Police Blotter

February 8, 2008

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County.

Baltimore

Southern

Shooting // A man, 34, and a woman were walking in the 4100 block of Cleve Court in Brooklyn about 2:30 a.m. yesterday when a gunman got out of a gold car, shoved the woman to the ground and the shot the man in the back, neck and an arm before speeding away. The woman was not injured. Police said the man was found inside a house on nearby Glade Court and was taken by a city Fire Department ambulance to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was treated and released.

Theft // A radar detector of unknown value was stolen early Tuesday from a 2007 Nissan Xterra parked in the first block of E. Heath St. by someone who entered the vehicle after breaking a window.

Burglary // A 32-inch plasma TV valued at $600 and $3,000 worth of jewelry were stolen between 4 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday from a house in the 1000 block of W. Barre St. by someone who entered after breaking a sliding glass door.

Theft // A 1992 Oldsmobile Cutlass was parked in the 100 block of S. Veronica Ave. between Monday and Tuesday when someone stole the rear handicap tag 61961 HV.

Central

Shooting // Police were seeking three men in the shooting Tuesday night of a boy, 17, inside a house in the 500 block of Dolphin St. About 10:25 p.m., the men, one armed with a handgun, forced their way into the house and confronted several people in the living room, during which the gunman struck the victim in the face with the weapon. When the victim tried to run up the stairs to the second floor, he was shot in the buttocks and fell. The three men fled. The victim was taken by ambulance to an area hospital for treatment. His condition was not available.

Southeastern

Shooting // A boy, 17, was standing in the 2600 bock of McElderry St. eating a sub sandwich with several other males about 10 p.m. Wednesday when an unknown man shot him in the right leg, fracturing the tibia. The victim was treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Baltimore County

Parkville

Robbery // Two men, one armed with a handgun, entered T-Mobile in the 1900 block of E. Joppa Road about 11 a.m. Wednesday and stole 19 cell phones - all valued at nearly $2,500.

Burglary // Someone broke into a shed in the first block of Bourbon Court between Tuesday and Wednesday and stole a circular saw of unknown value.

Franklin

Burglary // Nearly $500 cash, several video games, speakers and a safety box - all valued at about $1,000 - were stolen Wednesday from an apartment in the 10500 block of Cascade Falls Court in Owings Mills. There were no signs of forced entry.

[Richard Irwin

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