Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Baltimore City and Baltimore County.
Baltimore City
Southern District
Robbery try: A man, 63, was putting groceries into his car in the 1100 block of Hollins St. about 3 p.m. Saturday when another man placed an unknown weapon to his back and demanded money. When the victim told him that he had no money, the man walked away.
Central District
Drug arrest: A man, 32, was selling items in the 1800 block of Pennsylvania Ave. without a huckster's license and was arrested Saturday afternoon. Police searched him, found a small quantity of suspected cocaine and charged him with possession of cocaine.
Drug arrest: Three officers of the district's Drug Enforcement Unit were in the 1300 block of Argyle Ave. about 6 p.m. Saturday when they saw what appeared to be a drug transaction between two men. One man fled when the officers approached. Police arrested the second man, 18, and recovered nearly 80 plastic vials of suspected cocaine and more than $100 cash.
Eastern District
Cab holdup: Two men, one with a handgun, robbed a Royal Cab driver of $13 in the 1700 block of Darley Ave. at 5: 30 p.m. Saturday.
Gun theft/arrest: A man, 27, was arrested about 3 a.m. Saturday and was charged with theft of a handgun belonging to a city police officer. The officer was riding a motorcycle to work in May when his fanny pack, with his 9 mm Glock pistol inside, fell to the street. Before the officer was able to retrieve it, a man picked it up and fled. Early Saturday, police were in the 2300 block of E. Oliver St., pursuing an armed man who discarded a handgun before he was arrested. The gun was the officer's missing Glock. The man has been charged with theft, resisting arrest and assault by pointing a handgun. His identity had not been verified Saturday night.
Baltimore County
Parkville Precinct
Burglary: Someone entered a house in the 3300 block of Putty Hill Ave. through a rear basement door Saturday and stole more than $600.
Towson Precinct
Armed robbery: After placing a container of gas line anti-freeze on the check-out counter at the Pep Boys store in the 1700 block of E. Joppa Road about 7: 30 p.m. Saturday, a man pulled a handgun and ordered a clerk to give him the contents of the cash register. The gunman fled on foot with an undisclosed sum.
Cockeysville Precinct
Robbery: A gunman placed candy on the counter at the Rite-Aid in the first block of E. Padonia Road about 8 p.m. Saturday. When the clerk rang up the sale, he demanded money from the cash register and escaped with $7 worth of candy and more than $400. About 15 minutes later, a gunman robbed the Rite-Aid store in the 1400 block of York Road of nearly $350. The descriptions of the gunmen did not match.
Pub Date: 3/15/99
