Police Beat for December 02

Annapolis Area

Vending machine

Someone broke a vending machine overnight Nov. 24 and stole money and machinery, city police said.

The machine owner told police that someone broke the machine sometime from 7 p.m. Nov. 24 to 7 a.m. Nov. 25, at 108 Forbes St. in Annapolis.

The thief or thieves used a pry bar to open the machine door. The bill validator, coin acceptor, coin box and about $150 were taken from the machine, police said.

A second machine in the lobby was not touched, police said.

Break-in

Someone broke in to the Muddy Paw Wash on Hillsmere Drive Wednesday, city police said.

Police were called to the store for an intrusion alarm at 12:22 a.m., and found the glass door broken and the cash register missing. Officers later found the cash register nearby, police said.

There had been $12 in the drawer, which was taken, police said.

Police assaulted

Police arrested a New York man on charges of assaulting three police officers, defacing property and resisting arrest in an incident early Saturday morning.

At 12:58 a.m., county police went to the Davidson Beauty Supplies store on Jennifer Road in Annapolis after the burglary alarm went off, according to a police report.

When police arrived they saw a man, later identified as Michael Joseph Hodson, 18, from Baldwinsville, leaving the shop's front door area, the report stated. While an officer spoke with the man, another officer noticed that the shop's door was scuffed at the bottom and at eye level.

"There was also a large wet area, which covered the door's lower half and the sidewalk immediately in front of it," the report stated. A dress belt was lying on the ground and "a strong odor of urine was emanating from the wet area.

"The man was stumbling and tried to button up his pants, police said. He smelled like alcoholic beverages, his shoes were scuffed and he had a cut on his forehead. He told officers that he was staying at a nearby hotel.

A street sweeper later told officers he saw that man bang the door with his head several times.

Mr. Hodson was arrested, but kicked and flailed, and tried to hit an officer. When police tried to put him in one of their cruisers, he tried to bite one of them on the arm, then tried to bite another officer's hand.

Police restrained him using rope around his legs and a spit mask, and charged him with three counts of assaulting a police officer, malicious destruction of property and resisting arrest.

West County

Burglary in Crofton

A Crofton house was burgled Friday, continuing what has become a monthlong string of daytime burglaries in the area.

At 3:14 p.m. police received a call about a robber at a home on the 1100 block of Jasper Court.

Sometime from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. someone entered the home and took a video game system, games and jewelry, according to a police report.

Police later found some of the video games at a nearby park.

The report describes the suspects as three black males between 16 and 20 years old. Two of them are about 5 feet 10 inches tall, the other is about 6 feet. After the burglary they were seen walking down Jasper Lane toward a park near Route 424.

Since late October, Crofton has been hit with at least seven daytime burglaries.

North County

Man robbed

A man was robbed in Glen Burnie as he walked home in the early morning Wednesday.

At 1:57 a.m. county police received a call about a robbery near Governors Plaza.

The victim told officers that as he walked home the suspect came up to him, implied he had a weapon and told the victim to turn over his belongings or he would be hurt, police said. The location of the victim's residence was not available.

The victim gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of cash and a watch, and the suspect ran toward the Motor Vehicle Administration building at 6601 Ritchie Highway, N.E.

Police and a canine unit searched the area but did not find the suspect, who is described as a white man in his 30s.

During the robbery he wore a red and black flannel jacket and a dark, hooded sweatshirt pulled tightly around his face.