Cash Register

An armed robber suspected of taking money from 11 west-side businesses was foiled by two florists in a 12th try, Baltimore County police said yesterday.The string of robberies began a month ago, said Cpl. Vickie Warehime, and included drugstores, gas stations, an ice cream store and a pharmacy.The most recent robbery was yesterday, when a man matching the description of the suspect in the other crimes held up a gas station in the 900 block of Ingleside Ave., Warehime said.The suspect is described as black, 25 to 35 years old, 5 feet 9 to 5 feet 11 inches tall, with a medium build and a thin beard or goatee.

Two gunmen stormed into a Mobil gas station on Dorsey Hall Drive in Ellicott City early yesterday morning and robbed it of an unknown amount of cash, Howard County police said.The robbers were wearing ski masks and dark clothing when they entered the gas station, which is in Dorsey Search Village Center, shortly before 3 a.m.Armed with a gray handgun, the robbers forced the male clerk into a back room and then shoved him to the ground. One man emptied the cash register, police said.Pub Date: 10/03/99

PoliceWestminster: An employee of Howard Robson Inc., working on Kriders Church Road on property belonging to the city of Westminster, told police last Wednesday that someone damaged a pumping station. Damage was estimated at $800.Westminster: An employee of Gordon's Jewelers at Cranberry Mall told police Sunday that someone took $180 from the cash register.Pub Date: 7/27/99

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Baltimore and Baltimore County.Northern DistrictShooting: A man was in the 600 block of Dumbarton Ave. about 1 a.m. yesterday when he heard a gunshot and felt pain in his right leg. The man drove himself to Union Memorial Hospital, where he was treated for a gunshot wound of the leg. No arrest had been made.Southern DistrictRobbery: An 11-year-old girl was riding her bike in the 1200 block of Cleveland St. about 5 p.m. Saturday when an older male shoved her to the ground and stole the bike, valued at more than $100.

Two men carrying handguns robbed a gas station Friday night, county police said.Two clerks on duty just after 10 p.m. at a Sunoco station at Skidmore Drive and Whitehall Road told police one of the robbers ordered them to lie on the floor as the other went behind the counter and emptied the cash register, taking an unknown amount of money. The robbers ran out the back of the store, police said.A police dog was unable to follow a trail past a nearby parking lot.A man threw a cement block through the front door of an Annapolis convenience store and gas station early Sunday, threatened the clerk and made off with an undisclosed amount of money, county police said.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Howard County.Ellicott City: 2100 block of Mount Hebron Drive: Someone ransacked a house Wednesday and stole a vehicle.Dorsey: 8200 block of Preston Court: Someone broke into Joe's Place Wednesday and stole a cash register and a safe.Savage: 9000 block of Thamesmeade: A 1993 Yamaha motorcycle, Maryland tag 9807D9, was stolen yesterday.Pub Date: 8/08/97

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Howard County.Elkridge: 7200 block of Montgomery Road: Someone broke into the Golden China Restaurant on Sunday or Monday by punching a hole in the wall from the adjoining vacant suite. Cash and blank checks were stolen. The area behind the cash register was ransacked.Elkridge: 5900 block of Hunt Club Road: A green 1995 Nissan 240SX, Maryland license plate YTY-069, was stolen Sunday or Monday.Elkridge: 6300 block of Ducketts Lane: Someone attempted to steal a white 1991 Honda Civic on Sunday or Monday.

Happy House Pizza, a small carryout pizza restaurant in an Edgewater strip mall, has changed its cash-handling policies after a masked robber, who appeared to be a teen-ager, held up the business with a popgun Tuesday, grabbing $600 cash from the register."

PoliceWestminster: Employees at Kmart told police Tuesday that the cash register in the garden department was broken into and money was stolen. The loss was estimated at $149.Pub Date: 7/10/97

PoliceMount Airy: An employee of the 7-Eleven on Ridgeside Drive reported to state police Thursday that someone stole $3.06 worth of gas.Mount Airy: An employee of Chong Yet Yin Restaurant on Ridgeville Boulevard told state police Wednesday that someone broke into the front door and stole the cash register, which contained $50.FireMount Airy: Firefighters from Mount Airy and Lisbon of Howard County responded to a chimney fire on Honeybush Court at 10:...

Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Central Baltimore Theft: A handicap placard was stolen Wednesday from a 1998 Ford Explorer parked in the 300 block of Light St. by someone who shattered a window to gain entry. Burglary/stolen vehicle: Police were seeking the person who broke into a house in the 1200 block of Bolton St. in Bolton Hill through a basement door between Tuesday night and early Wednesday and stole a set of keys, $100, a lap top computer and credit cards. After exiting the house, the intruder stole the occupant's blue 2003 Audi with handicap tags 67442.

Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Eastern Baltimore Theft: Several music CDs were stolen Wednesday from a 2002 Nissan Altima parked in the 800 block of N. Eden St. Southern Baltimore Victim identified: Police released the name Thursday of the man found fatally shot early Tuesday in the 100 block of Old Riverside Road near Brooklyn as Anthony Geiger, 41, of the 500 block of Annabel Ave. No arrest had been made. Geiger, a Brooklyn resident, was found about 2:30 a.m. several blocks from his home by Anne Arundel County police.

Police reports in Baltimore city and county Northern Baltimore Robbery/arrest A man was arrested Tuesday afternoon moments after he entered Rite Aid in the 3100 block of Greenmount Ave., the same store he robbed less than 24 hours earlier. Lt. Charles Guthrie, a district night commander, said the man, whose name was not available, entered the store and was immediately recognized by at least two employees as the man who robbed the store several hours earlier. Employees called police and the man was arrested without incident.

POLICE BLOTTER Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Western Baltimore Shooting An unidentified man was shot in the head shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday in the 900 block of Bennett Place at Fremont Avenue and was taken to a hospital for treatment. His condition and details of the shooting were not available. Northern Baltimore Robbery A boy, 15, was walking in the 2800 block of Huntingdon Ave. about 8 p.m. Monday when he was assaulted by two older males, one armed with a handgun, who robbed him of $3 and his hooded jacket.

Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Southeastern Baltimore Armed robbery Police were seeking two men, one armed with a handgun, who robbed Sam's Food Mart in the 2300 block of E. Fairmount Ave. of an undisclosed sum of money about 6 p.m. Thursday. The men forced an employee to remove money from a cash register before putting the cash into a plastic bubble gum container. Robbery Two men entered Western Union in the 3200 block of E. Baltimore St. about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday, shoved the female clerk to the floor and took an undisclosed sum of money from a cash register.

For Maryland consumers, tomorrow's 20 percent sales tax increase will mean a pinch in the wallet. For mini-market owner Sam Hamideh, the first sales tax increase since 1977 has been rather more afflictive. "It's a pain," growled the owner of University Market and Deli in Charles Village, who must reprogram his electronic cash registers to calculate the tax increase from 5 percent to 6 percent. "I called my guy, and he already has 20 people before me. ... I cannot program those things." Across the state, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of small businesses with commercial-grade registers have been flooding specialists with requests to rejigger the checkout machines.

Customers order at the counter at S'ghetti Eddie's, so I grabbed a paper menu by the cash register and started scanning the choices. Pistachio-crusted trout? Barbecued ribs? It sounded great, but not what I was expecting from a pizza and pasta place. Whoops. I had picked up the Loco Hombre menu instead. I might just as easily have grabbed menus for Alonso's or Miss Shirley's, which were also on the counter. All are helmed by Edward Dopkin of the Classic Catering People Dopkins. Poor:]

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County. Baltimore Central Robbery -- A man entered the rear of KFC in the 1800 block of St. Paul St. about 6 p.m. Wednesday while a delivery was being made and forced an employee to give him the contents of a cash register. He fled with an undisclosed sum. Northwestern Arrest -- Tashawn Spain, 18, of the 5800 block of Ethelbert Ave. was arrested at his home early yesterday on a warrant charging him with armed robbery.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Anne Arundel County. Northern District Destruction of property: A woman reported that a brick was thrown at her Dodge Dakota while her husband drove it on Interstate 695 near Interstate 97 Tuesday. The brick damaged the vehicle's rear window. Nobody was hurt. Burglary: A Linthicum man reported that $18,000 in checks and cash was stolen from his home while he was out early Tuesday. Bundles of cash on a table were undisturbed.

The crime report is a sampling of crimes in Howard County compiled from police. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-313-3700. East Columbia Oakland Mills Road: 6900 block, Oakland Mills. Someone reported Nov. 3 that an air compressor, computer and computer software were stolen from a company's trailer. West Columbia Little Patuxent Parkway: 10300 block, Town Center. Someone pried open cash registers and stole an unspecified amount of money from the Sears department store at The Mall in Columbia on Nov. 6 or early Nov. 7. Wincopin Circle: 10200 block, Town Center.