Anne Arundel County Police

A man pulled a shotgun on an Anne Arundel County police officer after officers were called to a neighborhood dispute, police said. Witnesses said that William Wesley Neall III had been acting erratically most of Thursday, banging on doors and yelling profanities in the 600 block of Belle Dora Court in Arnold, police said. As an officer waited for backup outside Neall's home, he came out pointing a loaded Winchester 12-gauge shotgun at the cop. The officer drew his weapon and ordered Neall, 46, to put his gun down, which he did, according to police.

Seven people were shot — at least one fatally — in Baltimore between Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday morning, with the violence stretching from Brooklyn in the south to Gwynn Oak in the northwest and Darley Park in the east. A man was also stabbed multiple times and robbed of cash, his shoes and his car on Tuesday night near Patterson Park, police said. One man died in a shooting that occurred at about 3 a.m. in the Darley Park neighborhood, said Detective Angela Carter-Watson, a police spokeswoman.

Anne Arundel County police identified Friday the officer involved in a shooting this week in Odenton. The officer, Cpl. Keith Doyle, who was placed on administrative leave, fired at a sport utility vehicle that was coming toward him, police said. Neither person in the vehicle was hit. About 4 a.m. Tuesday, police were investigating reports of two men breaking into vehicles in the 2000 block of Tea Island Court. When Doyle investigated, a Kia Sportage came at him and he fired, police said.

Anne Arundel County Police collected 27 guns at a turn-in event on Saturday. The guns included 13 handguns, nine rifles, four shotguns and one submachine gun, said Justin Mulcahy, a department spokesman. The turn-in event at the Glen Burnie Improvement Association was one of two dozen held across Maryland on Saturday. In Annapolis, officers collected 16 guns.

Anne Arundel County councilmen approved on Monday the first raise for county workers in more than four years. The council unanimously granted a 3 percent pay increase for more than 550 officers who belong to the Fraternal Order of Police, as well as for an additional 1,000 employees in another union whose contract included a "me, too" clause entitling its members to raises if another bargaining unit received them. The county was forced to give the $1.6 million worth of raises, retroactive to July 1, after the Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the police union in a labor dispute.

Seven people were shot — at least one fatally — in Baltimore between Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday morning, with the violence stretching from Brooklyn in the south to Gwynn Oak in the northwest and Darley Park in the east. A man was also stabbed multiple times and robbed of cash, his shoes and his car on Tuesday night near Patterson Park, police said. One man died in a shooting that occurred at about 3 a.m. in the Darley Park neighborhood, said Detective Angela Carter-Watson, a police spokeswoman.

A man was shot during a home invasion just outside the Baltimore City limits in Brooklyn Park on Wednesday evening, according to Anne Arundel County Police. Police responded to the 200 block of Southerly Road about 6:34 p.m. and found a 27-year-old man with non-life-threatening injuries from a single gunshot wound, police said. Investigators interviewed witnesses and determined two male suspects entered the home, produced a handgun and announced a robbery. The victim was shot during the robbery.

Anne Arundel County Police are looking for a man suspected in a robbery Friday at 1st Mariner Bank in Odenton. Police said the man entered the branch at 1600 Annapolis Road around 11:15 a.m. and announced a bank robbery. The man told the teller to put money in a bag that he brought with him. Police are urging anyone with information about the robbery to contact Det. Clifford Van Hoesen at 410-222-3469 or 410-222-3566. Investigators did not disclose how much money was taken.

Anne Arundel County police are looking for three teens involved in a strong-arm robbery Friday night in Laurel. Police responding to an incident at the 3400 block of Laurel Fort Meade Road at approximately 9:40 p.m., reported that a 51-year-old man said he had been assaulted by three teens, one of whom asked for money and punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground. The teens then punched and kicked the victim, whose wallet fell out and was stolen, police said. The three teens fled on foot.

A 17-year-old boy walking with his girlfriend Wednesday night in Brooklyn Park reported being robbed by three male suspects, Anne Arundel County police said. Officers in the Northern District received the complaint of the robbery in the area of Belle Grove Road and West Arden Road at approximately 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, according to police. One of the suspects held the victim while the other two assaulted him and took his phone, police said, before all three fled on Belle Grove Road.

Anne Arundel County Police are warning citizens to be aware of a phone scam in which the caller claims to be holding a family member at gunpoint and demanding money. Officials said during the past week, the department has seen several incidents involving telephone harassment and threats. The calls usually involve a person calling a victim and indicating that a relative - who is not specifically named - has been involved in a car crash; or that they are holding the relative of the victim at gunpoint.

A nine-year veteran Bladensburg police officer was killed Saturday after veering his marked vehicle off an Anne Arundel County highway and colliding with a car traveling in the opposite direction, police said. Officer Brian Johnson, 38, who was off duty when the collision occurred about 9 a.m., is believed to have experienced a medical emergency just prior to the collision, Anne Arundel County Police said, though no specifics were immediately available. Police believe Johnson was traveling eastbound on Route 100 near Catherine Avenue in Pasadena when he suddenly crossed the center median.

A 64-year-old man was robbed and beaten with his own walking stick after a group of six teenagers and young men attacked him in a parking lot at the Glen Burnie Towne Center late Tuesday night, according to Anne Arundel County Police. The incident was one of two robberies reported in the area within several hours of one another. The man flagged a patrol officer down about 11:15 p.m. to report the incident near the Toys R Us store in the 6700 block of Ritchie Highway, police said.

Anne Arundel County police said Tuesday that no criminal charges will be filed against an officer who placed a camera in a boys' restroom at Glen Burnie High School. But the officer involved in the incident, who was not identified, remains on administrative leave. In a statement, police said they had conducted an investigation in conjunction with the Anne Arundel County state's attorney's office, and "based upon the evidence, no criminal laws have been violated, and therefore the officer involved in this incident will not be criminally charged.

An 18-year-old Baltimore resident was arrested at Old Mill High School in Millersville on Wednesday after a school resource officer stopped him and found three knives in a backpack he was carrying, according to Anne Arundel County Police and school officials. Norman Hardy of the 2100 block of N. Rosedale St. in the Walbrook neighborhood was first encountered in the school building by a student advocate about 8:50 a.m., school officials said. Hardy, who is not a student at the school, fled outside when asked why he was there, the officials said.

Two people are facing attempted second-degree murder charges stemming from two unrelated stabbings on Monday, according to Anne Arundel County police. Police said a man looking for his roommate to drive him home from work Monday became "enraged" to find the roommate at a Crownsville apartment and, after threatening to stab him, threw a hunting knife at him twice, missing both times. Police arrived around 5:45 p.m. and said the victim, 40, had a small cut. Charged was Jeremy Earl Johnson, 38, of the 1500 block of Crownsville Road, police said.

Anne Arundel County Police said Friday that they expect to conclude in the next 72 hours their investigation into the fatal shooting of a Siberian husky by a federal officer at a Severn dog park, and they indicated that the unidentified officer might not have been authorized to carry a firearm. Police, who did not previously provide a report, released a redacted version detailing the shooting of the husky, named Bear-Bear. But the department still has not named the officer, who they said fired his personal weapon in the shooting.

A motorcycle driver was killed and a passenger suffered life-threatening injuries on Sunday evening in a crash on Veterans Highway at Benfield Boulevard in Millersville, Anne Arundel County Police said on Monday. In a statement, police said that at approximately 9:09 p.m., on Sunday, officers from the Eastern District responded to a serious motorcycle crash. Police said that its preliminary investigation revealed that a 2008 Harley-Davidson motorcycle with two riders crashed after striking a cement median on southbound Veterans Highway.

A La Plata man was killed early Saturday when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a truck on Route 100 near the Baltimore Washington Parkway. Anne Arundel County police said that James Garrett Henderson, 27, was traveling at a high speed when his 2005 Harley Davidson motorcycle abruptly switched lanes on westbound Route 100 and stuck the back of an Isuzu box truck. Henderson was taken to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, but he later died of his injuries.