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Just hours before Harford County Sheriff Jesse Bane told a group of Abingdon residents that crime overall is down in Harford County, a taxicab driver was stabbed and robbed in the Bel Air area. Bane was hosting one of his town hall meetings at the Abingdon library, about five miles south of where the cab driver was assaulted early Saturday morning, in the area of Crescent Knoll Drive and Fountain Green Road (Route 543). The assailant was still at large Tuesday afternoon, Monica Worrell, public information officer for the Harford County Sheriff's Office said.

A man who died after being cut by an assailant several times Saturday marked Baltimore's 100th homicide of 2013, police said Sunday. Police said they were called to the unit block of North Rosedale Street in the city's South Hilton neighborhood about 11:45 p.m. and found a man, later identified as Jamal Diggs, 33, suffering from several cuts to his extremities. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died from his injuries. No additional information was immediately available, and police did not identify the weapon used.

The following is compiled from police reports. It is the Baltimore Messenger's policy to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have any information about these crimes, call the Baltimore City Police Department's Northern District at 410-396-2455. Bellemore Road 100 block, between 4:40 and 6 a.m. June 27. Giant and Trek mountain bikes stolen from garage. Entry gained through window. West Belvedere Avenue 2400 block, between noon and 1:10 p.m. June 25. Laptop stolen from unlocked vehicle.

Baltimore police officer Robert W. Mitchell faces a second-degree assault charge after police and prosecutors accused him of overstepping his powers and beating a young man more than a year ago. The Baltimore state's attorney's office also charged Mitchell on Friday with two counts of misconduct in office. Prosecutors allege that Mitchell beat Baltimore resident Tiyon Williams in the 1000 block of N. Mount St. on May 19, 2012. "The allegations against Mr. Mitchell are reprehensible," Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said in a statement, "and I promise we will continue to aggressively target those who sacrilege the good men and women of this department and the sacred privilege of serving our community.

A man who died after being cut by an assailant several times Saturday marked Baltimore's 100th homicide of 2013, police said Sunday. Police said they were called to the unit block of North Rosedale Street in the city's South Hilton neighborhood about 11:45 p.m. and found a man, later identified as Jamal Diggs, 33, suffering from several cuts to his extremities. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died from his injuries. No additional information was immediately available, and police did not identify the weapon used.

A cashier at a High's store in Brooklyn Park thwarted a knife-wielding assailant's robbery attempt Sunday when she refused to give in to his demands, county police said.A man wearing a white bandanna over his face walked into the store in the 700 block of Church St. at 10:40 p.m., police said. He pointed a knife at the cashier and told her to give him all the money in the register.The cashier refused and called out to a fellow employee for help. The suspect drove away in a white car, police said.

An unidentified man tried to rob a restaurant in Millersville last night and was fatally stabbed during a struggle with an employee, Anne Arundel County police said.Police said the stabbing occurred in the Wendy's restaurant in the 8200 block of Veterans Highway shortly after 10 o'clock after an assailant with a knife forced two employees into the office, where the manager was counting the night's receipts.Gerald Albright, 39, of Glen Burnie, one of the employees, struggled with the assailant, drew a folding knife from a sheath he carried, and stabbed him in the chest, police said.

A 3-year-old Salisbury girl was shot in the abdomen yesterday after a relative answered a knock at the door of their residence, police in the Eastern Shore city reported.Lt. Gene Powell said the assailant knocked on the door of a first-floor apartment in the 400 block of Naylor St. about 4: 30 p.m. When a man answered, the assailant fired a .22 caliber firearm, and the bullet struck the girl in the abdomen and left her body, Powell said.He said the girl was taken by ambulance to Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, where she was treated for a non-life threatening wound and held overnight for observation.

A man was shot and killed during an argument over a pen in a Severna Park doughnut shop early today, Anne Arundel County Police said.Police have not released the name of the victim, who was in his 20s, pending notification of his family, according to Officer Terry Crowe.Investigators said two men were inside the Dunkin Donuts store in the 600 block of Ritchie Highway around 3:15 a.m. when the victim asked the other man if he could borrow a pen, Officer Crowe said. After the man gave the victim the pen, the victim asked if he could buy it. The man refused.

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge signaled his desire yesterday to re-examine conditions for presidential assailant John W. Hinckley Jr.'s visits to his parents' home near Williamsburg, Va., noting the advancing age of the elderly couple. The man who shot President Reagan and three others in 1981 - and was found not guilty by reason of insanity - has completed at least seven visits to his parents' home in Virginia, lawyers confirmed in court yesterday. While those visits were considered successful, Hinckley's father no longer serves as custodian of his son because of the elder Hinckley's fragile health, prosecutors said.

The following is compiled from police reports. It is the Baltimore Messenger's policy to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have any information about these crimes, call the Baltimore City Police Department's Northern District at 410-396-2455. Amberly Way Unit block, between 5:10 and 5:45 March 27. Bag, ID, bank cards, papers stolen from vehicle. Broxton Road 300 block, between 10:30 p.m. March 26 and 9:15 a.m. March 27. Computer bag stolen from vehicle.

Baltimore police are investigating a stabbing of a man in West Baltimore Saturday evening. Around 9 p.m., police were called to the 400 block of Manse Court in the Madison Park neighborhood for a report of an assault, said Detective Jeremy Silbert, a Baltimore police spokesman. Officers found a man suffering from stab wounds who said he had been attacked by an unknown person near McCulloh and Dolphin Streets, Silbert said. The man was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, Silbert said.

In his recent column ("The left and right view the world in predictable ways," Aug. 5), former Gov.Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.outrageously distorts the views of liberals on all the issues he addresses and repeats the rhetoric rather than the reality of the right wing's positions. With respect to the latest massacre in Colorado, he asks the "inconvenient" question: "How many lives would have been saved if someone in that theater had access to firearms of their own?" I can answer than easily: none.

The following is compiled from police reports. It is the Baltimore Messenger's policy to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have any information about these crimes, call the Baltimore City Police Department's Northern District at 410-396-2455. Bellemore Road 100 block, between 4:40 and 6 a.m. June 27. Giant and Trek mountain bikes stolen from garage. Entry gained through window. West Belvedere Avenue 2400 block, between noon and 1:10 p.m. June 25. Laptop stolen from unlocked vehicle.

Reports of shots fired brought police to a Glen Burnie neighborhood Wednesday evening. Two assailants had fired repeatedly at a 22-year-old man as he ran from the 400 block of Secluded Post Circle to a nearby park. Anne Arundel County officers arrived at about 10:40 p.m. and found the victim had been struck by a handgun. The victim told police two men confronted him as he exited his car, chased him and fired at him several times, but missed him. The suspects caught him at the park and struck him with the gun, police said.

Just hours before Harford County Sheriff Jesse Bane told a group of Abingdon residents that crime overall is down in Harford County, a taxicab driver was stabbed and robbed in the Bel Air area. Bane was hosting one of his town hall meetings at the Abingdon library, about five miles south of where the cab driver was assaulted early Saturday morning, in the area of Crescent Knoll Drive and Fountain Green Road (Route 543). The assailant was still at large Tuesday afternoon, Monica Worrell, public information officer for the Harford County Sheriff's Office said.

Howard County police are investigating a shooting of a 20-year-old man Wednesday evening in Columbia. Officers called about 8:30 p.m. to a Sam's Mart store in the 5800 block of Stevens Forest Road found Marcus Lee suffering from a single gunshot wound. Lee, a Columbia resident, told police he was shot nearby on Stevens Forest Road near Whiteacre Road and had run to the store for help. He was taken to an area hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening, police said. A preliminary investigation has led officers to believe the victim and assailant are acquainted.

Baltimore County police believe that a 64-year-old Randallstown woman attacked near her home Thursday night is the fourth victim of an assailant who already has raped one woman and sexually assaulted another in the area since early September.According to police, the woman who was attacked Thursday night had gone shopping in Pikesville and returned home about 11:15 p.m. After she unlocked her door, her assailant sneaked into her house and then attacked her as she returned with some groceries, police said.

Howard County police are investigating a shooting of a 20-year-old man Wednesday evening in Columbia. Officers called about 8:30 p.m. to a Sam's Mart store in the 5800 block of Stevens Forest Road found Marcus Lee suffering from a single gunshot wound. Lee, a Columbia resident, told police he was shot nearby on Stevens Forest Road near Whiteacre Road and had run to the store for help. He was taken to an area hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening, police said. A preliminary investigation has led officers to believe the victim and assailant are acquainted.

A Baltimore man has been charged in Anne Arundel County with sexual assault in Linthicum last week, police said. Tamango Johnson, 38, of the 1800 block of Bolton St., has been charged with rape, assault, false imprisonment, impersonating a police officer and other sex offense charges, according to a statement Tuesday from the Anne Arundel County Police Department. On the evening of Dec. 27, a woman reported being sexually assaulted at the Microtel Inn and Suites, in the 1100 block of Winterson Road, by a man she arranged to meet in her hotel room, police said.