Cartons Of Cigarettes

A man claiming to be a vendor for the "Winston Salem Cigarette Co." walked into the Royal Farm store in the 300 block of Camp Meade Road in Linthicum Friday and stole 21 cartons of cigarettes, police said.The man entered the store between 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and told the store manager he had come to replace all of the company's cigarettes with promotional discounted cartons, police said.The store manager led the man into the storage area. The man took the cartons of Winston and Salem cigarettes and told the manager he was taking them out to his vehicle, police said.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County. Baltimore Southwestern Shooting -- A man in his 30s was being treated at a hospital after he was shot in the neck by an assailant in the first block of N. Ellamont St. near Gwynns Falls Parkway about 2:15 a.m. yesterday. Eastern Shooting -- Shortly before 3 a.m. yesterday police responding to a report of a shooting in the 2800 block of E. Federal St., near Baltimore Cemetery, found a 20-year-old man lying in the street and bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds.

A man robbed the Odenton Food Max store Friday of several cartons of cigarettes, county police said.Cathryn Steele told police the man entered the store in the 1600 block of Annapolis Road shortly after 1 p.m., walked behind the ** counter and pulled two empty trash bags from his pocket.He threatened to kill Ms. Steele if she activated the holdup alarm and patted his pocket to imply that he had a weapon, police said. The man filled the trash bags with cigarettes, ordered Ms. Steele to lie on the floor, then ran away, police said.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Howard County.Ellicott City: 6500 block of Huntshire Drive: A burglar smashed a glass door of Meadowridge Wine and Spirits and stole 20 cartons of cigarettes about 2 a.m. yesterday.Ellicott City: 8500 block of Baltimore National Pike: A thief stole a 1998 Nissan Maxima, tags 1A62874, about 11 a.m. Monday.Deep Run Park: 6500 block of Reille Way: A prowler pried open a window, but apparently nothing was taken from the home on Monday.Long Reach: 8200 block of Tamar Drive: A burglar pried open the metal sliding door of a concession stand at Kendall Ridge Pool and stole 15 cartons of ice cream between Friday and Monday.

Two Pimlico women were arrested Tuesday night after the attempted shoplifting of two cartons of cigarettes from the Giant food store in the Cromwell Field Shopping Center, county police said.Charles Johnson, a special police officer at the store in the 7300 block of Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd., told county police that one of the women gave two cartons of cigarettes, worth $35.18, to the second woman, who put them into a plastic bag. Both women then tried to leave the store without paying for the cigarettes, police said.

Thieves stole more than $2,100 worth of liquor and cigarettes from Ye Olde Farm Spirit Shoppe on Monday morning, after the owner had asked the alarm company not to call county police because of the high number of recent false alarms, authorities said.Officer Robert Thomas went to the store in the 2600 block of Annapolis Road about 1:40 a.m., after an anonymous tip that the alarm was sounding. Officer Thomas found the front glass door had been broken by a large rock, police said.Dorothy Athey, 66, the owner of the store, reported that $1,780 worth of liquor and 25 cartons of cigarettes worth $381 were stolen, police said.

A man armed with a knife robbed a Jessup convenience store of two cartons of cigarettes Friday and fled in a car, Howard County police said.The clerk, Anna Bobo, 44, of Elkridge, was not injured in the robbery of the Royal Farm Store in the 8200 block of Lark Brown Road, police said.About 1: 20 a.m., the robber entered the store with a scarf covering his face, rushed toward the clerk waving a knife and demanded cartons of cigarettes, police said.After the clerk handed him two cartons of Marlboro Lights, the robber ran out and drove off in a dark-colored, mid-sized car, police said.

POLICE LOGEllicott City: 3300 block of N. Chatham Road: Someone tried to steal a 1984 Chevrolet Cavalier Friday or Saturday, police said.9100 block of Route 40: Someone cut the lock off a storage shed at a restaurant Friday, but took nothing. Police said an empty beer keg was taken from the trash bin area.8400 block of Route 40: Cash, scissors and clippers were stolen from the Visual Changes hair salon after someone broke the lock off a front door early Friday, police said.5600 block of Waterloo Road: An officer responding to an alarm at Stewart Gas station found the glass smashed on a business office just after midnight Monday.

A 63-year-old Ferndale man was beaten and stabbed in the throat with a foot-long piece of wood in his home yesterday by an acquaintance who then robbed him, county police said.Rosario L. Vinci of the first block of Mapledale Road was treated and released at North Arundel Hospital.Police said Mr. Vinci's assailant visited him shortly before midnight Tuesday and after they had been in the basement for a while, demanded money.The man the man -- known only as John -- began to beat Mr. Vinci, threatened to kill his elderly mother, who was asleep upstairs, and again demanded money, police said.

Howard County police are investigating a New Year's Eve robbery in which a man threatened a Jessup convenience-store clerk and hauled off $75 and 50 cartons of cigarettes in a trash bag.The clerk was not injured in the robbery at the High's in the 7900 block of Washington Blvd. Police said the robber implied he had a gun but never displayed one.About 5:30 a.m. Dec. 31, police said a man entered the store, approached a clerk and asked for batteries. When the worker turned around, the man went behind the counter and threatened her with the use of a gun, police said.

A Westminster woman and her husband who are charged with leading police on a 90-mph chase with their three young children in the back seat of the family car Thursday afternoon have a history of fleeing authorities with the youngsters in tow, court records show.Kimberly M. Dailey, 28, of John Street and Richard E. Dailey, 36, of Hall View Court in Perry Hall are being held in lieu of bail at the Carroll County Detention Center after being arrested on drug and theft charges.Officers said the chase began after they tried to stop the automobile while investigating a car with a reported stolen license plate.

A man armed with a knife robbed a Jessup convenience store of two cartons of cigarettes Friday and fled in a car, Howard County police said.The clerk, Anna Bobo, 44, of Elkridge, was not injured in the robbery of the Royal Farm Store in the 8200 block of Lark Brown Road, police said.About 1: 20 a.m., the robber entered the store with a scarf covering his face, rushed toward the clerk waving a knife and demanded cartons of cigarettes, police said.After the clerk handed him two cartons of Marlboro Lights, the robber ran out and drove off in a dark-colored, mid-sized car, police said.

A 63-year-old Ferndale man was beaten and stabbed in the throat with a foot-long piece of wood in his home yesterday by an acquaintance who then robbed him, county police said.Rosario L. Vinci of the first block of Mapledale Road was treated and released at North Arundel Hospital.Police said Mr. Vinci's assailant visited him shortly before midnight Tuesday and after they had been in the basement for a while, demanded money.The man the man -- known only as John -- began to beat Mr. Vinci, threatened to kill his elderly mother, who was asleep upstairs, and again demanded money, police said.

Howard County police are investigating a New Year's Eve robbery in which a man threatened a Jessup convenience-store clerk and hauled off $75 and 50 cartons of cigarettes in a trash bag.The clerk was not injured in the robbery at the High's in the 7900 block of Washington Blvd. Police said the robber implied he had a gun but never displayed one.About 5:30 a.m. Dec. 31, police said a man entered the store, approached a clerk and asked for batteries. When the worker turned around, the man went behind the counter and threatened her with the use of a gun, police said.

A man robbed the Odenton Food Max store Friday of several cartons of cigarettes, county police said.Cathryn Steele told police the man entered the store in the 1600 block of Annapolis Road shortly after 1 p.m., walked behind the ** counter and pulled two empty trash bags from his pocket.He threatened to kill Ms. Steele if she activated the holdup alarm and patted his pocket to imply that he had a weapon, police said. The man filled the trash bags with cigarettes, ordered Ms. Steele to lie on the floor, then ran away, police said.

State troopers looking for speeders, drugs and guns on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway yesterday morning snared a North Carolina man wanted on federal weapons and drug charges, state police said.Troopers from the Glen Burnie barracks were patrolling the parkway as part of Gov. Parris N. Glendening's initiative to detect guns and drugs, in addition to their regular duty of stopping speeding motorists.About 9:50 a.m., Trooper Ken Hasenei spotted a 1991 Honda station wagon speeding south on the parkway at 70 mph in a 55 mph zone, police said.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Howard County.Ellicott City: 6500 block of Huntshire Drive: A burglar smashed a glass door of Meadowridge Wine and Spirits and stole 20 cartons of cigarettes about 2 a.m. yesterday.Ellicott City: 8500 block of Baltimore National Pike: A thief stole a 1998 Nissan Maxima, tags 1A62874, about 11 a.m. Monday.Deep Run Park: 6500 block of Reille Way: A prowler pried open a window, but apparently nothing was taken from the home on Monday.Long Reach: 8200 block of Tamar Drive: A burglar pried open the metal sliding door of a concession stand at Kendall Ridge Pool and stole 15 cartons of ice cream between Friday and Monday.

State troopers looking for speeders, drugs and guns on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway yesterday morning snared a North Carolina man wanted on federal weapons and drug charges, state police said.Troopers from the Glen Burnie barracks were patrolling the parkway as part of Gov. Parris N. Glendening's initiative to detect guns and drugs, in addition to their regular duty of stopping speeding motorists.About 9:50 a.m., Trooper Ken Hasenei spotted a 1991 Honda station wagon speeding south on the parkway at 70 mph in a 55 mph zone, police said.

A man claiming to be a vendor for the "Winston Salem Cigarette Co." walked into the Royal Farm store in the 300 block of Camp Meade Road in Linthicum Friday and stole 21 cartons of cigarettes, police said.The man entered the store between 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and told the store manager he had come to replace all of the company's cigarettes with promotional discounted cartons, police said.The store manager led the man into the storage area. The man took the cartons of Winston and Salem cigarettes and told the manager he was taking them out to his vehicle, police said.