Loud music complaint leads to drug operation

Published May 17, 2010 4:00am ET



What started as a common complaint about loud music in Temple Hills turned into an all-out melee with police, resulting in the injury of two officers, the arrest of eight people, the recovery of more than $15,000 in drugs and the discovery of a 1-year-old hidden in a closet.

It started about 11 p.m. Friday. Two Prince George’s County police officers responded to an apartment on the 3000 block of Brinkley Road and asked the party to turn down the music. The occupants complied — initially.

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