Police Beat for Sept. 5

Drug arrests

Two men were arrested and charged with drug offenses after police stopped a Cadillac they were riding in late Thursday night because its tag lights weren't working, city police said.

Rafael Amon Edwards, 25, of 24 Henley Court, Baltimore, was charged with possession of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession of a handgun in a vehicle, police said.

Gilbert Monger, 33, of 205 Westport Bay, Glen Burnie, was charged with possession of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

Police spotted the Cadillac in the area of West Washington and West streets and it came to stop on Calvert Street before Clay Street. The incident occurred shortly before midnight.

During a search of Edwards, police said they found suspected powder cocaine. A 9 mm Luger was discovered in the trunk of the vehicle in a white glove that was placed inside a CD case, police also said.

When Monger was searched at the station, police said they discovered a large clear plastic bag containing 28.2 grams of suspected marijuana with a street value of $282.

West County

Man hurt in crash

A 30-year-old man was transported by ambulance to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore Friday after an accident on Route 100 near Arundel Mills mall in Hanover.

The call for the crash between a green Ford Taurus and a blue Ford Windstar minivan occurred at 5:54 p.m., county police said.

The accident occurred on westbound Route 100 at Arundel Mills Boulevard.

No other information was available.

Motorist injured

A 34-year-old man was taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore yesterday afternoon after a motor vehicle crash in Jessup.

The man was transported to the hospital by ambulance, county police said.

The crash occurred at 2:15 p.m. on Russet Green East and Route 198.

Further details were unavailable.

North County

2 hurt in wreck

A 49-year-old woman and a 6-year-old girl were taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore yesterday morning after a motor vehicle crash, county police said.

The incident occurred after 9 a.m. at Route 2 and Wellham Avenue in Ferndale and involved a black Ford sports utility vehicle and a gold Ford. One of the vehicles overturned, but no one was trapped inside, police said.

No other information was available.

Scooter rider hurt

A 53-year-old man was taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore yesterday after a collision between a box truck and a scooter, county police said.

The 11:27 a.m. crash occurred in the 800 block of Hammonds Ferry Road north in Linthicum near the overpass for Interstate 695.

The man who was transported to the hospital was the operator of the yellow scooter, police said.

Further details were unavailable.

Attempted robbery

Three teenage boys tried to rob a woman who was riding a motor scooter in Brooklyn Park on Aug. 27, county police said.

The woman was riding the scooter near East 11th and Victory avenues around 8:15 p.m. when three teens forced her to stop.

One of the teens said he had a handgun and grabbed the woman's arm, while a second teen tried to take the keys to the scooter, police said. The third teen stood by during the attempted robbery.

The woman was able to escape unharmed and the teens ran west on East 11th Avenue empty-handed.

The suspects are black. One is short with a medium build and the second has a skinny build. There is no further description of the third teen.