ANNAPOLIS AREA

Gun, stolen car recovered

A man driving a stolen car Wednesday threw a gun out the window on Croll Drive, city police said.

An officer spotted the vehicle that had been reported stolen in Centreville being driven on Bowman Drive. The officer was following the car to wait for backup when he saw the driver throw an object out the window, striking the windshield of a parked car on Croll Drive, police said.

The driver continued onto Admiral Drive and then onto Parker Avenue. When the road dead-ended, the driver bailed out and ran, police said.

The man was not found, and police later discovered that the object he threw was a loaded 9mm handgun, police said.

The gun and silver Nissan Altima were recovered.

Stolen motorcycle

A Baltimore man was arrested early Wednesday after he was allegedly seen by officers driving a stolen motorcycle, city police said.

Police were called to the Clay Street area at about 3 a.m. for the report of a loud dirt bike. The bike was spotted on Glenwood Street but the driver refused to stop, police said.

Police followed the driver as he went onto Taylor Avenue and Rosedale Avenue. When he reached a dead end, the driver jumped off the vehicle and allowed the bike to continue rolling and hit a fence, police said.

The man ran through some backyards and eventually was caught coming out of the wooded area near the Glenwood highrise, police said.

The motorcycle was reported as stolen in Pennsylvania.

Dominick T. Torrence, 22, was charged with theft and traffic offenses, police said. The motorcycle was returned to its owner.

Drug arrests

Two Annapolis men were arrested Wednesday after police allegedly saw them involved in drug activity, city police said.

Officers saw two people sitting in a Ford Taurus parked near Clay and West Washington streets at about 9:30 a.m. Police stopped the car and found cocaine and heroin packaged in plastic bags, indicating they were for individual sale, police said. Dewitt E. Cooper, 40, of Newtowne Drive, and Eric D. Brown, 48, of Yorktown Road, were both charged with drug possession with the intent to distribute and related offenses, police said.

Man attacked

A man was assaulted outside a 7-Eleven convenience store in Severna Park early Wednesday morning.

According to police records, at 1:16 a.m. police went to the store after Shane Brian Hamilton reported that two men attacked him as he walked from the store to his car. He was hit on the head from behind, and fell into his car. He fought back but was attacked by another man, as well.

He eventually pulled away from his attackers, told them he said he was going to call police, and took out his cell phone. The store clerk came outside and one of the suspects yelled that Mr. Hamilton was trying to take his money.

The two suspects then drove away in a silver BMW.

Police reports describe the suspects as black men, both with shaved heads. One was wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans and had a goatee. The other was wearing a white polo shirt, shorts and black basketball pants. Mr. Hamilton didn't know either of the suspects. His injuries did not require medical assistance.

ARNOLD

Delivery man robbed

A Chinese restaurant delivery man was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night.

At 10:22 police received a call about a robbery on the 400 block of Knottwood Court in Arnold.

A driver for Joy Luck Carryout Delivery told police he was robbed while trying to make a delivery, said Sgt. John Gilmer, a county Police Department spokesman.

The driver said a man held him up with a dark-colored gun, and stole an unknown amount of money in the process.

Police searched the area but were not able to locate the suspect, described as an 18-year-old black man, 5 foot 9 inches tall, and weighing 150 pounds. During the robbery he was wearing a black tank top and jeans.

No one was hurt in the incident.

MILLERSVILLE

A moving theft

A woman who moved from Millersville to Florida told police she fears her cat food and crystal dishes may have been stolen during her relocation.

On Friday she told county police that, on April 4, she had moved from the 700 block of Pumphreys Farm Drive to Orlando.

She told police that her moving company did not pack about eight cases of cat food and a set of Mikasa dishes, all worth a combined total of $500, police said.

The Realtor told the woman that the cleaning company found two cases of cat food but no dishes. An officer checked a pawn shop, but could not find any dishes matching the description, police said.

CROWNSVILLE

Delivery theft

Someone stole a box containing $600 worth of adult sex merchandise from a Crownsville trailer Wednesday, county police said.

A woman told police that sometime from 1:43 p.m. to 7 p.m., a delivery person left a package unattended outside her trailer on Summer Hill and it was stolen.

The package included several items, as well as 75 catalogs of products, all valued at $600, police said.

WEST COUNTY

Park vandalized

Someone wrote an anti-gay slur on a new community park in Odenton Sunday, county police said.

A resident told police that sometime from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., someone wrote the slur on the top of the sliding board in the new community park in the 2300 block of Apricot Arbor Place, police said.

The message was written in black, permanent marker.

The resident said he would notify the Piney Orchard Community about the incident, since it owns the park.

NORTH COUNTY

Robbery investigated

A Little Caesars Pizza restaurant in Brooklyn Park was robbed Wednesday night.

At 9:57 p.m., police went to restaurant at 5636 Ritchie Highway to investigate.

Two men had walked through the front door of the store and announced a hold-up. One implied that he had a weapon under his shirt, said Sgt. John Gilmer, a county Police Department spokesman.

The robbers took an unknown amount of money, Sgt. Gilmer said.

Police searched the area with dogs and a helicopter but did not find the suspects, described by police as two black men, both in black shirts and blue jeans. One was wearing a face mask during the robbery. No one was hurt in the incident.

Armed robbery

Three unidentified men robbed the Denny's restaurant in Hanover early Monday, county police said.

At 5 a.m. three men wearing dark clothing entered the restaurant in the 7400 block of Ridge Road. One was armed with a silver handgun and they took an undisclosed amount of money from the cash register, police said.

They ran toward the business park area, north of the restaurant. Police do not know if they had a vehicle in the area.

Police searched the area, but could not find them, police said.