Friday, March 8, 2013
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Elkridge Armed Robbery A man was walking on Old Stockbridge Road near Village Drive when a slow-moving black sedan pulled up next to him. Then a person described by police as a black male, about 6-foot-2, 230 pounds, wearing all black, jumped out of the car and pointed a gun at the man, demanding everything he had. The man handed over his wallet and iPhone, and the armed man fled in the car with another unidentified man. The incident happened around 9:30 p.m. on March 6. Construction Site Burglary Copper water piping and fittings were removed from eleven different townhouses under construction in the 7400 block of Singers Way sometime between March 1 and March 4. One of the townhouses had its door kicked in, but the others appear to have …
Monday, January 14, 2013
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Columbia Indecent exposure Police say several young girls did not notice a man in the Columbia Mall with his pants unzipped, exposing himself on Jan. 13 at about 2:30 p.m. A witness saw the man following the girls, however, and called police. Police said they could not locate the girls, or the suspect. He is described as a white male in his 50s, between 5-foot-6 and 6-feet-tall, weighing about 250lbs. He had thinning, brown/gray hair that was parted on the side. He was wearing square glasses, a short, blue corduroy jacket with a wool collar, a black t-shirt with a design and writing on it and gold, corduroy pants with a black belt. Street robbery Police say one victim was taken to Howard County General Hospital after an assault on the …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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Columbia Commercial burglary A week and a half after two employees at Zips Dry Cleaners on the 10700 block of Little Patuxent Parkway were tied up and robbed at gunpoint, the business was again targeted by criminals, according to police. On Nov. 20 at about 10:45 p.m., police responded to an alarm at the business. When they arrive, officers found the business secure. Video surveillance, however, showed two people trying to pry open a door to the business using a crowbar. The suspects left when they could not open the door. Police say a man walked into Performance Bicycle on the 6400 block of Dobbin Road at about 11 a.m. on Nov. 21 and took a bicycle without paying for it. An employee followed the man and tried to take a picture of his …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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Columbia Robbery - Home invasion A resident on the 7500 block of Monarch Mills Way told police that someone he knew had wanted to trade shoes with him, but he declined. Then, at about 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, he said two teenagers came to his apartment and forced their way in. According to police, one of the two had a gun. The teenagers stole two pairs of shoes, according to police. The 16- and 17-year-old brothers, both of whom live on the same street as the victim, were arrested and face several burglary and robbery charges, one gun charge and one assault charge. They were charged as adults. Residential burglary On Nov. 8 between 1 a.m. and 7 p.m. someone broke into storage lockers at a home on the 10300 block of Swift stream Place, …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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Columbia: Howard County Police are looking for three suspects in connection with a robbery on the Route 29 footbridge who may also have been involved with an attempted break-in on Swift Stream Place. Just before 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 20, police were called to the 10300 block of Swift Stream Place for reports of men turning doorknobs along the hallway. Police said a person reported hearing his doorknob turning and when he looked out of his door, he saw three suspects headed toward Little Pawtuxent Parkway About ten minutes later, police say two men approached a woman walking on the Route 29 footbridge Saturday at about 8:35 p.m. The men grabbed her purse, according to police, but when the woman did not let go, they reached into her pocket …
Friday, October 19, 2012
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Columbia: Nothing was reported missing at a house on the 6100 block of Wooded Run Drive, but when residents returned home from a trip, they said they found a back window had been shattered sometime between Oct. 12 and Oct. 15. According to Howard County police, there were pry marks on rear sliding glass doors and on both sides of the window. Several rooms were ransacked, according to police, but nothing has been reported stolen. Police responded to a house on the 10200 block of Hickory Ridge Road just before 5 p.m. on Oct. 18. When they arrived, a resident said she saw a suspect leaving her son’s bedroom. Police found a subject who matched the description given by the victim. The suspect, a juvenile, said he was at the residence, opened …
Brandie Jefferson
10:58 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
No offense taken, ever really. I've worked at several different news organizations, each with its own policy regarding descriptions fo subjects. Nowhere, ever, once, has everyone in the newsroom agreed; have all of the copy editors agreed; have all of our readers been satisfied. Not to mention the police ... the suspects themselves ... their families. Personally, I would prefer to have … more ›