Arundel County Police

A man's body was found Saturday in a ravine in Jessup, Anne Arundel County police said yesterday. The body, discovered by a resident in a streambed on Max Blob's Park Road about 5 p.m., had apparently been there for some time, said Cpl. Sara Schriver, a police spokeswoman. An autopsy performed Sunday showed no outward signs of trauma. The man was described as white, 40 to 60 years old, between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing 180 pounds; he had a stent placed near his heart.

Baltimore : Patterson Park Santa to visit ice rink today Santa Claus will visit the Dominic "Mimi" DiPietro Family Ice Skating Rink at Patterson Park from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. today. Roasted marshmallows, hot chocolate and cookies will be available, according to the Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks. Admission is $4. The rink is at 200 S. Linwood Ave. and is open from October through mid-April. For more information on Skate with Santa, call 410-396-9392. Transportation : Bay Bridge EZ Pass overcharges discovered Some EZ Pass users who cross the Bay Bridge might have been overcharged at the toll plaza for several days in October.

Two men posing as police officers pulled over a driver and carjacked his vehicle early yesterday in Laurel, Anne Arundel County police said. The 31-year-old man from Washington was driving on Route 198 near Watts Avenue shortly after midnight when he was stopped by a dark-colored vehicle with a flashing blue and red light on the dash, police said. According to police, a man wearing a black uniform-style jacket and blue jeans approached the driver and asked for his license. As the driver handed his license over, a second man got into the car through the passenger door, displayed a handgun and ordered the driver out. This man drove off in the victim's car, police said.

Anne Arundel County Police were searching last night for a man they said fled from police after an attempted burglary in Odenton and subsequently broke into a woman's home and forced her to drive him to Glen Burnie. The incident began about 10 a.m. in the 400 block of Higgins Drive in Odenton, where police received a report of an attempted burglary, according to a news release from the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Police stopped a car that matched the description of that driven by the burglars.

Man reports theft of laptop, jewelry More than $2,000 in household items, including a laptop computer and jewelry, was stolen from a city home, Annapolis police said. The owner, who lives on the 800 block of Chester Ave., reported the burglary had taken place sometime between Nov. 20 and 24 while he was away. Police say woman kicked, bit officer Charges are pending against a pregnant city woman who authorities say kicked and bit an Annapolis police officer. Police were investigating a car crash at Forest Drive near Old Annapolis Neck Road on Thursday around 11:15 p.m. when the 25-year-old Marcs Court resident got in the way of the investigation scene.

Plunge at park leaves cyclist seriously hurt An Annapolis man who was biking on a walking trail yesterday morning in Patapsco Valley State Park missed a curve and plunged about 40 feet over a cliff, said a spokeswoman for the Maryland Natural Resources Police. Christopher Campbell, 40, was flown by state police helicopter to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was listed in critical condition yesterday afternoon. Campbell was the second person in a line of three bicyclists on the trail about 10 a.m. The first cleared the curve before Campbell fell, said Kara Turner, the police spokeswoman.

A 22-year-old man was killed near Edgewater Friday evening when his pickup truck drifted into oncoming traffic on Old Solomon's Island Road and struck a sport utility vehicle head-on, Anne Arundel County police reported.Shane P. Gessford, of the 6700 block of Old Solomon's Island Road in Friendship, was northbound shortly before 6 p.m. when his Dodge truck collided with the Nissan SUV driven by Tiffany L. Matthews, 25, of Deale.Gessford was pronounced dead at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis.

A 29-year-old Columbia man, found shot in Severn yesterday morning, was arrested upon his release from the hospital several hours later when he was found to be a three-time convicted felon wanted on state and federal charges.Anne Arundel County police were called to a home on the 1700 block of Richfield Drive about 1 a.m. yesterday and found Marcus D. Mumford with multiple gunshot wounds, according to a police spokesman.Mumford, who resides in the 8000 block of Flowerstock Row but gave police false information for his identity and address, said he had been shot by three men who pulled up to him in a car as he walked to a nearby convenience store.

A 17-year-old Pasadena man was found dead yesterday on a pier at High Point Community Beach, Anne Arundel County police said.The body of Eric Lee Downey of the 7000 block of Edgewood Road was found beside a bicycle by a neighborhood resident walking along the beach. The resident notified police at 10: 36 a.m.The body was taken to the state medical examiner's office in Baltimore yesterday afternoon for an autopsy.Downey was last seen by friends between 6 p.m. and 6: 30 p.m. Tuesday at the pier in the 800 block of Riverside Drive in Pasadena, police said.

Anne Arundel County police arrested a Calvert County man Tuesday and charged him with trying to break into severalAnnapolis apartments in the Claiborne Place complex in the 100 block of Hearne Road, police said.Terence Haywood Coby, 41, was charged with attempted burglary, possession of burglary tools and destruction of property. He also was charged with first-degree burglary when police found an outstanding warrant against him. Claiborne resident Verdell Smith, 76, awoke in his bedroom to the sounds of someone trying to pry open his bedroom window just after 5: 30 a.m., Smith told police.

Aberdeen exercises continue until Sept. 13 3 The U.S. Army Test Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground is using aircraft and boats during training exercises continuing through Sept. 13. The center will fire weapons while conducting day and night exercises, some of which will take place in the APG's restricted waters, according to APG officials. Residents and boaters in the surrounding communities might hear the sound of weapons fire. Illumination devices will also create flashes of light, which will be visible from outside the installation.

Woman reports assault behind Annapolis school A woman told Annapolis police that when she was walking behind Bates Middle School about 4:30 p.m. Friday she was approached by a man who asked her first for money and then for sex. When she tried to go around him, he grabbed her left arm. She escaped him when he saw another man walking in the area. - Andrea F. Siegel Stabbed man, bloody bottle found by Annapolis police A man was found stabbed shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday at Woods Drive and Edelmar Drive, Annapolis police said.

2 men killed in city in separate incidents Two men were killed in the city early Saturday in separate incidents. City police said they were investigating the fatal stabbing of a man about 2:40 a.m. at Clinton Street and Fairmount Avenue in Southeast Baltimore. The man was stabbed in the head and chest, police said. Just after 7 a.m., police reported that a body of a man had been found with a gunshot wound to the head in a car at Wolfe Street and Cliftview Avenue in Northeast Baltimore.

Glen Burnie man charged in fatal shooting at bar A Glen Burnie man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a man outside a bar during the weekend, Anne Arundel County police said. Ricco Clifton Gough, 28, was arrested in Baltimore on Monday and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Nathaniel Benjamin Wallace, 37, of Baltimore, police said yesterday. Two men were fighting in Dietrich's Tavern in the 7300 block of Furnace Branch Road East about midnight Saturday when bouncers forced them to leave, police said.

A second man has died after a weekend hit-and-run accident in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County police said. Jason M. Workman, 28, of Linthicum died Tuesday afternoon at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after being hospitalized since a motorcycle and van collided Friday night, police said. Workman was a passenger on the motorcycle driven by his uncle, Ronnie W. Workman, 48, of Millersville. The elder Workman was pronounced dead at the scene, at Furnace Branch Road and Wellham Avenue. Police are looking for the driver of a white or light-blue Chevrolet or GMC van built in the early 1990s, and they have released a photo of a similar-looking van. Witnesses said the van had a white ladder rack on the roof.

Delivery workers robbed at gunpoint Two men, one armed with a gun, robbed two pizza delivery workers early Tuesday while they were delivering food in Glen Burnie, according to Anne Arundel County police. The holdup happened shortly after midnight in the 100 block of Alview Terrace, police said. Two men, each wearing a black mask, approached the workers, and one pointed a gun at the head of one of them, police said. The gun-wielding suspect robbed the worker of the food he was carrying, while the other stole the worker's wallet and took the car keys from a second worker waiting in a car, police said.

A Severn mother hid in a bedroom closet while police broke up a large underage drinking party at her home, Anne Arundel County police said yesterday. Melonie Joy Coats, 42, of 323 Constant Ave., and her son, 18-year-old Andrew Lee Coats, were charged with operating a disorderly house about midnight Sunday. Officers responding to a complaint about a party found several teenagers in the front yard holding alcoholic beverages; they fled when they saw police. Once police entered the house, the scene became chaotic as more partygoers ran out the back door.

Suspect arrested in armed robbery A Glen Burnie man was arrested after trying to rob a liquor store and hitting the cashier in the head with a fake handgun, Anne Arundel County police said. Tyreen Joseph Moore, 30, of the 100 block of Faywood Drive, entered Clauss' Liquors at 604 Crain Highway about 11:30 p.m. Thursday and pointed a gun at the cashier and customers, police said. He hit the cashier, police said, then fled on foot. Police pulled the suspect over a short time later on Ritchie Highway.

'Snitching' figure guilty of drug charges A federal jury convicted yesterday on drug charges a West Baltimore man who was the cameraman for the notorious Stop Snitching DVD, which used threats of violence to intimidate potential witnesses from helping police or testifying in court, according to the Maryland U.S. attorney's office. Akiba Matthews, 35, of Baltimore could receive a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for distributing heroin and a maximum of 10 years in prison for gun possession, prosecutors said.

A man who offered to help load bags of mulch into a woman's car stole her credit card and racked up more than $500 in purchases the next day, Annapolis police said. The victim, a 67-year-old Forest Hill Drive resident, said she left her purse out of her sight and within the man's reach when she accepted his offer to help her with her mulch bags at 11 a.m. Monday at the True Value at 912 Forest Drive. She incorrectly assumed he was a store employee, police said. Police seek man in robbery A Columbia man is wanted on assault, theft and robbery charges after his estranged wife was robbed of the $900 he had just paid her in back child support, Annapolis police said.