Baltimore, MD - Handcuffed Prostitution Suspect
Steals Police Van - Dragging / Injuring Baltimore
Officer
Detective Injured
As Suspect Steals Van
BALTIMORE (AP) ―
WJZ.com 11/23/08Baltimore police
say a detective was injured when a prostitution
suspect slipped out of a pair of handcuffs and stole
a police van, dragging the officer for 200 yards.
Police said Detective Darryl Osborne was treated
and released Friday from the Maryland Shock Trauma
Center for deep cuts to his right knee, which
required six stitches, a cut to his head and
bruising to his ribs and hips.
The suspect, Empriss Ross, 26, fled on foot after
the van struck a curb and was later apprehended in
the parking lot of a nearby middle school.