7 Eleven

Two men, one armed with a knife, robbed a Glen Burnie 7-Eleven store Friday of an undetermined amount of cash and three packs of cigarettes, county police reported yesterday.The men entered the 7-Eleven in the 700 block of Greenway Road at 11:50 p.m., approached the clerk and demanded cash. One assailant brandished a knife and forced the clerk to place cash from the register in a paper bag. Before leaving, the armed assailant grabbed three packs of cigarettes.

A 24-year-old Abingdon man is being held on $30,000 bail after he was arrested and charged with committing an armed robbery April 6 at an Abingdon convenience store, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said. "Intense media saturation" of a surveillance video and photos of the suspect are credited by the Sheriff's Office with leading to the arrest of Jason William Foland, of the 600 block of Long Bar Harbor Drive. The video and photos were made available earlier this week and were posted on many Internet sites, including http://www.exploreharford.com.

A Baltimore man was arrested Saturday night after a clerk at a Brooklyn Park 7-Eleven store identified him as the man who had robbed the convenience store Friday morning, police said.The clerk called the Northern District about 10:30 p.m. Saturday and told police she had seen the man who robbed the store about 3:30 a.m. Friday. The man had come into the store in the 5000 block of Ritchie Highway a few minutes before the clerk called police, authorities said.Officers broadcast a description of the suspect, who was found at Glade Court near 6th Street in Baltimore.

A 7-Eleven that recently opened on the west side of Baltimore's downtown is celebrating Friday with 11 cent Slurpees, coffees and Big Gulp drinks. The store is located at 301 N. Howard St., in a part of downtown long targeted for revitalization. It's expected to add as many as 20 jobs to the local economy. The grand opening event, including entertainment, discounted drinks and an appearance by the Oriole Bird, is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday. The store is the 44th 7-Eleven in Baltimore City, which is the convenience store chain's top market for hot pizza sales nationwide, chain officials said.

An unarmed man robbed a Brooklyn Park 7-Eleven store Wednesday night and fled with an undisclosed amount of money, county police said.The man entered the store in the 4000 block of Ritchie Highway shortly before 11 p.m., walked over to the clerk behind the counter and ordered the clerk to open the register, police said.After the clerk opened the register, the man reached over the counter, grabbed the drawer and put it on the counter. He took some cash and ran out of the store toward Hanover Street, police said.

A man who tried to rob a Laurel 7-Eleven store Monday night went away empty-handed after the clerk called 911, county police said.The man walked into the store, in the 3400 block of Fort Meade Road, about 11:30 p.m. He held his hand in his pocket and implied that he had a gun as he demanded money. When the clerk went into a back room to call police, the man ran off, police said.The suspect was described as a black male 25 to 30 years old, 6 feet tall, with a slim build and wearing a blue baseball hat and a brown jacket, police said.

Police have charged a New Windsor man in a Jan. 21 holdup of a 7-Eleven in Finksburg.Raymond T. Charlton Jr., who is accused of driving the getaway car, faces charges of robbery with a deadly weapon and theft of less than $300, according to documents filed in Carroll County District Court.The documents say a man remained in the car as 22-year-old Westminster resident Michael Walter Jones entered the store.A report by Tfc. Ronald W. Cullison charges that Mr. Charlton knew in advance that the store would be robbed.

County police arrested a man and woman from Baltimore Sunday and charged them with stealing cigarettes from a Brooklyn Park 7-Eleven. Police also filed drug charges against the woman.Donna Taylor, a clerk at the store, in the 4000 block of Ritchie Highway, told police a man and a woman walked in shortly after 3 a.m. The man asked for two cartons of cigarettes.Ms. Taylor got them, the man grabbed them and the couple ran out the door, heading west on Belle Grove Road toward Edgevale Road, police said.

Services for Howard L. Dickson, a 7-Eleven store owner in Perry Hall, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Ruck Towson Funeral Home, 1050 York Road.Mr. Dickson, who was 59, died Saturday after an apparent heart attack at his home in Towson.He owned the convenience store franchise in Perry Hall since 1974.He was active in the Perry Hall community as a member of a business committee dedicated to the widening of Belair Road and as an American Cancer Society volunteer.He was a board member of the Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce.

7-Eleven wasn't exactly what I was looking for when I picked up a copy of the Howard County dining guide compiled by the local Tourism Council.But there it was -- or should I say there were all three of them -- heading the list of places to eat in our fair county.It caused me to ponder what culinary delights were being offered at 7-Eleven that merited such a prominent spot among local eateries. Had the local convenience store branched out beyond hot dogs to include escargot and beef Wellington on its menu?

Bel Air Police say an Edgewood man is in custody in Pennsylvania after allegedly stealing money from a convenience store Sunday morning, carjacking a taxicab and being chased by police into York County, where he was arrested. At about 9 a.m. Sunday, a man later identified as Raymond Kallenberger, 24, of Edgewood, allegedly entered the 7-Eleven store in the 200 block of Baltimore Pike in Bel Air and removed cash from the register, according to a news release from the Bel Air Police Department.

7-Eleven is holding Dollar Coffee Wednesdays in Janaury. Every cup of coffee costs $1. That includes lattes, cappuccinos and stuff like that. The promotion is built around the convenience retailer's new Brazilian Dark Roast, which it calls its "richest, most full-bodied coffee to date. " During $1 Coffee Wednesdays in January, guests at 7-Eleven can try the new premium dark roast or create their favorite coffee creation in any size of cup. The dollar coffee deal is valid all day every Wednesday in January at participating 7-Eleven stores nationwide.  All the coffee condiments choices - sweeteners, flavors and toppings - are included in this price.

On the Friday before Election Day, President Barack Obama was ahead of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in 7-Election polling throughout Maryland. Billed as unabashedly unofficial and unscientific, 7-Election invites customers to vote by selecting specially marked coffee cups, blue for Obama and red for Romney. Nationally, Obama was polling 59 percent to Romney's 41 percent. In Maryland, Obama's lead was more stretchy (65 percent to 35 percent), and in Baltimore it was stretchier still (68 percent to 32 percent)

Police are searching for three men who put on masks and robbed a convenience store in Edgewood at gunpoint this month, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. Police don't know the identities of the suspects. They also said they believe there were witnesses to the event who have yet to be identified. About 2:55 a.m. on Aug. 13, the three men entered the 7-Eleven store in the 1000 block of Gateway Road in Edgewood and pointed at least two guns - a black handgun and a dark colored "long gun" - at the clerk, demanding money, police said.

A gunman held up a 7-Eleven store Sunday morning in the 4000 block of Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park, Anne Arundel County police said. Police said they were called to the store around 5:05 a.m. Employees said a man with a handgun had come in and demanded cash, police said. The man took money from the cash register and ran toward Belle Grove Road, police said. The suspect was described as probably in his 20s, about 6 feet tall, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black work gloves and blue jeans, police said.

Prosecutors have declined to file charges against any of the youths who police said were part of two mobs that stole candy and assaulted the owner of a downtown Baltimore convenience store during a free Slurpee promotion last month. The decision, announced by a spokesman for the city state's attorney's office, comes despite video from two surveillance cameras - one inside the 7-Eleven, another outside - that police said at the time "shows exactly what the kids did. " Mark Cheshire, the spokesman for State's Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein, said, "We have reviewed all the evidence that the police gathered in their investigation, including the video footage, and have determined that criminal charges are not appropriate.

AS ANYONE who's ever visited one knows, perhaps the most frightening place on Earth is a 7-Eleven at 2 in the morning.People talk about Belfast and Beirut and places of that nature, but all you have to contend with there are bands of trigger-happy gunmen roaming the streets.Not only do you have to keep an eye out for gunmen at a 7-Eleven in the early morning hours, but also for drunks crashing into Slurpee machines and sniffling dope addicts dropping cans of Dinty Moore stew on the toes of innocent bystanders at the checkout line.

Two Howard County 7-Eleven stores were held up this week, county police said yesterday. The 7-Eleven in the 9400 block of Frederick Road in Ellicott City was robbed late Tuesday and the 7-Eleven in the 5700 block of Columbia Road in Columbia was robbed late Sunday, police said. Minutes before the Tuesday robbery, police said an employee arriving at work saw a man in his late teens wearing a black hooded sweat shirt using a pay phone outside the store. The man, described to police as black, 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches and 150 to 160 pounds, entered the store about 11 p.m. and announced a robbery.

Baltimore police are reviewing surveillance tapes to identify what appears to be middle-school youngster who mobbed a 7-Eleven store Wednesday afternoon on Light Street near the Inner Harbor. About 35 to 40 youngsters converged on the store shortly after 1:30 p.m., attracted by a free "Slurpee" promotion, and reportedly stole candy and then became angry with the manager when he confronted him. Police said some youths hit him on the back and arms. Read story from today's paper describing the attack . Police released the offense report this morning in which the manager reported that after the kids left, he noticed an envelope containing daily receipts -- $6,600 in cash -- was missing from his pocket.

The owner of a downtown 7-Eleven that was attacked by a mob of youths drawn by a free Slurpee promotion says an envelope filled with the day's receipts — $6,600 in cash — went missing during the melee, according to Baltimore police. Salman Iqbal told police that the money was in his front right shirt pocket while he was being attacked Wednesday afternoon after he confronted up to 40 youths wearing yellow school shirts and khaki pants. He reported that some youths had stolen candy from the store on Light Street, near the Inner Harbor.