Two arrested after stolen SUV crashes into house
Two male suspects were arrested Monday night after the stolen sport utility vehicle they were driving slammed into an East Baltimore house, according to city police. A man called police about 11:30 p.m. and said one suspect approached him and his girlfriend as they were standing in the 200 block of S. Hilton Ave., according to Officer Troy Harris, a police spokesman. "He gave him a hard-luck story about his grandmother," Harris said, and the pair agreed to give the suspect a ride. They took him to the 4600 block of Pen Lucy Road, where the suspect pulled out a handgun and ordered them out of the Chevrolet Tahoe, according to Harris. A short time later, an officer saw the SUV and tried to pull it over, but it crashed into a house in the first block of S. Exeter St., Harris said. Police recovered a handgun after they arrested the suspects, Harris said. No one in the house was injured, but Harris said its occupants were forced out of the home until a building inspector declared it structurally sound. The suspects, ages 19 and 16, suffered minor injuries in the crash, according to Harris. Police did not identify the suspects.
FOR THE RECORD - A brief Associated Press article in Wednesday's editions misidentified the county in which North East lies. The town is in Cecil County.
The Baltimore Sun regrets the error.
- Liz F. Kay
Third arson reported at Harford campground
State fire investigators are looking into a third arson at a former campground in Harford County. The fire broke out about 8:30 p.m. Monday at the former Nazarene Camp Grounds on Nazarene Camp Road in North East. The state fire marshal's office says a wood-frame structure was destroyed in the fire, causing $10,000 in damage. Officials say this is the third arson on the property in recent weeks.
- Associated Press
Cumberland man charged with sexually abusing girl
Cumberland police have arrested a man who allegedly sexually abused a 14-year-old girl for four years. Police say 47-year-old Michael Apple of Cumberland was a friend of the girl's family when he started sexually abusing the girl about four years ago. Police said the abuse of the girl continued until last week, when her mother called police. Apple was charged Tuesday with sex offenses, including sexual abuse of a minor and child abuse. He is being held at the Allegany County Detention Center.
- Associated Press
