POLICE
* Gamber: An officer of the Gamber Fire Department reported to state police that someone stole a hand-held two-way radio, a charger and a pager from the medic unit while it was parked at the firehouse Wednesday.
* Eldersburg: An employee of the Little Professor Book Center in RTC the 6400 block of Ridge Road told state police someone stole cash and payroll checks from the store between noon and 5 p.m. Sept. 25. The loss was estimated at $2,127.
FIRE
* Sykesville: Sykesville, Winfield, Gamber and West Friendship of Howard County engines responded to a report of a fire in a nursing home in the 7300 block of Second Ave. at 11:49 a.m. Friday. Units were out for 12 minutes.