An officer who went to a Severn neighborhood to check on reports of gunfire Wednesday chased and arrested a man on drug charges, county police said.
Terry Burrus Jr., 21, of the 8200 block of Stewarton Court in Severn was charged with possession of marijuana.
Police were called to Still-meadows Drive near Jacobs Road about 9: 30 p.m. by residents who reported hearing gunfire. As Officer Robert Vane turned onto Stillmeadows Drive, he saw a man run to a nearby field, police said.
Vane chased him, and found the man hiding behind a fence in the back yard of a house on Dunfield Court, police said.
A small bag of what later tested positive for marijuana was found near the man, police said.
Vane arrested the man, searched him and found a hand-rolled cigarette of what later tested positive for marijuana, police said.
Routine vehicle stop results in drug arrest
A routine motor vehicle stop in Glen Burnie on Wednesday led to the arrest of a local man on drug charges, county police said.
Guy Alton Calligan III, 49, of the 100 block of Oak Spring in Glen Burnie was charged with possession and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to display license tags, driving with a suspended license and operating an unregistered vehicle.
Officer Mark Fraser was in a cruiser at Route 648 and Furnace Branch Road shortly after midnight when he saw a 1968 Dodge Coronet with no front license tag.
Fraser followed the car, which made an abrupt left on Summit Avenue, police said. Fraser turned on his emergency lights and followed the car to a dirt driveway in the 100 block of Wendover Road, police said.
The car stopped, but when Fraser pulled in behind it, it began backing up, stopping a foot from the cruiser, police said. As the driver got out, a bag fell from his lap, and he appeared very nervous, police said.
The man told police he was nervous because he knew the rear tag didn't belong on the car. Police found that the car was unregistered and that the man's license had been suspended.
When the officer searched the man, he found a knife in his jacket and another in the waistband of his pants. The bag that fell from the man's lap contained a small digital scale, a bottle of grain alcohol, two bags of what later tested positive for cocaine, and other drug paraphernalia, police said.
The man was searched again and four small bags of what later tested positive for crack cocaine and $944 were found, police said. Officers seized the money on grounds it was proceeds from selling drugs, police said.
Burglars leave footprints as they break into homes
Two burglars who went door-to-door on Finnegan Drive in Millersville early Thursday trying to break into homes stole a purse, three coats and a briefcase from two of them.
The thieves crept along rear decks of at least six homes in the 200 block of Finnegan about 4 a.m., looking for unlocked sliding glass or French doors, police said.
Police followed footprints through snow and found those same prints inside the homes of Terry L. Prodoehl and Marcy D. Drapalski.
Police said the thieves took a purse with $500 and gold jewelry and two coats from the Prodoehl home. A neighbor in the 100 block of Silverloch Court found the purse and coats on her front porch, police said.
A coat and a briefcase taken from the Drapalski home were found behind the house, police said.
Clash with cutlery leads to assault charges
A Severn woman and a Davidsonville man were arrested on assault charges Thursday after police said they wounded each other with steak cutlery.
Joseph Alonzo Wallace, 27, of the 1500 block of Governors Bridge Road was treated at North Arundel Hospital for cuts to his chest and lip, and released.
Latarsha Moneik Jennings, 23, of the 1800 block of Meade Village Circle received a bruise to her left cheek, but declined treatment.
Police went to Jennings' home about 10: 30 p.m. to check on a report of a fight and found a man and a woman in the kitchen arguing and lunging at each other, the woman with a steak knife and the man with a fork, police said.
Police arrested the pair.
Police log
Cape St. Claire: Someone broke into a home in the 1000 block of Lake Claire Drive between 11: 30 a.m. and 2: 30 p.m. Wednesday and stole jewelry and clothes. Police did not have a value for the items.
Mountain Estates: Someone broke into three homes under construction in the 300 block of Merrymount Court overnight Wednesday and stole a gas fireplace valued at $1,100.
Pasadena: Thieves stole stereos from four vehicles parked overnight Thursday at Redmond's Towing in the 8200 block of Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd.
Pub Date: 1/19/97
