Crime and Fire Blotter

This activity report is a selection of local incidents provided by the Anne Arundel County police and fire departments as a public service to the community and compiled by Patch. It is not a complete listing of all events and crimes reported.

Feb. 19, 2011

Glen Burnie:

Police arrested two Annapolis males at the Glen Burnie Moose Lodge early Sunday morning after a shooting incident that police said resulted from the males not being allowed to enter a 16th birthday party being held at the establishment.

A 19-year-old woman was grazed in the lower part of her body but refused treatment at the scene for what police called a superficial wound.

Desmond Smith, 23, and Tijee Benett, 16, were arrested and charged with reckless discharge of a firearm, reckless endangerment and other charges. Benett was charged as an adult.

According to police, officers responded to the Moose Lodge in the 1900 block of Crain Highway for report of a large crowd of disorderly people and while in the parking lot heard several gunshots and saw a blue Ford Crown Victoria leaving the lot. The 19-year-old woman was injured as she ran from the area.

Officers stopped the car and detained the five people who were inside. Police also found and recovered a handgun on Crain Highway near the exit of the Moose Lodge parking lot.

According to police, an investigation determined that the incident was a result of the men not being allowed into the party taking place at the Moose Lodge, which had been rented out for a 16th birthday party.

Officers reported that, despite a rental agreement that stated security was to be provided by the renter, there was no security in place.

A request for comment from someone with the Glen Burnie Moose Lodge was not immediately returned.

The investigation is ongoing.

Feb. 19, 2011

Glen Burnie: Armed Robbery

Two men were arrested for walking into the Super Fresh grocery store in the 7700 block of Ritchie Highway at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday and robbing the store at gunpoint.

According to police, two men entered the store and approached the customer service center. One was armed with a handgun, and he displayed the gun and asked for money. The men took an unknown amount of money and fled the area in a red car traveling southbound on Ritchie Highway.

Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the men.

Feb. 17, 2011

Linthicum:

Anne Arundel County Police arrested a Glen Burnie man Thursday night after they say he forced a couple into their car and demanded money.

According to police, Reginald Charles Callaway, 23, approached a man and woman at a restaurant in the area of West Nursery Road and Winterson Road in Linthicum shortly before 9:45 p.m. and forced them into their vehicle. Police said the man demanded money. The victims—a 44-year-old man and 43-year-old woman from Richmond, VA—told Callaway they had no money on them but had some at their hotel a short distance away.

Callaway forced them to drive to the hotel, police said, and told the male victim to go into the hotel and get the money from their room while the female victim stayed in the car. Once inside, the male victim called police, who responded to the 1100 block of Winterson Road at about 9:45 p.m.

Police said Callaway then forced the female victim to drive away but were able to stop the vehicle on Nursery Road near I-295 and take Callaway into custody.

Callaway is being charged with kidnapping, armed carjacking, reckless endangerment as well as other charges. He also has two open warrants and is being held. Police have not yet released his booking photo.

Feb, 17, 2011

Glen Burnie area: Sex offenders wanted

The Anne Arundel County Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Divison Sex Offender Compliance Unit is asking the public for their assistance in locating registered sex offenders. The two men are listed in the Maryland Sex Offender Registry as homeless but known to frequent the Glen Burnie area.

The men, Thomas Randall Long Jr., 47, and Thomas Sean Tinsley, 26, are shown in the photographs.

Police ask anyone with information to contact Detective Scott Ronaghan of the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s Sex Offender Compliance Unit at 410-222-3457.

Feb. 16, 2011

Glen Burnie: Drug, obstruction and hindering arrests

Three men were arrested on varying charges Feb. 16 including assaulting a police officer, possession with the intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine and obstructing and hindering a police investigation.

According to police, on Feb. 16 at about 11 a.m. an officer approached Bryan Travon Blake, 23, of Glen Burnie in the area of Crainmont Drive and Nolpark Road in Glen Burnie. Police said Blake assaulted the officer and fled on foot to the 7900 block of Nolpark Court and went inside an apartment.

Additional officers arrived and entered the residence to find Marco Alejandro Larkins, 22, and Won Suk Suh, 19, both of Glen Burnie. Police said both Larkins and Suh “hindered the apprehension of Blake,” who also was in the apartment.

Police arrested all three men and found 6.6 grams of suspected crack cocaine and 2.5 grams of suspected marijuana, as well as about $1,800 in cash.

Blake was charged with assault on a police officer, disorderly conduct, failure to obey lawful order, possession of marijuana and cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana.

Larkins was charged with obstruction and hindering a police investigation and two outstanding warrants for violating probation.

Suh was charged with obstruction and hindering a police investigation.

Feb. 15, 2011

Brooklyn Park:

A 50-year-old man was hospitalized after a house fire around 5:12 a.m. Feb.15 in the 900 block of Church Street in Brooklyn Park.

The cause of the fire, which displaced two adults, was determined to be accidental, said Anne Arundel County Fire Department spokesman Capt. James Rostek.

The man was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore with serious but not life-threatening injuries. Rostek said fire officials estimate there was about $200,000 worth of damage to the home, which is owned by Jerie and Amely Refugia, according to the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation.

"They'd lived there for about 20 years," said Darrin Stevens, president of the Arundel Neighborhoods Association.

Feb. 7, 2011

Glen Burnie: Drug arrest

Police arrested a Baltimore man Feb. 7 after stopping him in the area of Crain Highway and Furnace Branch Road in Glen Burnie.

Police stopped Allan Scott Jackson II, 24, and after executing a warrant police found about 28.8 grams of suspected crack cocaine, cash and drug paraphernalia.

He was charged with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Metro Crime Stoppers:
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