Overview
- Police said a July tip launched an undercover investigation in which officers bought guns from Martese Kosh at a Laurel motel and documented offers to supply AR-15 or AK-47 style weapons.
- Charging documents describe covert live-stream surveillance of the sales at the Days Inn and confirm detectives tracked activity to the nearby Turf Motel.
- On Oct. 10, officers stopped Ronald Kosh and executed a search warrant at his Renaissance Hills residence, recovering a loaded AK-style rifle, an unloaded handgun, ammunition, suspected fentanyl/heroin, crack and powder cocaine, and drug paraphernalia.
- A grand jury indicted Martese Kosh on 10 weapons counts and Ronald Kosh on 11 weapons and drug counts, according to police and court records.
- Records state Martese Kosh is barred from possessing firearms due to a prior violent-crime conviction, and both men are being held at the Howard County Department of Corrections with hearings set for Feb. 12 and March 12, 2026, respectively.