Drugs, car seized
Police seized a car last weekend after they found suspected marijuana and crack cocaine inside.
At 9:40 p.m. Aug. 21, officers on patrol saw several people suddenly scatter away from a Lincoln Town Car parked on Newtowne Drive. Officers investigated and smelled marijuana coming from the empty car, and then saw tobacco from the inside of a cigar lying on the ground nearby.
Police said some marijuana smokers will remove the tobacco from a cheap cigar and then use the remaining wrapper to roll a type of marijuana cigarette called a "blunt."
A K-9 unit screened the car and indicated that there were drugs inside. Officers then searched the Lincoln and found the suspected marijuana and crack. Officers found 12 grams of marijuana, worth $120, and 11.4 grams of crack cocaine, worth $1,140, in the trunk of the car and the console storage area.
The car, which was unregistered, was then seized and towed.
No arrests were made in the case.
South County
Vehicle theft arrest
A teenage boy was charged as a juvenile with stealing a vehicle from a Shady Side home Thursday and crashing the car shortly after, county police said.
A resident reported his vehicle was stolen from his garage in the 4900 block of Hine Drive just after 11 p.m. The thief struck a gate as he drove off, police said.
The vehicle, which police did not describe, was located a short time later after it crashed on Old Muddy Creek Road. The suspect had fled the scene before police arrived.
Police developed a suspect and went to his address on Deale Road in the Tracys Landing community. They determined the 16-year-old boy was involved in the theft and crash.
He was charged on juvenile criminal and traffic citations and is being held at Cheltenham Youth Facility in Prince George's County, police said.
West County
Young cyclist hurt
County rescue personnel received a call at 8:48 p.m. Friday for a seriously injured bicyclist on the BMX track at Severn-Danza Park in Severn.
Upon arrival, they found a 12-year-old male rider who had suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries, Rostek said.
Paramedics transported the boy by ambulance to Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore.
North County
Motorcyclist injured
County Fire Department personnel transported a motorcyclist to Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie Friday night after his motorcycle and a vehicle collided on Mountain Road in Pasadena, according to Fire Department Capt. James Rostek.
While preliminary information was sketchy, the accident happened at 8:06 p.m. on Mountain Road near Fairwood Drive. County rescue personnel transported the 32-year-old male by ambulance. He had serious and life-threatening injuries, Rostek said.
Keys stolen
A man assaulted a woman and grabbed her keys in a parking lot at Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie early Friday morning, county police said.
The 38-year-old woman was walking in the parking lot at 300 Hospital Drive around 5 a.m. when a man grabbed her purse.
The two struggled and the man dragged the woman to the ground. He grabbed her keys and ran away. Police said the man did not take the woman's vehicle.
The woman suffered minor injuries but did not require medical treatment. Police searched the area but could not find the key snatcher.
He is white, 6 feet 11 inches tall, with a thin build and blond or brown hair. He was wearing a white and blue striped polo-style shirt and blue jean shorts.
Boy, 10, robbed
Four teens assaulted a 10-year-old boy and stole his bicycle in Brooklyn Park on Thursday evening, county police said.
The boy was riding his bike in the 4000 block of Audrey Avenue around 6:20 p.m. when the teens shoved him off, knocking him to the ground.
They stole the bicycle - a gray Mongoose with gold pegs on the front tire and silver pegs on the back tire - and ran away.
They were last seen running across Doris Avenue.
The child was taken by ambulance to Harbor Hospital in Baltimore with minor injuries.
The teens are black, between 16 and 18 years old, and were all wearing black basketball shorts and white T-shirts.
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whoa..... - 2010-08-30 08:37:53
The Capital misprinted the white males size, he is actually 6.01 feet.
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Whoa! - 2010-08-29 10:50:36
"He is white, 6 feet 11 inches tall"...
With a giant like this, why hasn't he been spotted somewhere?
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