Police: Weed Deal Goes Awry, Dealer Calls Cops

A large group of young adults and one juvenile from Baltimore County and City were arrested on charges that they stole marijuana from a Rosedale teen who police said was trying to sell them the drug.

On May 23, shortly before 1 a.m. the suspects, five males and a female, drove to the corner of Walnut and Severn Avenues in Rosedale to meet a juvenile who lived nearby, according to White Marsh Precinct Lt. Ron Brooks and a police report of the incident.

The group intended to buy marijuana from a 17-year-old Rosedale resident, but during the drug deal decided not to pay, police said. Instead, they stole the Rosedale teen's cell phone, an undisclosed amount of marijuana and $5, then fled the scene. They probably never expected that the teen would call the police to report stolen drugs but that's just what he did, according to Brooks.

Police have since arrested Chad Spence Crawford 20, of Overlea; Kyle Anthony Stump, 20, of Hamilton; Tony Carl Blevins Jr., 18, of Rosedale; Mark Kostas Zaharis, 21, of Perry Hall; Patricia Polak, 20, of Nottingham; and an unnamed male juvenile in connection with the case, according to Brooks.

The suspects were charged with robbery, second-degree assault and theft.