FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 4, 2019
MDTA POLICE ARREST FELON
FOR POSSESSING A STOLEN GUN AND DRUGS
BALTIMORE, MD – On Thursday, Jan. 3, the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police arrested a Baltimore man after a probable-cause search led officers to find a loaded handgun that was reported stolen in Virginia.
An MDTA Police officer stopped a 2006 Acura at Moravia Rd. and I-895 in Baltimore for running a red light. During a subsequent probable-cause search of the vehicle, officers located the stolen handgun along with drugs and ammunition. The driver of the vehicle, 25-year-old Kenneth Fisher from Baltimore, claimed possession of the handgun, drugs and ammunition. Fisher is prohibited from possessing a handgun due to a prior felony conviction.
The MDTA Police charged Fisher with knowingly transporting a firearm in a vehicle while traveling on a public road, possessing a stolen firearm, a prohibited person possessing a firearm, drug possession and a prohibited person possessing ammunition.
After processing, officers transported Fisher to the Central Booking Intake Facility in Baltimore City.
