Saturday, April 27, 2013
The medal of honor was awarded to Cpl. Craig Ream who on his way to serve a warrant when he pulled a woman from a burning vehicle.
Three of Howard County's finest were honored with awards at Wednesday night's police award ceremony. Medal of Honor Cpl. Craig Ream, an 11-year veteran of the force, received the Medal of Honor for his harrowing rescue of a young woman who was trapped inside a burning vehicle on the side of Route 97 in Carroll County. At the time, Ream was on his way to serve a search warrant, but when he saw the vehicle, he stopped and along with a Carroll County Sherriff's deputy, was able to extricate the woman from the car. She was later flown to Shock Trauma and is still in the hospital, but is alive. Ream suffered burns, cuts and scrapes, but wasn't seriously injured during the rescue on Jan. 11. Police Officer of the Year PFC Raymond Peele was …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The annual awards ceremony highlights excellence in different aspects of police work.
The Howard County Police Department will recognize at a Wednesday night ceremony contributions made in 2012 by some of its officers, civilian employees and volunteers. Award recipients will include Cpl. Craig Ream, who, while off-duty, came across a crash in Carroll County. He jumped into action, crawling into a burning car and pulling out 18-year-old Casey Marie Bellofatto. Ream will be awarded the Medal of Honor. Officer Richard Romberger will be awarded the Purple Heart. Romberger was injured in January 2012 when he was struck by a car while on-duty in Mt. Airy, according to the Baltimore Sun. The following awards will also be given out: The ceremony is at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Kossiakoff Conference and Education Center at the Johns …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Cpl. Craig Ream spotted the burning vehicle on his way into work and swung into action.
OUTSIDE BALTIMORE, MD -- A local police officer crawled under the hood of a burning car and squeezed himself through a small opening to pull a teenage woman from a wreck early Friday morning, according to police. The woman, Casey Marie Bellofatto, 18, of Sykesville, was transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in critical condition, according to a police statement. Cpl. Craig Ream, an 11-year veteran of the Howard County police department, was on his way to work around 3 a.m. to serve a search warrant, when he happened upon the crash on Route 97 in Carroll County, said police. That's when he attempted to use a fire extinguisher to combat the blaze, but it had little effect, and so he decided to risk his own safety to …
H.R. Pufnstuf
7:49 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Joellen, we don't know all the facts. And I'm certainly curious what fact pattern exists that justified a 3am raid on a Howard County resident. Seems over the top on its face. more ›