How Do You Keep Count of Gang Activity in Your Area? Patch on the Police Beat

From internal disputes on what qualifies as “gang-related” to a ring of burglaries in Howard County and  Reisterstown fires, Patch has got you covered on the police beat.


Area law enforcement are in the process of finalizing 2010 crime data, which will be presented to the County Council Public Safety Committee this spring. But there seems to be some debate about killings referenced as “gang-related.” Lt. Dinish Patil, deputy director of the Montgomery County Police Special Investigations Unit, took over the the division in August and is now working to clarify the new policies. Read what he had to say on Colesville Patch.


With 12 residential burglaries and attempted burglaries in one part of the county since January, police are asking residents to be on the lookout and help identify possible suspects involved in a string of recent break-ins. Columbia Patch has more.


Two adults were displaced after an early morning fire raced through their Reisterstown home. Unfortunately, the family pet did not make it out. Learn more on Reisterstown Patch. 


After 26 weeks of rigorous training, the 136th Maryland State Trooper Candidate Class took an oath and received diplomas in a graduation ceremony at Century High School in Sykesville. In attendance were Gov. Martin O’Malley and former con-man-turned-FBI security consultant Frank Abagnale Jr., the man on whom the film “Catch Me If You Can” is based. See Abagnale’s small screen debut thanks to the video on Eldersburg Patch.


Baltimore County police arrested three men in what they say was a multi-county car part theft scheme. Police say the men were also connected to another burglary in Pikesville, where the suspects broke into a garage and stripped a car's door, dashboard and airbags.To find out more about how the Regional Auto Theft Task Force is investigating check out Savage-Guilford Patch.