From the Aberdeen Police Department:
On February 13, 2018 officers responded to a traffic complaint near the CSX tracks at W. Bel Air Avenue & Law Street, but instead ended up in a foot chase with an armed person.
While handling the traffic complaint an alert Officer Pietrogiacomo observed Ramone Armstrong, a person known to carry illegal firearms, walking in the area. Armstrong observed police and immediately turned and walked the other way. Officer Pietrogiacomo observed Armstrong “grab” his dip, which he recognized as a characteristic of an armed person. Officer Pietrogiacomo confronted Armstrong who initially stopped, again adjusted his “dip” and took flight on foot.
Armstrong was located after a foot chase that ended in the 100 block of W. Bel Air Avenue. Officers retraced Armstrong’s flight path and recovered a loaded .22 caliber Jennings handgun.
Officers had received a photograph of Armstrong displaying a nearly identical handgun as the one seized on a social media post prior to the incident.
Armstrong was processed and transported to the Harford County Detention Center.
This is the 3rd time in less than 5 months he has been arrested with a firearm. The first charges were dropped somehow and then he was charged in November with armed robbery of a pizza delivery man. Now he is carrying again! Please keep him in jail this time. For the safety of the community and the schools in the area.
what the hell is he doing out on the street,great court system
what is a ‘dip’?
It’s where criminals frequently hide drugs and guns….basically tucked in the front of their pants. That’s why people end up getting shot when the police tell them not to move and they quickly drop their hands to their waistband.
Sometimes they’ll give their wares an extra flavoring and hide the drugs under their sack or in the back….women use their jail purse….if you don’t know what that is, think about it for a minute and you can probably figure it out.
got it, thanks…
Somewhat correct. It’s normally a makeshift pocket sewn into the crotch of the pants to put drugs in. Most people nowadays where boxer shorts and unless you have a pocket of some sort, whatever your holding will slide down the leg. I guess people holding in their tighty whities could consider that their dip as well, but with boxers you need a pocket……
I meant “wear” not where. Damn autocorrecting tablets…..
And he was grabbing his dip/adjusting his dip, to make sure the gun didn’t slip down his pant leg or pop up when he ran. It’s not a particularly secure place to carry a handgun and criminals frequently pat, grab, check it to make sure it’s still there and not sliding around or falling out.
Wait, he was a felon right? According to current gun laws, he can not be in possession of a handgun. That’s the law, right? It is impossible for him to have a gun. We have gun laws, so according to the Anti-NRA minions, the law should work. Or is this just another instance where we see that bad guys get guns no matter what laws you create and pass. Good job Officer Pietrogiacomo for being alert.
Our court system is a joke, a revolving door of let’s make a deal. Start putting these habitual offenders away for the maximum sentence for carrying guns and sealing drugs and bring the death penalty back and maybe we can get control over criminals again. They all know the system is a joke and that the country is watching our Police under a microscope for everything they do. It’s hard to be a repeat offender if you doing maximum time for your crime. Some thug shot Officer Easton and he can no longer be a Police Officer and I wonder how long this POS will do in jail? He is probably a new person now, probably found Jesus like they all do. That ends right about the day before they get released I’m sure.
Prison purse, and dip. I have to get out more.