Sunday's brief on Jodi and Roger Keller being charged with making a disturbance should have said that a summons to appear to answer the complaint was issued; the couple was not arrested.
ROBBERY SUSPECTS CAUGHT
ELDERSBURG -- MARYLAND STATE POLICE WERE ABLE TO ARREST TWO MEN MINUTES AFTER THEY ALLEGEDLY JUMPED AND ROBBED A WOMAN OUTSIDE THE SUPERFRESH MARKET IN CARROLLTOWNE MALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
David Allen Whittaker, 25, of the 5600 block of Bartholow Road, Sykesville, and Walter Eugene Jason, 27, of the 5700 block of Bartholow Road, Sykesville, were being held at the Carroll County Detention Center.
Whittaker, whose bail was set at $35,000, is charged with robbery, battery and theft. Jason, whose bail was set at $25,000, is facing multiple charges of conspiracy.
At about 8 p.m. Wednesday, Elizabeth H. Goldstein, 62, was walking on the sidewalk outside the supermarket when a man approached her from the rear, according to statepolice.
Police say the man grabbed Goldstein's purse, pushed her to the ground and then jumped into a car, which was described as a 1984 Buick Regal. The car headed south on Ridge Road.
Police arrivedat the store and broadcast a description of the two men and the car.
Within minutes, a Sykesville police saw the car in the SykesvilleAmoco station, where it was being filled up. With the assistance of an off-duty officer, the two men were detained.
Goldstein was brought to Sykesville and identified them as the men who took her purse. In the course of searching the vehicle, police said they were able tofind the contents of Goldstein's purse, which contained about $40.
BOMBINGS INVESTIGATED
HAMPSTEAD -- THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S BOMB SQUAD IS INVESTIGATING THREE BOMBING INCIDENTS THAT TOOK PLACE ON LAST WEDNESDAY AT ABOUT 10 P.M. NEAR HERE.
OFFICIALS SAID THE EXPLOSIONS,WHICH OCCURRED IN THE 1900 BLOCK OF FAIRMONT ROAD AND 4300 BLOCK OF GROSS MILL ROAD, WERE CAUSED BY PIPE BOMBS.
ONE BOMB DESTROYED A CABLE TELEVISION JUNCTION BOX ON FAIRMONT ROAD AND THE OTHER TWO DESTROYED MAILBOXES ON GROSS MILL ROAD.
THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE HAS NO SUSPECTS IN THE BOMBING AND IS ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CALL(800) 492-7529.
POLICE ARREST TWO
ELDERSBURG -- POLICE SAID THEY RECOVERED A POUND OF MARIJUANA FROM AN APARTMENT THEY WERE SEARCHING HERE LAST SUNDAY.
MEMBERS OF THE CARROLL COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE ARRESTED DAVID BRUCE LIVESAY, 33, AND RICHELLE DENISE YOUNG, 28, AFTER SEARCHING THEIR APARTMENT IN THE 6100 BLOCK OF TIMDEN COURT.
POLICE SAID THEY FOUND TWO PLASTIC BAGS OF MARIJUANA WEIGHING ABOUT A HALF POUND EACH INSIDE ANOTHER PACKAGE THAT WAS WRAPPED WITH DUCT TAPE.
LIVESAY AND YOUNG WERE CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, MAINTAINING A COMMON NUISANCE, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
YOUNG WAS RELEASED ON AN UNSECURED BOND AND LIVESAY WAS RELEASED ON $1,000 BAIL.
VAN BROADSIDES CAR
WESTMINSTER -- A VAN TRAVELING ON SOUTH OLD WASHINGTON ROAD THAT FAILED TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT DEMOLISHED A CAR AND SENT THE DRIVER TO THEMARYLAND SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER FRIDAY, STATE POLICE REPORTED.
THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT 8:51 A.M. IN DENSE FOG. MARK LEWIS LORING, 27, OF YORK PA., WHO WAS DRIVING A VAN FOR MARTIN'S POTATO CHIPS, STRUCK A1979 PONTIAC SUNBIRD DRIVEN BY TINA GREEN, 21, OF THE 2000 BLOCK OF LITTLESTOWN PIKE. GREEN'S CAR, WESTBOUND ON HOOK ROAD, WAS BROADSIDEDAS IT PASSED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION ON THE GREEN LIGHT.
HER CAR WAS SHOVED INTO A SCHOOL BUS THAT WAS JUST ENTERING INTERSECTION ON THE EASTBOUND LANE OF HOOK ROAD. GREEN RECEIVED HEAD INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO MARYLAND SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER IN BALTIMORE, POLICE SAID.
POLICE CHARGED LORING WITH FAILING TO OBEY A STOPLIGHT.
NOISE LEADS TO ARREST
TANEYTOWN -- JODY AND ROGER KELLER OF THE FIRSTBLOCK OF CARNIVAL DRIVE WERE ARRESTED MARCH 2 AND CHARGED WITH DISTURBING THEIR NEIGHBORS BY PLAYING A RADIO ALL NIGHT.
JODY KELLER, 40, AND ROGER KELLER, 45, SAID THEY WERE PLAYING THE RADIO AS A WAY OF GETTING BACK AT A NEIGHBOR, WHO THEY COMPLAINED REGULARLY VACUUMED HER HOUSE AT 5:30 A.M.
POLICE CAME TO THE KELLER RESIDENCE AFTER 11:30 MARCH 1 AND ASKED THEM TO TURN THE MUSIC OFF. THEY COMPLIED BUT TURNED IT BACK ON, ACCORDING TO THE PAPERS FILED AT DISTRICT COURT.
WOMANCHARGED WITH THEFT
FINKSBURG -- POLICE WERE CALLED TO GEORGE'S SUPER THRIFT TO ARREST A WOMAN WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT SHOPLIFTING A PACKAGE OF CIGARETTES AND A CHICKEN ON FEB. 28.
STORE PERSONNEL TOLD POLICE THEY NOTICED ELMINO HAMMOND, 49, OF THE 2800 BLOCK OF CEDAR HURST, FINKSBURG, TAKING A PACKAGE OF CIGARETTES OUT OF HER COAT POCKETAND PLACING THEM IN HER PURSE. A LITTLE WHILE LATER, SHE WAS NOTICEDTAKING A PACKAGE OF CHICKEN OUT OF HER PURSE, POLICE SAID.
THE STORE MANAGER STOPPED HER AND CALLED THE POLICE. SHE WAS RELEASED ON HEROWN RECOGNIZANCE.
FALSE REPORT ARREST
HAMPSTEAD -- POLICE HAVE ISSUED ARREST WARRANTS FOR ANTONI AKARAS, 49, AND DAVID R. DRUTZ, 27, CHARGING THEM WITH FILING A FALSE REPORT IN CONNECTION WITH A BURGLARY.
POLICE WERE CALLED TO NETWORK VIDEO STORE JAN. 31 TO INVESTIGATE ABURGLARY OF MONEY AND VIDEOTAPES. AKARAS, THE OWNER OF THE STORE, TOLD POLICE THAT HE LOST ABOUT $65 IN ROLLED COINS AND 493 NEWLY PURCHASED VIDEOTAPES, WHICH HE SAID WERE WORTH $9,227.
POLICE FOUND EVIDENCE OF A BREAK-IN BUT SAID THEY COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE BURGLAR WAS ABLE TO CARRY THE VIDEOTAPES OUT OF THE SMALL HOLE HE HAD MADE INTHE ROOF TO GET INTO THE STORE.
AKARAS TOLD POLICE THAT HE PURCHASED THE TAPES FROM DRUTZ, PIKESVILLE RESIDENT WHO IS AN INDEPENDENT VIDEOTAPE DEALER.
DRUTZ TOLD POLICE THAT HE BOUGHT THE TAPES FROM CENTRAL SALES, A BALTIMORE WHOLESALER OF ADULT VIDEOTAPES. AKARAS TOLD POLICE THAT HALF OF THE STOLEN VIDEOTAPES WERE GENERAL TITLES AND REMAINDER WERE ADULT VIDEOTAPES.
WHEN POLICE QUESTIONED CENTRAL SALES ABOUT THE PURCHASES, THE DEALER DENIED SELLING ANY TAPES TO DRUTZ AND TOLD POLICE CENTRAL DEALT ONLY WITH ADULT VIDEOTAPES.
POLICE SAID WHEN THEY QUESTIONED DRUTZ AND AKARAS AGAIN, THEY ALLEGEDLY FOUND NUMEROUS INCONSISTENCIES IN THEIR STORIES.
AS OF LAST WEEK, THE PAIR HAD NOT YET BEEN ARRESTED OR SURRENDERED TO THE POLICE.
CONFESSIONS TO STAND
WESTMINSTER -- THE SECOND OF TWO MEN CHARGED IN THE STABBING DEATH OF A 74-YEAR-OLD NORTH BALTIMORE WOMAN WAS TOLD BY CARROLL CIRCUIT JUDGE LUKE K. BURNS JR. THAT HIS TESTIMONY AT A SUPPRESSION HEARING LAST WEEK WAS NOT CREDIBLE.
IN REJECTING TROY DOMINIC SHELLINGTON'S REQUEST TO HAVE SEVERAL CONFESSIONS TO BALTIMORE HOMICIDE DETECTIVES RULED INADMISSIBLE IN COURT, BURNS SAID THAT AS A WITNESS SHELLINGTON "WAS NOT CREDIBLE."
SHELLINGTON AND ABRAS MORRISON -- BOTH 20 AND BOTH ON $1 MILLION BOND IN THE BALTIMORE CITY JAIL -- WERE CHARGED WITH THE AUGUST KILLING OF MARGARET CULLEN, WHOSE BEATEN, STABBED AND DECOMPOSED BODY WAS FOUND BY HOMICIDE DETECTIVES PARTIALLY BURIED IN A CORNFIELD NEAR HAMPSTEAD.
SHELLINGTON'S CONFESSIONS HELPED POLICE TO LOCATE THE BODY, AND THEY ALSO HELPED IMPLICATE MORRISON. MORRISON UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO HAVE HIS CONFESSIONS TO POLICE -- WHICH IMPLICATED SHELLINGTON -- SUPPRESSED AS EVIDENCE IN HIS UPCOMING TRIAL.
SOLVE CRIME OF WEEK
Crime Solvers, a volunteer group that assists area police, is asking residents to help solve the Crime of the Week.
This week, the group is targeting a suspect in a strong-arm robbery in early February.
The suspect robbed and assaulted a woman as she was trying to get into her car at 9 p.m. on Feb. 11. The car was parked near a back entrance to Carrolltowne Mall in Eldersburg. The suspect distracted the woman and when she turned toward him, hegrabber her purse.
Police describe the suspect as a white male, about 5 feet 10 inches tall with dark hair that was long in the back. The 150-pound man is said to have a thin build. He was wearing a black leather jacket, dark jeans and a T-shirt. He was observed running from the scene toward Gemeni Drive.
If you have any information about this crime or possible suspects involved, call Crime Solvers at (800) 562-TIPS. You do not need to give your name and if your information leads to an arrest, you could earn up to a $1,000 reward.
BANK ROBBERY SEMINAR
WESTMINSTER -- MARYLAND STATE POLICE, AS PART OF ITS CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS, WILL HAVE A BANK ROBBERY TRAINING SEMINAR AT7 P.M. TUESDAY AT THE WESTMINSTER BARRACKS.
THE STATE POLICE WILL REVIEW RECENT BANK ROBBERIES IN THE COUNTY AND WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION ON THEIR RESPONSE PROCEDURE. IN ADDITION, THE POLICE WILL HAND OUTTRAINING MATERIALS AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO CONDUCT A SECURITY REVIEW OF LOCAL BRANCHES.
INFORMATION: 848-3111.
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PLEASE REPORT CRIME TIPS TO THESE HOT LINES: 857-TIPS (DRUGS) AND (800) 562-TIPS (CRIME SOLVERS). ALL CALLS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE YOUR NAME.
HERE IS A COMPILATION OF SOME OF THE CRIME REPORTED TO LOCAL AND STATE POLICE:
HAMPSTEAD
POPES CREEK ROAD: WESTMINSTER POLICE ARRESTED MICHAEL R. WOLINSKI, 33, AND CHARGED HIM CHARGED HIM WITHFOUR COUNTS WRITING BAD CHECKS ON FEB. 28.
SUNSET DR.: WESTMINSTERPOLICE ARRESTED ERIC LEE DELL, 26, AND CHARGED HIM WITH ONE COUNT OFRECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, ASSAULT AND TWO COUNTS OF CARRYING A HANDGUN ON MARCH 3.
LINWOOD
MCKINSTRYS MILL ROAD: WESTMINSTER POLICE ARRESTED KARL RICHARD HIGGS, 37, AND WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED ON FEB. 28.
NEW WINDSOR
MAIN ST.: WESTMINSTER POLICE SERVED SUSAN ANN SCHAEFER, 38, WITH A SUMMONS CHARGING HER THEFT ON FEB. 28.
SYKESVILLE
HODGES ROAD: WESTMINSTER POLICE CHARGED MELVIN M. COOK, 58, WITH ONE COUNT OF WRITING A BAD CHECK ON MARCH 1.
TANEYTOWN
BULLFROG ROAD: WESTMINSTER POLICE SERVED A SUMMONS ON ANTHONY RAYATWELL, 28, FOR WRITING A BAD CHECK ON MARCH 2.
UNION BRIDGE
UNION BRIDGE RD.: WESTMINSTER POLICE CHARGED SHARON SUZANNE HUGHES, 26, WITH DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED ON FEB. 28.
WESTMINSTER
YOUNG WAY:WESTMINSTER POLICE ARRESTED WELLINGTON RUBY JR., 33, AND CHARGED HIMWITH DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED ON FEB. 26.
SOUTH CENTER ST.: WESTMINSTER POLICE ARRESTED ERIC W. COOK, 23, OF SOUTH CENTER ST., AND CHARGED HIM WITH BATTERY AND UNAUTHORIZED OPENING OF LETTERS ON FEB. 28.
EWING DR.: WESTMINSTER POLICE REPORTED THAT A PERSON TOOK SEVERAL ITEMS, WORTH $342, FROM A STORAGE SHED ON FEB. 28.
PENNSYLVANIA AVE.: WESTMINSTER POLICE CHARGED EUGENE F. GROGAN, 24, CHARGED WITH SIX COUNTS OF WRITING BAD CHECKS ON MARCH 1.
E. MAIN ST.: WESTMINSTER POLICE ARRESTED JOHN H. HARLESS JR., 43, AND CHARGED HIM WITH POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL DRUGS ON MARCH 2.
OLD TANEYTOWN ROAD: WESTMINSTER POLICE ARRESTED JAMES THOMAS GIST, 36, AND CHARGED HIM WITH DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED ON MARCH 2.
CARROLLVIEW AVE.: WESTMINSTER POLICE CHARGED MARY LOUISE DEMARIO, 38, WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF WRITING A BAD CHECK ON MARCH 3.
NEW WINDSOR ROAD: WESTMINSTER POLICE REPORTEDTHAT A FLOWER URN, WORTH $200, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT WAS PUSHED OFF ITS PEDESTAL ON MARCH 3.
PENNSYLVANIA AVE.: WESTMINSTER POLICE ARRESTED MERRILL ALBERT CONOVER, 62, AND CHARGED HIM WITH DISTURBING THE PEACE AND RESISTING ARREST.
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HERE IS A COMPILATION OF THE FIRE AND RESCUE CALLS TO THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER:
MARCH 3
3:23 P.M., MOUNT AIRY ASSISTED FREDERICK COUNTY ON A SHED FIRE ON ROUTE 144.
10:58 P.M., MOUNT AIRY INVESTIGATED SMOKE IN A BUILDING ON OLD NATIONAL PIKE.
MARCH 4
9:43 A.M., TANEYTOWN, PLEASANT VALLEY AND WESTMINSTER RESPONDED TO A CHIMNEY FIRE ON OLD TANEYTOWN PIKE.
3:20 P.M., GAMBER INVESTIGATED SMOKE IN A BUILDING ON JEFFREY LORI DRIVE.
5:01 P.M., WESTMINSTER AND PLEASANT VALLEY RESPONDED TO A CHIMNEY FIRE ON MEADOW BRANCH ROAD.
6:41 P.M., MOUNT AIRY ASSISTED FREDERICKCOUNTY ON A HOUSE FIRE ON CATOCTIN RIDGE DRIVE.
7:21 P.M., MOUNT AIRY ASSISTED FREDERICK COUNTY ON A HOUSE FIRE ON HORIZON ROAD.
8:38P.M., LINEBORO ASSISTED YORK COUNTY ON A WOODS FIRE ON ROUTE 216.
MARCH 5
1:07 A.M., GAMBER, REESE AND WESTMINSTER RESPONDED TO A CHIMNEY FIRE ON CINDY LANE.
3:30 A.M., SYKESVILLE ASSISTED HOWARD COUNTY ON A TRUCK FIRE ON ROUTE 70.
2:38 P.M., MOUNT AIRY ASSISTED HOWARD COUNTY ON A FIRE ALARM ON NEWPORT ROAD.
7:40 P.M., MANCHESTER, LINEBORO AND PLEASANT HILL RESPONDED TO A CHIMNEY FIRE ON KRIDLER'S SCHOOLHOUSE ROAD.
11:46 P.M., SYKESVILLE ASSISTED HOWARD COUNTY ON A BUILDING FIRE IN ELLICOTT CITY.
MARCH 6
12:45 A.M., WINFIELD AND SYKESVILLE ASSISTED HOWARD COUNTY ON A BUILDING FIRE ON WEST FRIENDSHIP ROAD.
2:05 A.M., HARNEY ASSISTED FREDERICK COUNTY ON AN APARTMENT FIRE ON DE PAUL STREET.
9:26 A.M., WESTMINSTER AND REISTERSTOWN RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A FIRE ON WASHINGTON ROAD.
2:12 P.M., REESE AND GAMBER RESPONDED TO A CHIMNEY FIRE ON DEER PARK ROAD.