Man, 33, suspected in carjacking surrenders to police A...

Man, 33, suspected in carjacking surrenders to police

A state maintenance worker surrendered to county police last night after being charged with carjacking a woman from a Crownsville 7-Eleven on Sunday night, authorities said.

Brian Eric Contee, 33, a live-in maintenance worker at the Crownsville Hospital Center, was charged with robbing a 38-year-old Annapolis woman who had stopped at the store on Generals Highway about 8:30 p.m. Sunday for a soda, county police said.

Police say the carjacker told the woman he had a knife and demanded that she drive him wherever he told her. The woman stopped at St. Paul's Chapel on Crownsville Road, where a crowd had gathered for a memorial service. She beeped the horn of her 1980 Fiat Spider convertible until she got the crowd's attention, and was able to escape from the car, said Detective Jeff Silverman.

The carjacker then drove off in the woman's car, which was found by police off Route 50 in Annapolis, out of gas.

Detectives say the crime was random and that the carjacker and victim didn't know each other.

Zoning inspector Jordan named spokeswoman

The county's top zoning inspector has been named interim spokeswoman for the county for zoning, permits and public works issues, County Executive Janet S. Owens announced yesterday.

Pamela A. Jordan, a former community relations specialist who is now the county's zoning enforcement supervisor, has been working for the county since she graduated from South River High School in 1979. After working as a seasonal employee in the Department of Public Works, she was hired as a full-time employee in 1984.

She also has worked in the county executive's Office of Community and Constituent Services. Jordan, of Pasadena, is to fill the position held by John A. Morris, who left to take a position with Baltimore County, until a permanent replacement is hired. In the meantime, Joannie L. Coleman Casey will fill in for Jordan as the county's zoning enforcement supervisor.