Basement Door

POLICE LOG* Marriottsville: 800 block of Marriottsville Road: Someone kicked in a basement door and ransacked a home Saturday or Sunday. Police said nothing was taken.

The following is compiled from Howard County police reports.  Ellicott City Coventry Court Drive, 3300 block, between 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. April 29. Entry gained to residence by prying open basement door. Master bedroom ransacked. Jewelry stolen. St Johns Lane, 3300 block, 11:19 p.m. April 24. A juvenile male entered an abandoned residence by kicking in the door. While inside the house, the juvenile was confronted by three men wearing dark-colored hoodies and bandannas over their faces.

POLICE LOG* Glenelg: 13800 block of Kennard Drive: Someone pried a basement door and stole a refrigerator from a house under construction Friday, police said.

The following is compiled from local police reports. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have any information about these crimes, call the Wilkens Police Station at 410-887-0872. Leeds Avenue, 5200 block, Dec.15,10:15 p.m. Back door of Leeds Dry Cleaners forced open. Nothing reported stolen. Linden Avenue, 1300 block , Dec. 14, between 2:30 p.m. and 6:13 p.m. Basement door forced open at Southwestern Investments.

POLICE LOG* Lisbon: 15000 block of Frederick Road: Someone pried open the basement door of a house, entered and stole a videocassette recorder Saturday, police said.

POLICE LOG* Hickory Ridge: 10400 block of Sternwheel Place: A piggy bank was stolen from a home Friday after someone kicked open a basement door. Nothing else was reported taken, police said.

POLICE LOG* West Friendship: 1000 block of Day Road: Someone broke open a basement door to enter a house under construction Friday, but police said nothing was taken. The same house was vandalized last month.

Police logOakland Mills: 6000 block of Stevens Forest Road: Someone stole a mountain bike from a house Tuesday after breaking the glass of a basement door.Pub Date: 10/24/96

POLICE* Union Bridge: Intruders broke into an East Elger Street house on two consecutive days, state police reported. On Sunday between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., someone entered the house through a basement door and stole cigarettes valued at $27.50. Between 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Monday, someone again forced the basement door and took food and liquor valued at $16, police were told.

The following is compiled from Howard County police reports.  Ellicott City Coventry Court Drive, 3300 block, between 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. April 29. Entry gained to residence by prying open basement door. Master bedroom ransacked. Jewelry stolen. St Johns Lane, 3300 block, 11:19 p.m. April 24. A juvenile male entered an abandoned residence by kicking in the door. While inside the house, the juvenile was confronted by three men wearing dark-colored hoodies and bandannas over their faces.

Baltimore County Police report that a man had a black Apple iPhone stolen by two men recently along Washington Avenue in Towson. The incident happened on Oct. 26 in the 400 block of Washington Avenue, at about 5:15 p.m. According to the report, the man was knocked to the ground and the men took his iPhone. In addition to this item, the following incident were compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible.

The following is compiled from local police reports. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have any information about these crimes, call the Wilkens Police Station at 410-887-0872. Lakebrook Circle, 2900 block, between Oct. 20, 10 p.m., and Oct. 21, 4:13 a.m. Front door forced open and two knives taken from kitchen and placed on two couches in living room. Clover Avenue, 3500 block, between Oct. 19, 10:30 p.m., and Oct. 20, 3 a.m. Air conditioning unit and dirt bike stolen.

North Calvert Street 3400 block, between noon and 3 p.m. May 10. Handicap placard stolen from vehicle. 3300 block, between 6:45 a.m. and 3:38 p.m. May 7. Credit cards, driver's license, Social Security card stolen from purse at work. Cator Avenue 700 block, between 9:30 p.m. May 8 and 8:30 a.m. May 9. Tan wicker furniture stolen from front porch. Cedarcroft Road 1100 block, between 9:30 p.m. May 10 and 12:08 a.m. May 11. White, 1997 Mercedes S420 with Maryland tags 8FZD89 stolen.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Cockeysville Precinct. Our policy is to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. Monkton Gerting Road , 16900 block, between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Feb. 29. Jewelry stolen. Front door kicked in to gain entry. Parkton English Saddle Court , unit block, between 7 p.m. Feb. 22 and 8 p.m. Feb. 26. Cash and men's jewelry stolen. Entry through unlocked basement door.

Bradhurst Road 800 block, between 9 p.m. Feb. 5 and 6 a.m. Feb. 6. Black tote bag containing papers stolen from vehicle. Broxton Road 300 block, between 5 p.m. Feb. 8 and 2 p.m. Feb. 9. Attempted garage break-in. Side door damaged. North Calvert Street 2900 block, between 5:30 and 10 p.m. Feb. 5. 32-inch Phillips LCD TV, cash stolen from residence. Entry gained by forcing open rear window. North Charles Street 2500 block at 8 a.m. Feb. 7. Pocketbook, laptop, Rolex watch, necklace, Social Security card, passport, cash stolen from residence.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. Cockeysville Pickburn Court, unit block, between 6:45 a.m. and 9 p.m. Jan. 24. Laptop computer stolen. Front door destroyed. York Road, 10800 block, between 5 p.m. Jan. 14 and 1:16 p.m. Jan. 15. Cash, jewelry and postage stamps stolen from Robyn's Nest Clothing Consignment Shop.

POLICE LOGNorth Laurel:9400 block of Madison Ave.: Someone forced open a basement door at V.T. Inc. between 10:30 p.m. Sunday and 2:30 a.m. Monday, ransacked desks and stole an undisclosed amount of cash.

POLICE LOG* Savage: 8300 block of Perri Drive: A $180 mountain bike was stolen from the rear patio of a home Saturday.* Scaggsville: 8100 block of Crest Road: Someone kicked open the basement door of a house under construction and vandalized it between Friday and Monday.

It took a 1995 move to Ocala, Fla., for Tom Buser and wife Joyce Starr to realize how much they loved Maryland, their home state. "We got homesick for the water, the culture, the steamed crabs, and [the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra]," said Starr, a 59-year old registered nurse. "We also wanted to be back where the health care is better." After five years, the couple returned, settling in July 2000 on a waterfront townhouse in the Anne Arundel County development of Elizabeth's Landing, near Pasadena.