POLICE
* Sykesville: Someone stole a new heat pump, valued at $1,050, from a house under construction in the 1200 block of Cimarron Ridge Court between Sept. 28 and Sept. 30, according to an official of the construction company, Grayson Homes of Ellicott City.
FIRE
* Gamber: Engines from Gamber, Sykesville, Winfield and Reese were dispatched to an apartment fire on Poole Road at 12:21 p.m. yesterday. Units were out for 20 minutes.