Skip to comments.

Couple Arrested In Baltimore Asking For Directions

Posted on by fjsva

Baltimore City police arrested a Virginia couple over the weekend after they asked an officer for directions.

WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team reporter David Collins said Joshua Kelly and Llara Brook, of Chantilly, Va., got lost leaving an Orioles game on Saturday. Collins reported a city officer arrested them for trespassing on a public street while they were asking for directions .

"In jail for eight hours -- sleeping on a concrete floor next to a toilet," Kelly said.

"It was a nightmare," Brook said. "I was in there thinking I was just dreaming and waiting to wake up."

Collins reported it was a nightmare ending to a nearly perfect day. He said the couple went to a company picnic and watched the Orioles beat Kansas City. It was their first trip to Camden Yards and asked two people for directions to Interstate 95 South when they left.

Collins said somehow they ended up in the Cherry Hill section of south Baltimore. Hopelessly lost, relief melted away concerns after they spotted a police vehicle.

"I said, 'Thank goodness, could you please get us to 95?" Kelly said.

"The first thing that she said to us was no -- you just ran that stop sign, pull over," Brook said. "It wasn't a big deal. We'll pay the stop sign violation, but can we have directions?"

"What she said was 'You found your own way in here, you can find your own way out.'" Kelly said.

Collins said the couple spotted another police vehicle and flagged that officer down for directions. But Officer Natalie Preston, a six-year veteran of the force, intervened.

"That really threw us for a loop when she stepped in between our cars," Kelly said. "(She) said my partner is not going to step in front of me and tell you directions if I'm not."

Collins reported the circumstances got worse. Kelly pulled 40 feet forward parking next to a curb and put his flashers on while Brook was on the phone to her father hoping he could help her with directions. Both her parents are police officers in the Harrisburg, Pa., area.

"(Brook's father) was in the middle of giving us directions when the officer screeched up behind us and got out of the car and asked me to step out. I obeyed," Kelly said. "I obeyed everything -- stepped out of the car, put my hands behind my back, and the next thing I know, I was getting arrested for trespassing."

"By this time, I was completely in tears," Brook said. "I said, 'Ma'am, you know, we just need your help. We are not trying to cause you any trouble. I'm not leaving him here.' What she did was walk over to my side of the car and said, 'Ok, we are taking you downtown, too.'"

Collins said the couple was released from jail without being charged with anything. Brook is now concerned the arrest may complicate a criminal background check she's going through in her job as a child care worker.

Collins said police left Kelly's car unlocked and the windows down at the impound lot. He reported a cell phone charger, pair of sunglasses and 20 CDs were stolen.

Baltimore City police said they are looking into the incident.



TOPICS:

Local News

KEYWORDS:

affirmativeaction

baltimore

bitchcop

bitchwithanattitude

cops

copsonpms

donutwatch

dropouts

dumbasscops

getarealjob

govwatch

ignorami

ignoranttools

jackassalert

leo

maryland

mlb

nodonut

notomtom

orioles

pms

quotacops

setasides

takeasedative

towcompanykickbacks

virginia

wankercops

zerointelligence

zerotolerance





To: fjsva

Welcome to Maryland!



To: fjsva

Baltimore's finest in action. Another city to avoid like the plague.



To: fjsva

If this is true, I'll never visit Baltimore.



by 4 posted onby lovecraft (Specialization is for insects.)

To: fjsva

See. I tell my wife "I ain't stoppin' to ask for directions. We'll get there sooner or later...."



by 5 posted onby b4its2late (If it's treason, there's no doubt a democrat is standing behind it.)

To: fjsva

Armed and Dangerous in Baltimore!



Wonder what the racial makup of the players involved?



by 6 posted onby Al Gator (Refusing to "stoop to your enemy's level", gets you cut off at the knees.)

To: blowfish

Speaking of the plague...isn't Baltimore the clap capital of the world?



To: lovecraft

You and me both.



Our finest in action.



by 8 posted onby RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)

To: fjsva

Both her parents are police officers in the Harrisburg, Pa., area. That may have sped the release, and will help in the investigation. If there's any truth to this story, Baltimore needs a couple of replacement policemen.



To: b4its2late

See. I tell my wife "I ain't stoppin' to ask for directions. We'll get there sooner or later...." I have GPS Nav in the Vette. :-)



by 10 posted onby RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)

To: fjsva

Baltimore City police said they are looking into the incident. Yah,sure



To: fjsva

Have a nice day and come back now ya'll hear!



by 12 posted onby saganite (Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)

To: fjsva

I think the tourism board ought to put this out in their publications. Come visit and get a free stay in jail!



by 13 posted onby TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)

To: fjsva

You can't make this stuff up, God how can anyone live in Maryland?



To: fjsva

Officer Natalie Preston, a six-year veteran of the force, intervened. Sounds like this officer needs three days off a month. Or maybe thirty days off per month.



by 15 posted onby atomicpossum (Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)

To: fjsva

I hope than can and do sue.



To: fjsva

This two so-called officers need to be fired and have to pay restitution to the VICTIMS. Frggin idiots in Baltimore.



by 17 posted onby unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)

To: atomicpossum

more like OFF permenantly.



by 18 posted onby fhlh (Polls are for Strippers.)

To: fjsva

And then they wonder what makes people hate cops........



To: fjsva

Lawsuit time! I hope this costs the city millions of dollars. Maybe they'll think twice about hiring total ^ssholes from then on.



Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

FreeRepublic , LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794

FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson