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Linden Linthicum Lane resident Taylor Richard Allen, 24, faces 37 charges of destruction of property, two counts of using a destructive device, two counts of malicious burning and one count of committing a hate crime, according to police.

A teenage girl said a man held her at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon near Bel Air High School, police said. That comes on the heels of vandalism to a memorial to fallen heroes in downtown Bel Air that was spray-painted overnight Monday, Bel Air police said

A teenage girl said a man held her at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon near Bel Air High School, police said. That comes on the heels of vandalism to a memorial to fallen heroes in downtown Bel Air that was spray-painted overnight Monday, Bel Air police said

A Black Lives Matter sign at a Towson-area church has been repeatedly vandalized.

Harford County is taking steps before it's too late to stabilize the Mount Soma barn, parts of which date back to the early 1700s, making it one of the oldest structures in the county.

A farm stand business in Ellicott City was vandalized with spray paint after Tuesday night's election.

Mount Olive Baptist Church was vandalized over the weekend when someone defaced the church with excrement and racist and obscene messages.

A Baltimore man pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges after he vandalized a women's health clinic because it provided abortions, prosecutors said. Travis Reynolds, 21, pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, which makes it a crime to damage the property of a reproductive health services facility. Prosecutors said Reynolds and another man spray painted the words "Baby Killer," "Kill Baby Here" and other messages on the clinic. Reynolds told

Large Donald Trump campaign signs have been burned, ripped and vandalized throughout Howard County, a streak local party leaders and elected officials said is indicative of an unprecedented divisive and polarizing political climate.

Police are investigating thousands of dollars in vandalism and a possible hate crime at Immanuel United Church of Christ in Catonsville.

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office has been called to South Carroll High School to investigate the second act of vandalism in two days.

A 17-year-old Street boy was arrested Tuesday for allegedly shooting out windows in multiple houses and cars in northern Harford County in late April, according to charging documents.

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The Town of Port Deposit is asking for help in finding those responsible for vandalism and theft of town property around Marina Park on the Susquehanna River in early January.

The mayor activated an emergency headquarters, the city school system warned students against violence and even the Obama administration asked for calm Monday as Baltimore began the wait for a verdict in the first trial of a police officer in the Freddie Gray case.

Towson, Lutherville, Timonium, Cockeysville crime log

This summer Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake formed a commission to consider the future of Baltimore's many Confederate monuments, including the statue of General Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the Wyman Park Dell. As commission members continued to debate the monuments' fates in a series of public meetings, one local artist and activist, Pablo Machioli, voiced his objection to the Lee-Jackson monument by quietly erecting his own counter-sculpture on Oct 29. That night, he placed his

After first arriving on Grand Bend Drive in response to a report with two cars affected, three Baltimore County Police Officers counted a total of 56 vehicles with their tires cut. Seven had three tires damaged and six had two tires punctured.

Two teenage boys have been charged as juveniles in relation with rash of vandalism that occurred in the Finksburg area in August.

Carroll County will soon realize savings due to its government's decision to utilize an alternative and renewable form of energy: the Sun.

Residents of the Colonial Acres neighborhood in Bel Air South are hoping to find the culprit behind graffiti scrawled throughout the community's playground, which was recently upgraded. The community association is offering a $500 reward for any information that leads to the identification of the people responsible.

Montgomery County has erected a wooden box around a Confederate monument recently spray-painted with the words "Black Lives Matter," in hopes of shielding the statue from further vandalism.

Residential, commercial and street burglaries this week in Columbia.

Former Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts commended the city's officers for their "restraint, professionalism, and attention to duty" in the handling of the protests before the rioting on April 27.

Sykesville Police are investigating a series of thefts from unlocked vehicles over a three-day period last week as well as six instances of tires being slashed early Monday morning.

Vandals have targeted monuments dedicated to the leaders and soldiers of the Confederacy, painting the slogan "Black lives matter" on memorials in a half-dozen states where the landmarks stand tall in parks and outside government buildings.

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Howard County police are investigating 28 cars that were painted at a senior living center in the 9800 block of Palace Hall Drive in Laurel, while four additional cars and two buildings were spray-painted in the 9100 block of Guilford Road in Columbia.

Residential, commercial and street burglaries and thefts this week in Columbia.

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Police officers were seriously injured in violent clashes on the streets, buildings were looted and destroyed and Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency, activating the National Guard as portions of Baltimore devolved into chaos and burned on Monday.

Demonstrations turned violent Saturday, with several arrests made, police vehicles damaged and store fronts vandalized

A boarded up stone house located on the grounds of Catonsville High School near the school's football field off Hilltop Road may not look like much. But one Catonsville native, Jim Jones, is taking steps in an effort to preserve the former home, which he says is an important part of Catonsville's past.

The Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church on Johnnycake Road has been vacant since 2011. But the 30,000-square-foot building near the Baltimore National Pike intersection will soon be occupied after the Chin Baptist Mission Church purchased the building for $2.7 million.

Howard County police are searching for a spray-painting vandal who has tagged more than 150 cars in a one month span, police said Friday.

A marked Baltimore police patrol car was vandalized in Southeast Baltimore's McElderry Park neighborhood Monday night.

Howard County politics took a less-than-civil turn over the weekend, when signs for Republican state Senate candidate Jody Venkatesan and sheriff candidate Jim Fitzgerald, a Democrat, were defaced by graffiti.

Police announced this week that they will be visibly patrolling the community to ensure safety of trick-or-treaters. According to a news release, officers will be alert for vandalism, theft, destruction of property and impair driving through speed enforcement tactics.

Maryland State Police and Harford County Sheriff's Office reports

Maryland State Police and Harford County Sheriff's Office reports

Maryland State Police and Harford County Sheriff's Office reports

The Harford County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police reports

The Harford County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police report

The Harford County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police report

Volunteers with the Howard County Genealogical Society have been going around the county looking for forgotten cemetery plots dating back generations and sometimes centuries.

The Harford County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police report: