An Eldorado, Texas, man was arrested Tuesday night after a Glen Burnie man was threatened with having his throat cut for refusing to turn over money, county police said yesterday.
Bernard T. Brown Jr., 33, told police he was in front of the Mars store in the 6700 block of Ritchie Highway shortly after 9 p.m. when a man walked up to him and asked him for money.
Mr. Brown refused, police said, and the man threatened to cut his throat and reached into his right pants pocket. Mr. Brown ran into the store and called police.
Northern District officers with a description of the suspect found him hiding behind a trash bin near the Western Auto store in the same block. They said he had a lock-blade knife in his right pants pocket. Mr. Brown identified the man as the one who threatened him, police said.
Charles J. Lozano, 30, was charged with assault in the incident,
police said.