Authorities: Man set fire, then tried to ram officer

Police are searching for a young man they believe fired a roman candle from his car earlier this month in Parkton, setting fire to 2 acres of the Prettyboy Reservoir woodlands and trying to ram an officer head-on.

The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. Saturday as Baltimore County Officer Timothy McLaughlin drove southbound near the 3700 block of Beckleysville Road, according to the police report. He saw several red balls of fire from what appeared to be a roman candle shoot out the passenger side of a small, white car traveling north, and fly above his car.