🌱 Patch AM: How a Severna Park taxi fare dispute turned into prison time

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• How a Severna Park taxi fare dispute turned into prison time

Also on today's calendar: Christmas Services.

Today's riddle: I used to work in a doughnut shop. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 50 and low of 34 degrees.
• Thursday: Cloudy with areas of drizzle, temps: high: 51, low: 28.
• Friday: An icy mix, up to 1", with a high of 36 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Annapolis Man Who Pistol-Whipped, Robbed Taxi Driver Sentenced (patch.com) — A man has been sentenced to prison for pistol-whipping and robbing a taxi driver during a May fare dispute along Ritchie Highway in Severna Park. Police quickly found the suspect nearby and recovered a realistic BB gun he’d hidden by the Earleigh Heights Firehouse. The case highlights safety concerns for local taxi and rideshare drivers using Severna Park routes.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Severna Park

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Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Services
  St. Martin’s-in-the-Field Episcopal Church , 375 Benfield Rd , Severna Park
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 24

• White Christmas
  Classic Theatre of Maryland , 1804 West St , Annapolis
  6:00 pm
• Brandtmas Eve @ Rams Head Tavern — Brandt@ShamanWolfcat
  Rams Head Tavern , 33 West St , Annapolis
  8:00 pm

Thursday December 25

• Caroling at Crescent Cities Center Nursing Home/Rehabilitation Center
  Crescent Cities Center , 4409 East-West Hwy , Riverdale
  1:00 pm
• Broadneck Library Bluegrass Jam – Arnold
  Broadneck Library - Anne Arundel County Public Library , 1275 Green Holly Dr , Annapolis
  5:30 pm
• Affordable Housing and Community Equity Development Commission virtual public meeting (PDF)
  Annapolis, MD Calendar
  6:30 pm

Friday December 26

• Pilates Apparatus Class
  A Pilates Place , 1321 Generals Hwy , Crownsville
  10:00 am
• 2025 Winter Conference
  BWI Airport Marriott , 1743 W Nursery Rd , Linthicum Heights
  1:00 pm
• Northwood Boys Varsity Basketball @ Glen Burnie
  Glen Burnie High School , 7550 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd , Glen Burnie
  5:00 pm
• Bubble Bath — Thursday Night Tasting on a Friday!!1
  Bin 201 Wine + Spirits , 201 Harker Pl , Annapolis
  6:00 pm
• Family Paint Night
  Artsy Partsy, LLC , 8055 Ritchie Hwy Suite 302 Patriot Plaza 3rd Floor , Pasadena
  6:30 pm
• Quantum Leap Special Holiday Party Night!
  That's Amore Restaurant , 15201 Shady Grove Rd #1 , Rockville
  7:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Noodles & Company posted a job opening for Restaurant Team Member - Cook in Severna Park. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Gambrills

• Car shot at in wild chase through Gambrills (shorenewsnetwork.com)
• Holiday Happenings in the Chesapeake: Dec. 26-28 (chesapeakefamily.com)

Pasadena

• Baltimore man sentenced in crossfire shooting that killed Pasadena teen (capitalgazette.com)
• 2nd Anne Arundel Police Officer Suspended On Assault Charge (patch.com)
• South River High Senior Sylvia Calabrese Named 2026 Maryland Farm Bureau Ag Ambassador (eyeonannapolis.net)

Glen Burnie

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I got tired of the hole business.
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