‘You Want To Be Gangster, I Got Something For You’: DPW Employee Charged For Threatening Coworker With Handgun In Municipal Building

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore DPW worker has been charged for threatening a coworker with a handgun wrong of the municipal gathering successful downtown Tuesday, according to a constabulary report.

The worker was identified lone arsenic 46-year-old Eric Brown, a Baltimore resident.

A responding serviceman reported astir 10 a.m. to the Abell Wolman gathering connected 200 Holiday Street. They were told that an worker successful the gathering was threatened by Brown connected the 3rd floor, and the threatened worker had crushed to judge Brown had a firearm.

The worker who was threatened told constabulary helium got into an statement with his coworker, who allegedly said during the statement “you privation to beryllium gangster, I got thing for you. Come backmost to my cubicle.” Brown allegedly past went to his table and grabbed his bag, making the worker judge Brown had a gun.

When the responding serviceman spoke to Brown, helium told the serviceman that helium did person a weapon holstered connected his hip. Brown provided to the serviceman his State of Maryland Handgun Permit and his Private Detective Certification.

Despite his permit, Brown wasn’t moving arsenic a backstage researcher astatine the time, and firearms are prohibited successful City Government offices unless carried by instrumentality enforcement.

Officers confiscated a Sig Sauer P365 handgun from Brown, which was loaded with 1 cartridge successful the chamber.

Brown is charged with a handgun violation.

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