A Baltimore man allegedly kept dirt bikes, high-capacity weapons, ammunition, drugs, and his 9-year-old son under the same roof, according to court records.
Charging documents describe how detectives found multiple dangerous and illegal items inside the house where 30-year-old Corey Johnson lived. They executed a warrant at that home, located in the 1000 block of West Lexington Street, around 9:30 a.m. on June 19. Inside, they found four dirt bikes. One of them had been reported as stolen.
The Baltimore Police Department announced the findings of the dirt bike violation investigation on one of its social media accounts later that day.
Ten detectives showed up at the home to assist with executing the warrant, according to the charging documents. Johnson was not at the residence when they arrived at his door. The detectives reportedly waited “a reasonable amount of time” and then forced their way into the home.
Court records show that the detectives found a red 2026 Honda CRF150 dirt bike, a blue 2019 Yamaha YZ250 dirt bike, a blue and white 2019 Yamaha YZ250 dirt bike, and a black 2024 Taizhou Qianxin Hound scooter, a white 2018 Yamaha YZ250 dirt bike, and a blue Taizhou Qianxin Viper 150 scooter in the home.
Four of the vehicles were in the living room and two were in the kitchen, according to the charging documents.
The blue and white 2019 Yamaha YZ250 dirt bike had been reported as stolen by the Warrensville Police Department in Ohio on August 9, 2024. Court records state that the owner of the dirt bike, who resides in Pennsylvania, had listed it for sale on Facebook Marketplace. She was lured to Ohio by a man who claimed he wanted to buy it from her.
The woman drove to Warrensville, Ohio, to deliver the dirt bike, valued at $1,500, to a Mike Harris. The person who claimed to be Harris said he would not be present for the sale of the bike but that his son would be at the meet-up spot to purchase it, per court records.
The woman told investigators that she interacted “with an unidentified black male who handed her a PNC Bank envelope and the unidentified black male drove off with the dirt bike.” She said she did not look at the contents of the envelope until after the male drove off on the dirt bike. Inside, she found only shredded paper, according to the charging documents.
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Detectives said they found other items used to maintain the dirt bikes and scooters inside the house on West Lexington Street. Those items consisted of a box containing a motorcycle tire tube, a container of brake fluid, five quarts of motorcycle oil, quart motorcycle coolant, and a plastic gas can.
Additionally, they found weapons and ammunition on the second floor of the house. The charging documents contain a list that includes a Panther Arms 5.56 / .223 caliber rifle loaded with 30 bullets, a banana magazine clip with a loaded 10 rounds of 16-gauge ammunition and 9 rounds of 12-gauge ammunition, an empty 7.62 round magazine, a box of ammunition containing ten .223 bullets, a box of ammunition containing 13 .40 caliber bullets, an EKOL Alp 2 bank gun with an empty magazine, a Vulcan Arms Model Y15 5.56 rifle loaded with 22 bullets, and an empty 9-millimeter high-capacity drum magazine.
“Further inspection of a grill that was in the living room where the dirt bikes were stored recovered a loaded Glock 19 9mm . . . that was loaded with 15 rounds,” court records state.
Investigators determined during their preliminary search that none of the firearms were stolen. The charging documents show that investigators ran a check on Johnson through the Maryland Gun Center and learned that he was not prohibited from owning guns.
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While searching the second floor of the house, detectives found two plastic bags with suspected heroin, two digital scales with residue of suspected heroin, and two cell phones, per court records. On the third floor of the house, they found evidence that a child was either living or staying at the residence.
One of the bedrooms was set up as a playroom and contained children’s toys, according to the charging documents.
“Any child / minor being at the residence would have easy accessibility to the loaded weapons, ammunition, and suspected controlled dangerous substance that were in plain view, creating a reckless and substantial risk of serious physical injury or death,” court records state.
No one was home at the time of the police raid. The charging documents show that an officer arrested Johnson at an apartment complex in Hampden on June 24.
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Johnson has been charged with dirt bike violation, the unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, unauthorized removal of a motor vehicle, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, reckless endangerment and several firearm violations. Those violations include the possession of firearms that were accessible by minors.
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