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Shoplifting Suspects Sprayed Lighter Fluid On Employee During Burglary In Baltimore Biz: Police Shoplifting Suspects Sprayed Lighter Fluid On Employee During Burglary In Baltimore Biz: Police
Shoplifting Suspects Sprayed Lighter Fluid On Employee During Burglary In Baltimore Biz: Police Disaster was averted in Baltimore when a group of minors nearly went to extreme measures while robbing an area business, police say. Officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called shortly after noon on Tuesday afternoon to a business in the 900 block of North Caroline Street, where there was a report of an armed robbery that had just taken place in the Central District. According to police, employees said that a 15-year-old girl, 16-year-old boy, and 17-year-old girl entered the store and attempted to shoplift, but when they were approached, the teens began to verbally threaten a…

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by Zak Failla
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Homeless Armed Robbers Targeted MD 7-Eleven Stores During Short-Lived Crime Spree, Police Say Homeless Armed Robbers Targeted MD 7-Eleven Stores During Short-Lived Crime Spree, Police Say
Homeless Armed Robbers Targeted MD 7-Eleven Stores During Short-Lived Crime Spree, Police Say Two people have been arrested for a pair of recent armed robberies in Maryland, authorities announced. Stephen Lavance Oates, Jr., 35, and Katrice Ceclia Wood, 29, were arrested and charged for robberies committed Monday, Jan. 8 and Wednesday, Jan. 10, Montgomery County Police said. Oates, Jr. and Wood, who have no permanent addresses, were donning masks when they entered the 7-Eleven on the 14100 block of Georgia Avenue around 2:50 a.m. Jan. 8 and demanded the workers not to move. One of them showed a firearm while the other sprayed the workers with pepper spray before both suspects stole…

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by Valerie Musson
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Gas Station Cigarette Thief Busted In Stolen Vehicle During Pursuit Through Maryland: Police Gas Station Cigarette Thief Busted In Stolen Vehicle During Pursuit Through Maryland: Police
Gas Station Cigarette Thief Busted In Stolen Vehicle During Pursuit Through Maryland: Police A masked man who stole cigarettes while demanding cash from a Carroll County gas station is facing a host of charges after being busted by police attempting to flee in a stolen vehicle, officials say. Baltimore resident Brian Magruder was apprehended following an incident reported on Sunday morning at Carroll Fuels on East Main Street in Westminster involving an ill-fated armed robbery. Shortly after 4 a.m. on Jan. 14, members of the Westminster Police Department were called to the gas station on East Main Street, where a clerk reported that Magruder, sporting a mask, asked for cigarettes, …

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by Zak Failla
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Armed Robbers Nabbed After High-Speed Pursuit In Harford: Sheriff Armed Robbers Nabbed After High-Speed Pursuit In Harford: Sheriff
Armed Robbers Nabbed After High-Speed Pursuit In Harford: Sheriff Two Baltimore men who traveled over county lines into Edgewood are behind bars in Harford County after taking sheriff's deputies on a high-speed pursuit following an armed robbery, authorities announced. Jayce Daimon Billips, 22 and Sede Kenyon Baker, 23 had an eventful weekend, refusing to go down quietly after allegedly robbing the Mystic Mart in the 1700 block of Hanson Road at gunpoint before fleeing over the weekend. Shortly after 8 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 6, a deputy from the Harford County Sheriff's Office attempted to stop a white Volkswagen sedan that was speeding through the area o…

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by Zak Failla
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Teen Accused Of Robbing Pizza Delivery Driver At Gunpoint In Harford County: Police Teen Accused Of Robbing Pizza Delivery Driver At Gunpoint In Harford County: Police
Teen Accused Of Robbing Pizza Delivery Driver At Gunpoint In Harford County: Police Justice may be served for a pizza delivery driver who was robbed at gunpoint by a teen late last year in Harford County, police say. Tre Kai Ren Golder, 18, has been arrested weeks after an armed robbery of a driver in November last year, according to the Aberdeen Police Department on Friday afternoon. On Nov. 21, 2023, police say that a driver arrived at a home in the 900 block of Harlan Avenue to make an evening delivery, though the residents inside the home denied ordering food. When the driver went back to his car to double-check the contact number for who ordered the food, he was acco…

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by Zak Failla
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Armed Teens Busted For Taking Officers On Pursuit In Carjacked BMW: Baltimore Police Armed Teens Busted For Taking Officers On Pursuit In Carjacked BMW: Baltimore Police
Armed Teens Busted For Taking Officers On Pursuit In Carjacked BMW: Baltimore Police Two teens are facing charges after allegedly stealing a woman's BMW while she was parked in Baltimore, police say. Over the weekend, officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called to investigate a reported carjacking in the 2400 block of Liberty Heights Avenue involving a woman who was targeted by two armed men. The woman said she was parked around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, when the pair approached her BMW, ordered her out of the vehicle and took off in it, though they did not get far. Officers called in a police helicopter, which was quickly about to locate the white BMW …

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by Zak Failla
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Repeat Violent Offender Placed Back Behind Bars In Baltimore For Armed Robbery: Police Repeat Violent Offender Placed Back Behind Bars In Baltimore For Armed Robbery: Police
Repeat Violent Offender Placed Back Behind Bars In Baltimore For Armed Robbery: Police A 61-year-old man who is no stranger to police in Baltimore is back on the wrong side of the law after an armed robbery.  Kirk Rodney Ross, a repeat violent offender, is facing fresh charges for the robbery and weapons offenses following an incident in Northwest Baltimore over the holiday weekend, authorities announced on Tuesday afternoon. According to police, a 30-year-old woman reported that she was in the 2600 block of Roslyn Avenue on Saturday when she was approached by Ross, who held her up at gunpoint and stole an undisclosed amount of cash from her. He then fled the area, offi…

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by Zak Failla
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Robbery Investigation Leads To Recovery Of Gun Used In Fatal Triple Maryland Shooting: Police Robbery Investigation Leads To Recovery Of Gun Used In Fatal Triple Maryland Shooting: Police
Robbery Investigation Leads To Recovery Of Gun Used In Fatal Triple Maryland Shooting: Police A gun used in a July armed robbery in Howard County has been linked to a fatal triple shooting last month, leading to the arrests of multiple teenagers and a 46-year-old man, police say. A pair of police cases came to a head, leading investigators to charge two from Baltimore in connection to the murder of 24-year-old Dylan Migel Perez last month after a gun used in the shooting was found during a separate investigation into a robbery. In October, officers from the Howard County Police Department were called to the Exxon gas station in the 6000 block of Foreland Garth in Columbia, where the…

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by Zak Failla
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Teens Arrested With Getaway Driver After Armed 7-Eleven Robbery In Maryland: Police Teens Arrested With Getaway Driver After Armed 7-Eleven Robbery In Maryland: Police
Teens Arrested With Getaway Driver After Armed 7-Eleven Robbery In Maryland: Police A 23-year-old man took police on a brief pursuit in Anne Arundel County following a 7-Eleven burglary in Glen Burnie that involved a pair of teens, authorities say. Amnel Antonio Garay Cruz, 23, was arrested with a pair of 15-year-old minors on Monday morning after attempting to flee from members of the Anne Arundel Police Department. All three are from Baltimore, where their fates would ultimately be sealed. Police say that shortly before 1:15 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 6, Cruz and the teens burst into the business at 705 Greenway in Glen Burnie brandishing a handgun and knives, demanding cash …

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by Zak Failla
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Tipster Helps Police Track Down Suspect Wanted For Violent Armed Robbery At Maryland Market Tipster Helps Police Track Down Suspect Wanted For Violent Armed Robbery At Maryland Market
Tipster Helps Police Track Down Suspect Wanted For Violent Armed Robbery At Maryland Market Members of a Montgomery County community saw something and said something, leading to the arrest of a man wanted in connection to an armed robbery earlier this month. Devin Byron Dorsey, 43, has been arrested and charged for the armed robbery at Dawson's Market in the 200 block of North Washington Street in Rockville on Monday, Oct. 2. On the day of the robbery, police say that Dorsey first attempted to steal food and leave without paying, though an employee was able to stop him and asked him to leave the store without incident. Dorsey initially complied and left, though around 30. minute…

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by Zak Failla
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Wanted Men Rear-End, Rob Man At Gunpoint Outside Maryland Verizon Store, Police Say Wanted Men Rear-End, Rob Man At Gunpoint Outside Maryland Verizon Store, Police Say
Wanted Men Rear-End, Rob Man At Gunpoint Outside Maryland Verizon Store, Police Say Two men remain at large on Thursday after first crashing into, then robbing a man at gunpoint outside a Verizon Store in Anne Arundel County, police say. Before noon on Thursday, Oct. 25, officers were called to Brandermill Boulevard in Gambrills, where a 31-year-old had just been targeted by a pair of men who stole cash and his cellphone. The man said that he had taken out money from the ATM at Navy Federal Credit Union when he was followed by a white car that rear-ended him, with both then pulling into the Verizon store parking lot, where two men got out and demanded cash from the driver …

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by Zak Failla
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Teen Busted With AR-15-Style Pistol In Bedroom To Be Tried As An Adult In Maryland, Police Say Teen Busted With AR-15-Style Pistol In Bedroom To Be Tried As An Adult In Maryland, Police Say
Teen Busted With AR-15-Style Pistol In Bedroom To Be Tried As An Adult In Maryland, Police Say Police in Maryland found a different kind of monster hiding under a Frederick teen's bed as they continue to investigate a summertime armed robbery. The Frederick Police Department busted a 16-year-old with an unregistered AR-15-style pistol with two fully-loaded magazines this week as they continue to investigate an armed robbery that was reported in July. According to the department, on Monday, the Major Crimes Unit and Special Response Team executed a search warrant at a home in the 5900 block of Jefferson Commons Way amid an ongoing investigation into the reported robbery. Sure enough,…

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by Zak Failla