Towson Crime: Multiple Street Robberies, Burglaries Reported

Community outreach officer Sgt. Stephen Fink released the following statement with this week's crime blotter:

A few street robberies and burglaries this week with a couple of arrests (the two on Southerly was the same suspect). Remind everyone that when they're outside, take only what is necessary and always be aware of their surroundings, try and stay in well-lit areas at night-know that's not always easy to do.  Most of the burglaries were 'forcible entry' so let's stay vigilant in keeping alert to what's going on in our neighborhoods and call 9-1-1 when seeing/hearing anything suspicious.

Downtown Towson

Joppa Road and Fairmount Avenue. Between 8 p.m. and 8:20 p.m. Dec. 10. A man approached the victim and demanded his wallet. The victim said "no." The man then stabbed him with a knife or box cutter and ran toward Towson Town Center, police said.

York Road and Towsontown Boulevard. 8 p.m. Dec. 8. Two men were walking along York Road when a black Suburban pulled up beside them and five or six men got out. One implied he had a gun and demanded money. They stole $62 and one wallet, police said.

Dulaney Valley Road, 800 block. 1:25 p.m. Dec. 11. Someone snatched a cell phone from a victim's hand and fled along Dulaney Valley Road.

Loch Raven

Pleasant Plains Road, 8600 block. 4:05 a.m. Dec. 9. A man approached a 7-Eleven store clerk, produced a semi-automatic handgun and demanded the money from the register. Police said he took the money and fled.

East Joppa Road, 1300 block. Between 5:44 a.m. and 6:02 a.m. Dec. 10. Someone used a 12-inch pole to break windows at Loane Brothers and stole a shovel. A driver's license left at the scene led police to arrest Shawn Sandhu, 26, of the 6800 block of Harrowdale Road in Northwest Baltimore. Police said he has been charged with burglary, theft and destruction of property. He was released Sunday on $35,000 bail, police said.

Loch Bend Drive, 8700 block. 10:20 p.m. Dec. 10. A man approached a victim with a black semiautomatic handgun and told the victim to throw his money on the ground. He then fled toward Joppa Road with $130 cash. 

Loch Raven Boulevard, 8400 block. 8 p.m. Dec. 10. Residents heard noise and smelled marijuana coming from a vacant apartment. Police found people had entered through a rear window screen and saw trash throughout the apartment and found vomit on a carpet.

Loch Raven Boulevard, 6600 block. Between 7:15 p.m. Dec. 11 and 6:20 a.m. Dec. 12. Someone broke side windows to enter Loch Raven United Methodist Church. According to police, the burglar then ransacked two offices and stole $10 cash from a soda machine.

Loch Raven Boulevard, 6800 block. 7:29 a.m. Dec. 7. A man withdrew money from an M&T Bank ATM and walked toward his car. A man tapped him on the shoulder and when the victim turned around, punched him in the stomach, kicked him in the leg and threatened to cut him if he did not hand over his money. The victim complied and the robber fled with $141.

Glen Keith Boulevard, 1700 block. 4:40 a.m. Dec. 5. Two officers responded to a domestic complaint and a woman allegedly pointed a BB gun (which appeared to be a handgun) at an officer, police said. Police arrested resident Karisha Lee Johnson, 21. She is charged with five counts of assault and is currently being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $150,000 bail, police said.

Goucher College

Dulaney Valley Road, 1000 block. Between 5 and 10 a.m. Dec. 6. Two laptops, a video game console and an iPod were reported stolen from an unlocked dorm room.

Knollwood-Donnybrook

Knollwood Road, 7300 block. Between 4 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Dec. 4. Someone pried open a window and took two Christmas ornaments, which were found outside.

Towson Park

York Road, 900 block. Between 1 p.m. Dec. 3 and 6:30 a.m. Dec. 5. At the Walgreens work site, 200 steel pipes and beams worth $3,500 were reported stolen.

Country Club of Maryland

Stevenson Lane, 1100 block. Between 7:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. Dec. 5. Two televisions and an office safe containing $350 were reported stolen from a clubhouse on the Country Club of Maryland property. Police believe a ladder was used to access the clubhouse's second floor. A wheelchair from the clubhouse bar was found in a creek on the property.

Towson Place Apartments

Greenview Terrace. 10:17 p.m. Dec. 3. Two suspects approached two men, produced a handgun and told them to empty their pockets. The robbers stole $62 and one wallet.

The Quarter

Southerly Road, 900 block. 11:50 a.m. Dec. 7. Earlier that morning, a cleaning crew found a man who had been sleeping in a model apartment and had used the kitchen to cook chicken. He fled when he was discovered. Police later found the man in another vacant apartment and arrested Jeral Diggs, 27, of no fixed address. He is currently being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center on theft and burglary charges, police said.

Campus Hills

Providence Road, 800 block. Between 9 p.m. Dec. 5 and 6 a.m. Dec. 6. Three 500-pound weights and a workbench were reported taken from the Citco station.

Hillendale

Taylor Avenue, 800 block. 8:39 p.m. Dec. 8. A man approached a cashier at the Dollar Tree from behind, pushed an unknown item against her back, took approximately $250 in cash from the register and fled, police said.

Taylor Avenue, 1800 block. 6:50 p.m. Dec. 11. A woman was walking to her car when she was struck with an unknown object and knocked unconscious. A robber stole her wallet, which contained $100, police said.

Dalton Road, 1300 block. Between 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Dec. 5. Five rings, earrings, a bracelet and a necklace were reported taken from a jewelry box, police said. A front door was kicked in to gain entry.

Aigburth Manor

Aigburth Road and Cedar Avenue. 9:30 p.m. Dec. 8. Two men approached a couple. One of the man showed a handgun and demanded the couple's money and phones, police said. The men then fled toward York Road with two cell phones and $30 cash.

Glendale-Glenmont

Queens Ferry Road, 6800 block. Between 9:30 a.m. Dec. 7 and 3 p.m. Dec. 12. Someone entered through a sliding screen door and stole clothes from a home.