A Davidsonville man has been charged with deleting and altering files in his former company's computer system after being fired, state police said.
Investigators said Christopher R. Kayser, 40, used his employee passwords at McCullough Metro Motors in Marlow Heights to wreak havoc on files containing credit information about prospective buyers. Management contacted state police in November about the problem.
Kayser worked in the company's finance department until October 2007 and was connected to the crime through a review of computer files, police said.
He was charged Wednesday with two counts of illegally accessing and/or altering data on a computer. Each count is punishable by a maximum of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Police investigate two robberies
Anne Arundel County police are investigating the robberies of a cab driver and a pizza deliverywoman Wednesday night in Pasadena and Hanover.
At 8:15 p.m. on Whitaker Road near Huff Court in Pasadena, police said, a cab driver picked up two passengers at Fast Laundry on Lincoln Court in Annapolis.
He drove them to the Freetown area of Pasadena, where the driver told police they each displayed a large kitchen knife and demanded money. The driver gave them an undetermined amount of cash and other property, and the armed men ran away.
At about 11 p.m., a Domino's Pizza delivery driver said she was robbed in the 7700 block of Fairbanks Court in Hanover.
The woman told police she was grabbed and struck in the face by a man armed with a knife and wearing a bandana over his face. She said the man took money, her jacket and her car keys before running away, police said.
No arrests have been made in either case.
Four charged in Pas adena burglary
Two women, a man and a 16-year-old have been charged with burglarizing a house in Pasadena and stealing $7,500 in property, Anne Arundel County police said.
Authorities said the break-in occurred before 11:45 a.m. Wednesday at a house in the 800 block of Mayer Ave., near Mountain Road. Police did not release details of what was taken.
About 5:30 p.m., police said, they executed a search warrant at a house in the 2200 block of 230th St., around the corner from the house that was burglarized. Inside, police said, they found the youth and three adults, along with two handguns, heroin and drug paraphernalia.
