Trooper Assaulted At Halethorpe Wawa, Runaway Suspect Found: Police

BALTIMORE, MD — A man was arrested Monday in south Baltimore in connection with the weekend assault on a state trooper at Wawa in Halethorpe, according to Maryland State Police.

Anthony Jason Schmidtman, 35, of Glen Burnie, allegedly hit a trooper with a blue Dodge Caravan in the parking lot of the Halethorpe Wawa on Saturday.

The trooper had been investigating a suspicious vehicle in the 3700 block of Washington Boulevard when he saw drug paraphernalia inside, officials reported.

The officer ordered Schmidtman to stand outside the vehicle while he called for backup; however, the man got back in the driver's seat and when the trooper attempted to get him out of the car, police said he reversed and then accelerated, striking the trooper's arm and driving directly at the officer, who moved out of the way.

The vehicle fled the scene, prompting a lookout for the 2006 Caravan with Maryland registration M904798.

At 10 a.m. on Monday, authorities reported they found the vehicle on Washington Boulevard at Bayard Street near Carroll Park in south Baltimore. The location was approximately 4 miles from the Wawa.

Schmidtman, who was in the van, was arrested in the first-degree assault on a state trooper from Saturday.

Maryland State Police officers were assisted by the Baltimore Police Department, the Baltimore County Police Department, Anne Arundel County Police Department, United States Marshals Service Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Baltimore County/City Regional Auto Theft Task Force.

Photo of Anthony Jason Schmidtman courtesy of Maryland State Police.