Crime & Safety

Towson Crime: 2 Men Arrested in Royal Farms Robbery

The men from North Baltimore were arrested Sunday morning after allegedly stealing cash and cigarettes.

 

Two North Baltimore men were arrested after allegedly robbing a Royal Farms store just north of the city line, authorities said.

According to a police incident report, two men entered the store in the 6000 block of Falls Road at 5:31 a.m. Sunday. They robbed the store, taking $265 in cash and $67 in cigarettes and fled on foot, police said.

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The incident report did not specify what weapon was used in the incident.

Police said they quickly located and arrested Thomas James Busard, 19, of the 3300 block of Paine St. in Hampden, and Michael Robert Blevins, also 19, of the 1300 block of W. 42nd St. in Medfield.

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They were both charged with robbery and armed robbery. Blevins was also charged with robbery, armed robbery, one count of first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree assault, police said.

Both are currently being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center in Towson. Busard is being held on $125,000 bail, Blevins on $175,000 bail, according to online court records.

No mugshots of the pair were yet available Monday, a Baltimore County police spokeswoman said, due to an ongoing investigation.

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