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Around 1p.m. patrol officers in the 1800 block of N. Port Street interrupted a drug transaction and chased after the drug dealer who ran from the scene. The suspect ran into a nearby vacant home, jumped from the second floor window, and then tried to take off in a van parked on the same block. Officers at the scene requested additional units when a crowd in the area became hostile and one man tried to stop officers from entering the van. Both the drug delear and the man blocking the officer were arrested. Their identities have not been released. ... (ABC2 News)

Michael George Rokos, a retired Episcopal priest who served in Baltimore parishes and led Czech organizations, died of cancer Aug. 30 at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. The Mayfield resident was 71.Born in Chicago and raised in Mayfield, he was the son of George Rokos, an attorney, and his wife, Dorthea Wildeson, a homemaker. He was a 1964 graduate of Baltimore City College and earned a bachelor’s degree at the Johns Hopkins University. He was a 1972 graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary. As a child he was active in the Church of the Redeemer.Bishop David K. Leighton ordained him to the priesthood in 1973. He was assigned to the Church of the Ascension in Silver Spring, St. Thomas in Garrison Forest, the Church of the Resurrection in Joppa, Grace Memorial Church in Darlington; and St. Margaret’s in Parkville, where he retired in 2014. He also served at Christ Church in Wilmington, Del.“He had a dedication of the betterment of his parishioners,” said his husband, Gene-Michael Addis. “He had a deep understanding of the challenges of a modern day life.”Rev. Rokos was also a strong advocate for and member in local national and international Czech organizations. He was a past president the Sokol Baltimore, the Bohemian National Cemetery in Armistead Gardens and American Friends of the Czech Republic.“With the fall of Communism in what was then Czechoslovakia, he began an extensive search for long-lost relatives and for the original Rokos grist mill that was the forerunner to the Rokos Rye Bakery here in Baltimore,” said his husband. “Rokos Bread and Rokos ‘Only Genuine’ Rye Bread were registered with the National Patent Office in 1905 and 1915.” The family bakeries were once located throughout East Baltimore.Mr. Addis said he celebrated his 70th birthday in Prague surrounded by 38 of the relatives he connected with over the years. The event was held at a restaurant on the Charles River.Rev. Rokos joined the American Friends of the Czech Republic and was its past president and a board member.His family members were am... (Baltimore Sun)