Riverview Man Charged in Assault on Neighbor

Tony Lee White, 32, of the 900 block of Catawba Court, was charged in a July 8 incident.

A July 8 altercation between neighbors in Riverview resulted in a woman suffering a severe laceration and her alleged attacker being charged with first-degree assault, according to police. Shortly after midnight, Tony Lee White, 32, of the 900 block of Catawba Court, began banging on the door of a female neighbor, police said. The woman called two male friends, who came over to assist and began to verbally argue with White, according to police. Police said the argument escalated to a physical assault. White allegedly hit the victims and threw a table that struck the woman who lived at the residence, according to police. Police said White was allegedly armed with a knife. The female victim suffered a severe laceration that required her to …

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Road Rage Leads to Assault in Riverview

31-year-old Baltimore Highlands man beaten, sent to Shock Trauma on July 4.

A road rage incident led to the assault of a 31-year-old Baltimore Highlands man on July 4, according to police. At around 10:35 p.m., the victim had an encounter with two people in a red minivan at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Hollins Ferry Road in Riverview, police said. The two people in the minivan, a male and a female, assaulted the victim, resulting in bruises and lacerations of the face and injuries to both knees and elbows, according to police The victim, who resides on the 4300 block of Baltimore Street, was transported to Univesity of Maryland's Shock Trauma Center.

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FBI Asked to Investigate Possible Islamic Center Hate Crime

The Council for American-Islamic Relations asks Baltimore FBI office to investigate possible hate crime in Riverview; police to step up patrols in area.

FBI Asked to Investigate Possible Islamic Center Hate Crime

The Council for American-Islamic Relations asks Baltimore FBI office to investigate possible hate crime in Riverview; police to step up patrols in area.

The Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Thursday asked the Baltimore office of the FBI to investigate a recent act of vandalism at an Islamic community center in Riverview, the organization announced in response to a story in Arbutus Patch. A call requesting comment from the FBI's Baltimore office has not yet been returned. According to police, between 7:30 p.m. on April 20 and noon the following day, someone tossed a rock through a rear window of the Bab E Mustafa Community Center on the 4300 block of Hollins Ferry Road. Members of the community center report being routinely taunted by juveniles in the neighborhood, police said. Police classified the vandalism incident as possibly related to religion, race or ethnic bias, …

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Riverview, Arbutus Targeted for Rat Eradication

Clean-up and eradication effort beginning this week part of $150,000 program.

Baltimore County has targeted two area neighborhoods for a special rat eradication effort that will begin this week. Riverview and an area of Arbutus have been identified as neighborhoods where concerted clean-up and treatment will be focused, according to Lionel Van Dommelen, chief of the county's Code Inspection and Enforcement Bureau. "We'll be working with neighborhoods with the most complaints of rats," Van Dommelen said. County crews will remove debris and cut back weeds in areas harboring rats, he said. A contractor has been hired to find rat burrows and treat them with poison. The project is funded by $150,000 earmarked by the county council after a pilot project on the eastern side of the county in 2010 was successful, Van …

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Arbutus Woman Robbed in Riverview

The thieves made off with $25.

A 21-year-old Arbutus woman was robbed by two men in the 3000 block of Bero Road in Riverview on Feb. 24, police said. The robbers used force to take $25 in cash from the woman at about 7:30 p.m., police said. No weapon was used in the robbery, according to officials. The suspects were described as in their 20s, about 5-foot-7 and with thin builds. One wore a black ski mask, black leather jacket and blue jeans, and fled on foot. The other wore a dark jacket and blue jeans, and fled riding a blue Mongoose bike toward Bigley Avenue.

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Probation and Parole Discussed at WPCRO Meeting

A summary of Feb. 14 Wilkens Police Community Relations Organization meeting.

Brian Bailey resigned his position as WPCRO treasurer because he is moving to Arizona. WPCRO president Lorna Rudnikas reported that the board voted for at-large member Sandra Cullen to serve the remainder of Bailey's term. Precinct 1/Wilkens commander Capt. John Spiroff reported on the results of an in Riverview and Baltimore Highlands. "Our first statistics look very good" according to preliminary data, Spiroff said. Capt. Spiroff also discussed a police detail around the that has become a crime issue. The police are working with councilman Tom Quirk's office to have county crews remove debris and overgrown foliage around the bridge that contributes to the crime problem, he said. Guest speaker John Dorsey, senior probation and parole …

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Footbridge Robbery Prompts Law Enforcement Response

"The footbridge problem has come back," police say.

In the wake of a resurgence of violent robberies and other crimes, Baltimore County police are stepping up their presence in areas in Riverview and Baltimore Highlands near a footbridge over the Baltimore-Washington Parkway that connects the communities. "The footbridge problem has come back," said Capt. John Spiroff, commander of Precinct 1/Wilkens. On Jan. 21, a 19-year-old Riverview resident was robbed by two 16-18-year-old suspects who approached and told him to empty his pockets. When the victim refused, he was pushed to the ground and assaulted. The suspects took a cell phone, wrist watch, wallet, bank card and $5 cash. A 39-year-old man was beaten and robbed at the footbridge on Jan. 14. Last July 25, a victim was punched by a group…

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