPLETE

(JESSUP, MD) -- Maryland State Police at the Waterloo Barrack have concluded their investigation into the recovery of a Baltimore Police Department vehicle found off I-95 in Howard County last Sunday and no traffic charges will be filed against the driver.

Shortly before 7:00 p.m. on March 6, 2011, Maryland State Police responded to a call for a vehicle off the roadway on the westbound ramp to Rt. 32 from southbound I-95. The responding trooper found a 2006 Ford Taurus off the roadway on the left side of the off ramp. No one was around the car when the trooper arrived and no significant damage was noted. The vehicle was registered to the City of Baltimore and was stored by the investigating trooper.

Subsequent investigation revealed the car was being driven by Major Terrence P. McLarney, of the Baltimore Police Department. According to Major McLarney, as he was traveling onto the off ramp, the vehicle in front of him began swerving back and forth on the rain slick roadway. He said he braked hard and his vehicle began to slide and left the roadway. He was alone in the car and sustained no injury when the car slid off the road.

The investigation revealed no damage to any persons or property. What was earlier reported as minor damage to the front bumper of the vehicle may have been sustained previously and not when the car left the road. There has been no evidence identified to indicate that the vehicle did anything more than slide off the roadway.

The completed investigation was forwarded to the Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office for review by Maryland State Police. State’s Attorney Dario J. Broccolino informed Lt. Dan Truitt, Commander of the Waterloo Barrack, that there are ‘no viable charges resulting from the incident.’