How disgusting; I hope the innocent bystanders are all okay.

Fire Dept. units and a unit from the Md. Dept of the Enviorment left the scene about 1pm..

That Walmart is disgusting! It has consistantly drawn a much lower class of people than lives in this general area. I drive to the Severn Walmart to avoid the loud, dirty, misbehaved people that frequent the Washington Blvd store. The other thing is that I have noticed that Washington Blvd store's prices are higher than the Glen Burnie Walmart. Glen Burnie will be a Super Walmart soon, I hope it is a better place to shop than ours.

We try to do likewise , just happened to be passing by. This is a good one for people of walmart.com......

When it first opened we were so excited to have a Wal-Mart close to our home. Over the years, it has really gone down hill. It's often dirty and under-stocked. We will drive the few extra miles to Glen Burnie rather than frequent the Arbutus store.

Is this the Halethorpe Walmart in "Lansdowne Station"?

I went in there about 10 mins after the fight with my two young children to shop for a birthday party we were heading to. Everyone waa still shopping and we didn't smell anything. We were in there for half an hour and heading to the checkout when all of a sudden the employees started running around telling people to evaculate. I'm glad it was such a hazard that they let me go in there with my infant and toddler and shop for 30mins before they decided it was unsafe. We ended up going to the party empty handed because of some stupid fight.

It is a sad fact that many of us in the Arbutus area travel to the Severn WalMart rather than shop at Lansdowne Station.

i wish people and the press would stop referring to this nasty dirty store as the arbutus walmart or halethorpe. there is a reason the shopping center is called lansdowne station. its not arbutus nor is it halethorpe. the press and the news really need to learn the area.

This Store always has the police there. The staff are rude, they are to busy talking about the party they went to or are going to to even greet you when you go to their register. It really is not in Lansdowne either,it is closer to Halethorpe but it is always understocked. They never have any medicine and the prices are MUCH higher the Severn or Glen Burnie. I too drive the other stores for the most part. If I need something real quick I will go in there, but never on the week end and never after 4 pm during the week. When it opened I had great hopes for it but management has failed the local community by letting it be a poorly run and under stocked store.

The last time I was in there, there was a placard near the front saying something along the lines of "Thank you for shopping at the Arbutus Wal-Mart"- even the store management doesn't know where they are.

if you lived over that way and had young children they would go to the lansdowne schools. not arbutus. its landsdowne and the shopping center name is a clear hint.

Lansdowne, Arbutus, Halethorpe all share the same zip code. get over it

Walmart represents to me everything that is wrong with our economy today. I try to avoid it at all costs. Do I shop there? Yes. But it is very rare. Not rare enough for my liking, but rare.

Hi Sean --- I need to get educated on this one - why is Walmart considered to be a "dumbed down" store for a "dumbed down " America? I sincerely would like to know your more indepth opinion on it. I rarely shop at Walmart, but certainly admit that some locations far outweigh others in a positive way.

Hello again Sean,

Wow! I learning more and more - I did not know that Catonsville zip code (21228) shares the same zipcode with Baltimore City. When did this take and place and where? Perhaps I am misunderstanding you.

I do agree on everything jstme, stated. That store, Port Covington and Catonsville also as well as a few others. When they open, they are so clean, well manner and eager to look for anything a customer need, same goes for mangement. After 3 months, they are so rude, lazy, snotty, while the store, grow old, and dirty, I have seen people stealing right before crews and mangement and they turn their heads, act like they are working hard they don't see happening, so do their flash light rent a cops. who run for the border and hide when they are called to really work. This young lady, should be sent to anger mangement,make sure she serve hard time, why get angry with the other girl, she's not the one to be angry with. The baby is here. It was God's will for this baby to be here. Should have moved on with her life and start fresh for her and her baby. There is nothing in this world like a mother's love and she cannot give it in jail. So in the mean time I do hope all Walmarts learn to stay out the paper, tv, fb, twitter and off the internet. Get rid of the lazy, no working staff that want a check but don't want to work. Get rid of the one's that will tell customers, I don't speak any english too.

The Patch seems to follow the edict of East Germany,Russia& China where the truth is suppressed. 96%- Murder, Rape,Burglary,carjacking,Drug dealing,Drug taking,Spousal abuse,Child abuse,Assault etc. Ask Fearless Freddie Bealfield, he'll inform you. Ask Mayor Blake, she'll inform you.

Are you listening Pastor Epps,or are you turning a blind eye like patricia jessamy did for 15 years?????????

Who in the Hell shops in WalMart anyway? I went into a WalMart one time, never again.

Clarke, no one wants to acknowledge the truth, they are busy trying to be politically correct. Somehow they think that sets the above the "small minded" people. My father aways said "I call 'em the way I see 'em". How the PC can look around and not see the truth is beyond me.
Pastor Epps, I know you mean well and far be it from me to disrespect a man of God, but those who need the prayers are the ones who are lying to themselves.

Lorna, just inside the city line on Frederick Rd, including Frederick Rd (just west of the entrence to the National Cemetery), the southern portions of Mallow Hill Rd, and Medwick Garth, are all 21228 zip code, the same as Catonsville.

Lorna, Walmart is a dumbed down store for so many reasons. Have you ever tried to ask for asistance in one of those stores? Customer Service is not a top priority of Walmart. Walmart has lost several major lawsuits regarding workers rights (overtime, etc.). Now, mostly due to their labor problems (cutting back on man hours), Walmart is having trouble keeping their shelves stocked:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/wal-mart-s-empty-shelves-erode-walton-s-legacy.html

America is dumbed down for many reasons, but I think you are asking me why I think America is dumbed down in relation to Walmart. Okay, here goes, I'd bet at least 80% of the products sold in Walmart are made overseas by very cheap or even near-slave labor. Many of these products were once made in America. But many middle class Americans were tricked into believing that a strong labor force in America was somehow bad. Who tricked them? Mainingly Ronald Reagan. So, ever since, the very jobs that these Reagan Democrats would be filling today are now heading overseas. I mean, can anyone give me one good reason why these huge flatscreen TV's that so many are people are putting on their credit cards can not be made in the United States? Anyway, I've got to roll, so I comment further if needed.

Sean, I realize that it was probably a typo, but Reagan was a republican. Televisions and other electronic devices were being made in foreign countries long before he came along. As for other products, you can go into Sears, Macy's, J CPenney etc and find the same products. They are made in foreign countries as well. America's problem is a vicious circle. Most people cannot afford to buy American made products made by unionized workers, the prices are too high. The prices are too high because the union workers are being paid much more than the average non union worker. Therefore the non union worker does not have the money to pay for the union made product. If everyone's pay were raised to the scale of the union worker then we could all afford to buy union made products.
You know as well as I do that the TV you are talking about would cost well over the $400-$500 the foreign made TV costs. Since everyoe in America thinks that they deserve the same as the rich man, they flock to buy the foreign made products. Walmart tell it exactly like it is in their commercials "live better, shop Walmart". You can villify Walmart for their poor customer service, dirty stores and poorly stocked shelves. You can't villify them for the products they sell or the wages they pay (no one put a gun to the workers head and made them work there) in fact, if it were not for Walmart some of the people that work there are neither intelligent enough or civilized enough to get a job somewhere else.

I truly do not feel safe shopping anywhere these days...people have such an over inflated sense of entitlement...when this expectation isn't met....people sometimes become violent.....this is not the way....we know the way...let's use it....Jesus is the way.

Mmmm very interesting. Don't understand how those things happen. Thanks Sean.

I have lived in Arbutus Halethorpe and Lansdowne and I do understand the difference of the areas, however to get upset of the location of the shopping center is the issue I was talking about. Not this issue of the where the person who committed this terrible crime was from. She followed this woman from the parking lot in to the store. Then in to the store. To purposely injure her. Just because her EX boyfriend has a child with a new woman. She needs to serve time for this crime. But most likely she will just get a slap on the hand and be left to continue to bully this woman and her family for the rest of her life. She has a long criminal history.

you edited patch...don't edit...let the comments stand...it's how we all grow. (:-)

Sean...regarding your remarks about Reagan and NAFTA: The United States, Canada and Mexico signed off on NAFTA in December of 1992 on the condition that each country's respective legislature approved the agreement. Originally, the agreement was drafted between President Bush (senior), Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and Canada's Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney.
The actual ratification of the agreement in the United States did not occur until November 20, 1993, under the Clinton Administration. Opponents to NAFTA expressed concerns regarding environmental and labor issues should the agreement be ratified. It was at this time that President Clinton tacked on the supplemental NAAEC and the NAALC addendum agreements.

Oh no, oh no, please Lord - the housing debacle has nothing to do with our current situation does it???? Dodd, Frank, FannyMae, etc??? Now we go from WalMart, NAFTA to "this depression: - all on the backs of the GOP???? Stop, stop, stop!!! Oh please, please give a little iddy, biddy credit to the folks on the other side of the aisle - just once in a while, please, please!!!

Lorna, the housing debacle was caused by government not having adequate oversight and regulation of Fanny, Freddie, and Wall Street...". And, as I am sure you will admit, Ronald Reagan is the person most GOPers point to when they call for less government, right? The Dems did call for more homeownership, but it was the deregulation pushed by the right (and, just like NAFTA, signed by Clinton), that allowed Freddy, Fannie, and Wall Street to absolutely run completely wild. There is a great book called "Reckless-Endangerment," by Gretchen Morgenson. I'd suggest everyone read it. Both parties and Wall Street come out looking bad, but a clear reading points to two main issues in the housing (and economic) meltdown - deregulation/lack of oversight and corporate greed.

p.s. Lorna, Freddie and Fanny are for-profit companies. Most people believe they are government institutions. That is not true. In fact, the CEO of Fannie, Jim Johnson, used that implied link between government and Fannie to start the housing ball rolling straight toward the rock bottom.

Poor Ronald Reagan - first we start with a Wal Mart tragedy and end up with President Reagan. This really is grasping at straws!!

re: p.s. Fannie and Freddie - me thinks Barney Frank's strong input is gradually fading from you mind. This is really a focus for another time. Over and out honey child!

Here we go again - get over it Sean honey child. I know from past chats that Carter is a sort of hero for you - Sorry I can never see that and I should have known which direction the "education" you were about to impart was headed. Good talking with you again - it has been a while. Take care - really over and out this time! :)

Wow CAW21227! You have just made my day!! :)

Lorna, Carter isn't a hero of mine. He was a fair president (not great and certainly not as bad as the Republicans make him out to be). Ted Kennedy was my hero. Lorna? Are you okay? I thought I heard you getting sick. Ha-ha.

Surely you mean not what you say honey child!!!! Somehow Ted Kennedy just doesn't seem to fit the bill. But, I could be wrong. Not sick yet, but I do feel my vision getting a bit blurred!! :)