Home invaded
A man claiming to be a Maryland State Police trooper broke into a Crownsville home Thursday and robbed an elderly resident at gunpoint, county police said.
At 5:50 a.m., the resident, a 72-year-old-man, awoke to a "bang" at his home in the 700 block of Old Herald Harbor Road, when the man who broke in and announced that he was a trooper. Police said he ordered the resident to the ground and when the resident didn't immediately comply, threatened to shoot him.
The robber then helped the resident off the floor and demanded money, police said. After...
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