Annapolis Police

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WEATHER Today's forecast calls for cloudy skies, patchy fog in the morning and a chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a high temperature near 80 degrees. Wednesday night is expected to be mostly cloudy, with a low temperature around 66 degrees. TRAFFIC Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues as you plan your commute. FROM LAST NIGHT... City schools pass 2013 budget; charters' per-pupil funding down : As the amount spent on students in traditional schools increases, the system's 33 charter schools will see their per-pupil expenditures drop by $257 from 2012, for a total of $9,007.

Annapolis police arrested seven people last week in a special operation to target suspects soliciting prostitutes, police said Monday. Police had received numerous complaints about prostitution activity in the area of the 200 block of West St. Nearby residents told police they often see suspects solicit prostitutes on West Street near Southgate and Monticello avenues and drive to nearby residential streets to park and conduct sexual activity, Det....

Annapolis police are looking for a man who pulled a 21-year-old woman into an alley in downtown Annapolis and sexually assaulted her early Saturday morning. About 1:30 a.m., the woman was walking alone in the 100 block of Duke of Gloucester St. near the heart of the downtown area when a man walking behind her grabbed her and dragged her into a nearby alley, according to police. The man threw the woman to the ground and sexually assaulted her, police said. The woman, who had been walking home from West Street, was eventually able to fight off the man, who then fled, police said.

Annapolis police on Sunday continued to investigate a shooting in an apartment complex off Admiral Way that left two men wounded, one of them critically, early Saturday. Police said the shooting occurred about 1:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Captains Circle, just south of U.S. 50. Officers found Guan Brown, 33, shot in the torso and James Donta Wilson, 30, shot in the leg, police said. Sgt. K.J. Brown told The Capital newspaper that a shotgun appeared to have been used in the shootings.

Annapolis police have arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a woman Friday afternoon in the first block of Pleasant Street. Raedean Dean Lee, 38, of Annapolis, has been charged with first and second degree murder in the death of Kim M. Davis, of the 600 block of Greenbriar Lane in Annapolis. Police officers found Davis, 32, suffering from stab wounds to the upper body around 2:30 p.m. She was taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center, where she died.

Annapolis police released Tuesday a description and photos of a man they believe purchased beer at five bars and restaurants using counterfeit $100 bills on March 21. The man is described as black, bearded and in his late 50s to early 60s, police said. He is 5 feet 6 to 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs more than 300 pounds, according to police. Five restaurants and bars in downtown Annapolis and the Eastport neighborhood reported that the man came in, bought a six-pack of beer -- usually Heineken -- and left with his change and the beer.

Police were looking for a 21-year-old man in connection with a shooting early Sunday in Annapolis. Jermaine Gerena Morales' last known address was in the 8000 block of Baileys Lane in the Pasadena area, but police said he is also known to visit Glen Burnie, Harwood and Annapolis. The shooting took place about 1:40 a.m. in the 1100 block of Madison St., police said. Neighbors told investigators that they heard an argument before the shooting. One victim suffered a gunshot wound to the right leg and was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.

Annapolis police have arrested two teenagers and charged them as adults in the armed robbery last week of a man who was walking his dogs. Joshua Sack, 16, of the 1000 block of Spa Road in Annapolis was charged with armed robbery, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment and theft after investigators searched his home Saturday, seizing a handgun and finding property that belonged to the victim, police said. On Monday, police arrested Erik A. Kleis,17, of no fixed address and charged him with armed robbery, first- and second-degree assault, use of a handgun in connection with a violent crime and theft, police said.

An Annapolis police officer was involved in a Sunday night crash in Baltimore that left one passenger dead, Annapolis police said. Officer James Salyers, who joined the force August 26, remains on administrative duty, after his vehicle and another crashed, leaving a passenger in the second vehicle dead, said Major Scott Baker with Annapolis police. The unidentified passenger was ejected and later died, police said. The crash happened at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday night at the intersection of Patapsco Avenue and Potee Street.

Annapolis police arrested seven people last week in a special operation to target suspects soliciting prostitutes, police said Monday. Police had received numerous complaints about prostitution activity in the area of the 200 block of West St. Nearby residents told police they often see suspects solicit prostitutes on West Street near Southgate and Monticello avenues and drive to nearby residential streets to park and conduct sexual activity, Det....

Annapolis police arrested a man Saturday in connection with a string of five hit-and-run accidents involving cars and a house along a 2-mile stretch of roads in Annapolis. Police responded at 1:58 p.m. to an accident at Hilltop Lane and Boxwood Road and were told that the other vehicle involved, a green Ford Expedition, had fled the scene. While investigating the incident, police received a call regarding another hit-and-run involving a green Ford Expedition at Forest Drive and Gemini Drive.

Annapolis Police arrested a 30-year-old Pasadena man Jan. 10 for a hit-run-accident that seriously injured a bicyclist in August. Jason Ryan Bowen of Colchester Court was charged with failure to immediately stop his vehicle at the scene of accident involving bodily injury, failure to provide an ID and license, reckless driving, negligent driving and failure to control speed to avoid collision, police said Friday. Bowen also failed to exercise due care to avoid a pedestrian collision.

Annapolis police charged a 42-year-old city man with attempted first- and second-degree murder Tuesday in connection with a stabbing of a family member. Derek Townsend Taylor of the 1300 block of Tyler Avenue, who was arrested shortly before midnight, also faces assault and reckless endangerment charges related to the stabbing of his 28-year-old nephew. The incident occurred outside the Tyler Avenue residence. The victim, also a city resident, was stabbed once in the abdomen.

Annapolis housing officials are investigating whether an alderman found by police in a city-owned complex during a drug raid last week is living there in violation of a lease agreement. Alderman Kenneth A. Kirby had little to say Tuesday about where he lives. Annapolis police said Kirby, who was in one of two apartments that were raided, is not accused of any wrongdoing. "I'm 57 years old, if I want to lay my head there or anywhere else in the city of Annapolis, that's where I'll be," said Kirby, who was elected to the council in 2009.

Annapolis Police disclosed Saturday that they encountered a city alderman last week while raiding a an apartment where confidential sources had told police that PCP was being sold, an experience the elected official called “harrowing.” According to a statement sent out by police, a confidential informant gave police information about drug activity in an apartment building in the 1200 block of Madison St., and police obtained “no-knock” search...

Annapolis police are investigating two recent incidents of indecent exposure at stores in the city. In both cases, the victims provided similar descriptions of the perpetrator, but, police said, they have not yet established a connection. The first incident occurred at 6 p.m. on Dec. 28 at the CVS store on South Cherry Grove Avenue. An adult woman told police that a man followed her down several aisles as she was shopping. When he approached her, she noticed that he was exposing himself.

Annapolis police are investigating two recent incidents of indecent exposure at stores in the city. In both cases, the victims provided similar descriptions of the perpetrator, but, police said, they have not yet established a connection. The first incident occurred at 6 p.m. on Dec. 28 at the CVS store on South Cherry Grove Avenue. An adult woman told police that a man followed her down several aisles as she was shopping. When he approached her, she noticed that he was exposing himself.