Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Three city youths apprehended May 18 on the 1100 block of Linden Ave.
Three city teenagers face charges after being arrested May 18 by police officers responding to a report of a burglary on the 1100 block of Linden Ave. in Arbutus. According to police, at around noon a Linden Avenue resident observed three juveniles in the fenced yard of a neighbor. The resident scared off the youths before they took anything, and called the police. Officers who responded found the three in an alley nearby. As the suspects were taken into custody, a grey bicycle in the possession of one of them had been taken from the fenced yard of another house on the same block of Linden. The juveniles, two 17-year-old males and a 16-year-old male--all of whom live on Ramsey Street in southwest Baltimore--each face two charges of fourth-…
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Recent activity of Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department.
Fire-Rescue Log is compiled from reports provided by Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department. For information about the department, visit www.arbutusvfd.org. During the period May 13-20, AVFD received 81 calls for medical and fire-rescue service, including the following: May 14: At 12:16 p.m., a dwelling fire was reported on the 1900 block of Greengage Road in Westview. Crews from the Arbutus and Liberty Road volunteer stations and Catonsville, Halethorpe and Westview career stations responded to find an electrical fire with no other hazards. May 14: At 4:29 p.m., a motor vehicle accident with an unknown hazard was reported on I-695 at Exit 12 in Catonsville. Crews from the Arbutus and English Consul volunteer stations and Catonsville and …
Sunday, May 20, 2012
More than 121,000 fans flocked to Pimlico Race Course for the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes.
Attendance at the Preakness Stakes set a record high and there was only one arrest. According to a Maryland Jockey Club spokesman, the attendance at Pimlico Race Course for the 137th running of the race was a record 121,304. But problems with fan behavior that has marred previous events was kept to a minimum. Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said that as of about 7:30 p.m., there had been no arrests and only six or seven ejections from the track. One person was arrested for disorderly behavior. "It was a very, very pleasant and classy experience," Guglielmi said. Prior to a 2009 ban on outside alcohol being brought into the infield, the race had been gaining a reputation for drunken debauchery that was getting out of hand. …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Light at Linden Avenue next to firehouse will be coordinated with signal at East Drive to speed traffic through Arbutus.
The state plans to install a new traffic signal intended to relieve chronic congestion through Arbutus produced by commuters from the MARC Halethorpe Station, according to officials. The new light at Southwestern Boulevard and Linden Avenue will be coordinated with the existing light at Linden and East Drive to facilitate the smooth flow of traffic. On most weekday afternoons, a steady stream of cars carrying MARC station commuters snakes through Arbutus toward the ramp leading to the Beltway inner loop that runs off Leeds Avenue. The bumper-to-bumper traffic is not only an inconvenience to commuters, but can interfere with responses of the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department through a major route, officials said. Much of the problem will be…
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Governor calls budget package "good for all Marylanders." Republicans say burden to local governments may force county governments to increase taxes.
The Maryland House of Delegates gave final approval Wednesday to a package of three bills that increases taxes on some state residents, shifts part of teacher pensions to local governments and undoes the so-called "doomsday budget." The votes Wednesday afternoon capped the three-day special session called by Gov. Martin O'Malley in order to override more than $500 million in cuts made in a budget passed in early April. The Senate approved the same three bills Tuesday. As part of the package, legislators approved by a vote of 86-51 what amounts to a 50-50 split of teacher pension costs with local governments. The split will be phased in over the next four years beginning July 1 with the new budget year. That bill also includes a doubling of…
Replacing a heavily used 20-year-old vehicle has a price tage of $750,000.
To the untrained eye, Squad 354 looks like a massive gleaming piece of firefighting apparatus. "It's a big tool box," explained John McDowell, president of the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department. Squad 354, acquired in 1993 for about $256,000, has been worked hard and reached the limit of its useful service life, he said. AVFD is embarking on a fundraising effort to buy a replacement rescue vehicle, which is expected to cost about $750,000. Squad 354 carries equipment used for extrication and rescue-cutting tools, ropes, wood blocks to shore up unstable structures, inflatable devices that can lift tons. "It's the specialty piece, used for everything from water rescue or rappelling in Patapsco State Park to getting into a roof or taking off …
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Money and cigarettes taken at gunpoint just after midnight on Monday, according to police.
A Lansdowne man was robbed at gunpoint just after midnight on May 14, acccording to police. The hold-up occurred about 12:40 a.m. as the victim, who lived on the 3300 block of Washington Boulevard, was near the intersection of Lansdowne Road and Alco Place, police said. The victim told investigators that three men exited a red four-door vehicle and displayed a black semiautomatic handgun with a brown wood handle, and demanded money. The suspects took $20 in cash and a pack of Newport cigarettes before fleeing in the sedan.
Pedestrians are crossing tracks now that tunnel beneath Hammonds Ferry Road is closed.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Second suspect was arrested after 7 p.m. Thursday.
(Updated 7:25 p.m.) Maryland State Police arrested two men who were caught attempting to steal copper from inside an abandoned building at Spring Grove Hospital Center. The first suspect was caught by police officers working for Spring Grove, said Maryland State Police spokesman Greg Shipley. The second suspect was caught after state troopers from the Special Tactical Assault Team were prepared to enter the building. As officers lined up outside the building, the suspect crawled out of a hole in the roof on the other side. A county and state police officer who had been monitoring the perimeter of the building took the suspect into custody, Shipley said. State police have two men in custody: Matthew R. Blizzard, 29, of the unit block of …
The following is based on information from Baltimore County Police Department.
May 7: At some time since 9 p.m. the previous evening, an unknown person cut the lock on a shed behind a residence on the 4900 block of Linden Ave., in Halethorpe and took a go kart. May 7: At some time since May 2, an unknown person entered a townhouse on the 2700 block of Virginia Avenue in Baltimore Highlands and took a video game system and a thermostat cover. May 9: At some time since 6 p.m. the previous evening, an unknown person broke the hinge from a shed at a residence on the 2900 block of Tennessee Ave. in Baltimore Highlands and took a leaf blower, motor oil, pressure washer, chain saw, weed trimmer and gas cans. May 9: At some time since 6 p.m. the previous evening, an unknown person entered an unsecured shed on the 2900 block …
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Chillin
12:28 am on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Good move maglina. You obviously followed your instincts of what looks suspicious and you were dead-on correct. People, listen to your instincts in these same situations. Don't let fear of being labeled a nosy body or profiler keep you from making the 911 call. If the kids you are calling the police on turn out not being criminals the kids will get over their hurt feelings very quickly. If they … more ›