Man's remaining sentence to be in rehab
A Columbia man who served 19 months of a four-year jail sentence for assaulting a Howard County police officer three years ago will have the remainder of his sentence suspended upon his admission to an in-patient drug addiction program. Phelton Hall of the 5400 block of Ring Dove Lane will finish his term in a halfway house. Prosecutors had asked retired Circuit Court Judge Dennis M. Sweeney to keep Hall at the Brockbridge Correctional Institute in Jessup. Hall, then 28, pleaded guilty in September 2007 of assaulting a police officer. April 20, 2006, the officer responded to a call from a Laurel pharmacy where Hall was trying to buy prescription drugs with a fraudulent prescription. When officers approached Hall, a struggle ensued and Hall pulled a handgun from his pants, then said he was suicidal and had cancer.
Man is shot in Northwest Baltimore
An unidentified man was shot early Wednesday in Northwest Baltimore, city police said. The victim, whose name and age were not released, was wounded by gunfire in the 4000 block of Boarman Ave. about 5:30 a.m., police said. His condition was not immediately available, though police said homicide detectives were not called to the scene. Additional details about the shooting were not available.
Two people robbed at Arundel Mills
Two people were robbed at gunpoint Tuesday night in the parking lot at Arundel Mills mall, according to Anne Arundel County police. Police said that a 30-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were walking to their car in the 7000 block of Arundel Mills Circle about 11 p.m. when two men approached from behind. One assailant wrapped an arm around the man's neck and pushed a handgun into his back, police said. A second man took money from the victims, police said. The men fled in a dark-colored Jeep, police said. Officers searched the area but could not find the robbers. The victims were not injured, police said.
Man accused of shooting tenant
A 67-year-old man is accused of shooting his tenant during an argument over money Tuesday night in a Catonsville home, according to Baltimore County police. The shooting happened about 8 p.m. at a home in the 300 block of Holly Manor Road. Cpl. Michael Hill said that Bennie Price - who is the homeowner, according to state property records - is accused of pulling out a handgun and shooting Maurice Duvall, 40, during the argument. Duvall was renting a room from Price, Hill said. Duvall was shot once in the upper thigh, Hill said. Paramedics took him to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was in good condition. Police arrested Price and charged him with attempted first-degree murder, Hill said.
