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A suspected drug dealer tries to flee shortly before he is shot.
Shortly after 3 a.m. at Park Avenue and Mulberry Street, two people held up a man dealing drugs and shot the dealer as he ran away, police said.
The entire scene was caught on a Baltimore Police Department pole camera, whose operator quickly called patrol officers. They caught the suspects as they fled the scene in a car.
Officers arrested the two alleged robbers and their alleged getaway driver on the 500 block of North Fremont Avenue and seized .38-caliber and .44-caliber handguns from the vehicle, police said.
“If it wasn’t for this camera, these guys might have gotten away,” police spokesman Det. Donny Moses said. “They’d be at home sleeping right now waiting to rob somebody else tonight.”
Police did not release the names of the three men Wednesday because they had not been formally charged.
The arrest came hours after a police officer on a routine patrol arrested a man wanted for double murder.
At about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Bagada Dionas, 21, was arrested by Officer Richard Hall at the Havenwood Shopping Center.
Dionas was wanted for a July 15 double homicide. Charlie Stevenson, 17, has already been arrested.
“I was scanning the whole lot with my binoculars, and I knew as soon as I saw him it was Mr. Dionas,” Hall, 23, said of the arrest. “This is exactly why I’ve been wanting to do this job since I was 5 years old.”
Police pole cameras capture a drug deal as it happens. A third man enters the screen and shoots at the suspected drug dealer after trying to rob the man.
Baltimore police spokesman Sterling Clifford said the two arrests show the variety of techniques police use to solve crimes.
“That’s technology at one end and old-fashioned police work at the other end,” he said.
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Rell said:
I'm just glad they took the deal,I'm sure they'll get threw it all.With many blessings from God with prayers.One more thing get off their back u don't know how it was believe me they did try whats good. It was a stupid decison believe me there some good in them.
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Concerned citizen said:
They plead guilty because it was the best deal they were given, nothing more-Nothing less. I think they should have been locked up for good. If our system continues to go so easy on shootings, especially those that you can clearly see were as brazen as this one. It looked as if they didn’t have a care in the world. Let’s face it, they were all dealers. One was just smart enough to carry a gun. At least if they cannot stop the violence by placing police cameras in those neighborhoods. They can be used to report on what niegborhood to stay away from. Ha-ha, Huh.
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Examiner Reader said:
They had to plead guilty,they were caught on camera.Plus i'm sure there lawyers got them a deal.It all just makes you sick.Why do they even puy them in jail,they let them back on the streets in know time.I counted 5 counts against them and they didn't get hardly any time at all.I guess thats why it's called the CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
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Examiner Reader said:
At least he pled guilty. The people in the City that Bleeds but can't read would have acquitted him so as not to put another black boy in jail.
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Rocko the Magnificent said:
The saddest part of this video is that it appears that the shooter did not hit the drug dealer.
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Examiner Reader said:
Dear Jimmie, If the police in Baltimore had to respond to every report of drug dealing they would never get anything else done! - WHC.
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Karl C said:
While it was nice that they managed to catch these criminals with the pole camera, wasn't the point of putting these up to PREVENT crime? If criminals are now so brazen that they'll commit violent acts in front of a camera, there is no hope for stopping the violence. One of the criminals was wanted for a double murder just two weeks ago! There was also no mention if the "victim" who is a drug dealer will also be brought up on charges, after all it is illegal to deal drugs.
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Jimmie said:
Why didn't the operator of the pole camera call patrol officers when he saw the drug deals going down prior to the shooting?
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Examiner Reader said:
Hey, at least he used his turn signal!
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