Charged With Theft

2 charged with theft of wire from BGE Two men were charged with stealing $15,000 in copper wire from a BGE substation in Odenton early yesterday, and Anne Arundel County police said they are looking for a third suspect. Police responding to the BGE facility at 730 New Waugh Chapel Road about 3:45 a.m. yesterday Nov. 13 arrested one man as he fled into a nearby community and found the second hiding in nearby woods. Police said three individuals cut a hole in the fence to enter the facility and began removing copper wiring from within the yard.

Craig Hochstadt, a Maryland reserve attackman and a Boys' Latin graduate, was arrested earlier this month after a stolen parking pass from a senior campus administrator was found in a car registered in Hochstadt's name, a university police spokesman said yesterday. The freshman has been suspended for three games.Hochstadt, a Columbia native and the younger brother of the Terrapins' second-team All-America attackman Scott Hochstadt, was charged with theft by police on Feb. 8 after a university parking employee discovered an all-campus parking permit hanging in a car window.

A 15-year-old Columbia girl who spent the night locked in the Mall in Columbia was charged with theft after she was discovered in a bathroom yesterday morning, according to Howard County police.Police spokesman Sgt. Morris Carroll said a teen-ager was discovered about 8: 30 a.m. by a manager at Hecht's, allegedly disposing of clothing price tags in a toilet.The girl told the manager she worked in Hecht's cosmetics department, police said.That manager -- who is in charge of the cosmetics department -- called mall security, who then called police.

Police arrest Baltimore man in theft of electric drillPolice arrested a Baltimore man Wednesday and charged him with stealing a $40 electric drill from a Sears store in Annapolis, county police said.Donald Lee Carl, 44, of the 300 block of Payton St. was charged with theft.Stephen Baer, a security guard for the store in Parole Plaza, told police he saw a man pick up an electric drill about 3 p.m., hide it under his jacket and walk out, police said. Mr. Baer held the man for police.

A Washington man was arrested and charged with stealing merchandise from an Annapolis store, police said.Carmichael Odom, 36, of the 5600 block of Ninth Street N.W. was charged with theft of less than $300.An employee at the Sunglass Hut in the Annapolis Mall on Defense Highway told police he saw a man remove two pairs of Rayban sunglasses worth $200 from a display and place them beneath his coat shortly after 7 p.m.When the man walked out of the store without paying for the sunglasses, a mall security officer stopped him and brought him back to the store, a police report said.

County police arrested a Baltimore man Monday and charged him with stealing $187 worth of razors from a Glen Burnie Giant supermarket.Security officer Benny L. Fields told police he saw a man in the store in the 7300 block of Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. about 12:30 p.m. putting packs of razors in a cart. He later saw the man hide the razors under his coat and leave the store without paying for them, police said.Mr. Fields stopped the man and recovered 20 packs of razors, police reported.James Cameron McLean, 46, of the 2800 block of Woodbrook Ave. was charged with theft.

County police arrested four people on shoplifting charges Sunday and Monday in separate incidents at Glen Burnie stores.In the first, a security guard at Wal-Mart in the 7900 block of Crain Highway stopped a man who was trying to leave without lTC paying for more than $1,000 worth of computer equipment, police said.Carl Richards, the guard, told police he saw a man load a shopping cart with a Hewlett-Packard Desk Jet printer, a Canon color printer and a soundblaster CD-ROM disk about 1 p.m. Sunday and cover the items with his jacket.

Police arrested a Baltimore man and charged him with stealing compact discs worth $129 from Best Buy, county police said.Erin Michael Jackson, 19, of the 500 block of Riverside Road was charged with theft.A security guard at the store in the 6700 block of Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie told police he saw a man in the store about 3 p.m. take several CDs, conceal them in his coat and walk out. The guard held the man for police.Police logGlen Burnie: Someone ransacked a home in the 200 block of Cross Creek Drive between 2 p.m. and 3: 45 p.m. Tuesday and took $500 cash, a camera and jewelry.

County police arrested a Baltimore woman Tuesday on shoplifting charges in the theft of pain relievers and deodorant worth $40 from a Giant food store in Glen Burnie.Lynette Robin Gray, 31, of the 1000 block of Radnor Ave. was charged with theft. She was being held on $4,014 bond at the county detention center.Louis Rittermeyer Jr., a security guard at the store in the 7300 block of Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. told police he saw a woman conceal two bottles of Advil and a container of Secret deodorant about 10: 45 a.m. and walk past the registers without paying.

Two county residents were flown Tuesday to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center after their cars collided on Route 10, state police said yesterday.Joseph Bodnar, 30, of Glen Burnie was reported yesterday in serious but stable condition and Tammy Gunning, 30, of Pasadena was listed in critical condition.Police said Bodnar was driving north about 6: 30 p.m. Tuesday when his 1986 Plymouth Reliant crossed the 14-foot median and he began driving north in the southbound lanes.Gunning, who was in a 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass heading south, saw Bodnar's car coming at her. Both drivers swerved, but the cars collided on their passenger sides, police said.

It's the most recognizable digit in Baltimore. Authorities said that didn't dissuade four young men from ripping Cal Ripken Jr.'s 3 1/2 -foot-tall aluminum number 8 off its base in front of Camden Yards Tuesday night, throwing it into the back of a gray pickup truck and parading it through the city. The men, described in a police report as juiced up on alcohol, apparently got rowdy while stopped on the east side of Patterson Park, and someone called the police to complain. By then, Maryland Stadium Authority guards had flagged down passing police outside the ballpark, and detectives had reviewed a surveillance video showing four young men "pulling and kicking" the sculpture.

Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Central Baltimore Burglary Someone broke into a house in the 1800 block of McCulloh St. through the front door between Friday night and early Saturday while the 34-year-old male occupant was sleeping and removed a 54-inch TV, a 32-inch TV, an 8-inch portable TV and two coats. Total value of the property was nearly $1,800. The occupant slept through the burglary and was awakened by police who noticed the open door while on patrol. Southeastern Baltimore Assault Police were seeking a man, 28, accused of seriously assaulted a woman, 31, in her home in the 200 block of S. Dallas Court early Saturday.

2 charged with theft of wire from BGE Two men were charged with stealing $15,000 in copper wire from a BGE substation in Odenton early yesterday, and Anne Arundel County police said they are looking for a third suspect. Police responding to the BGE facility at 730 New Waugh Chapel Road about 3:45 a.m. yesterday Nov. 13 arrested one man as he fled into a nearby community and found the second hiding in nearby woods. Police said three individuals cut a hole in the fence to enter the facility and began removing copper wiring from within the yard.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County. Baltimore Northeastern Shooting -- A man, 21, was walking in the 4000 block of Montana Ave. about 1 p.m. Tuesday when he was approached by another man who pulled out a handgun and fired several shots, hitting the victim in the right foot. The victim was treated at a hospital and released. No arrest had been made, and police had found no motive. Central Robbery -- Police were seeking a gunman who robbed a man, 18, of his keys, a wallet and a cell phone while the victim walked in the 1300 block of Mount Royal Ave. about 12:15 p.m. Tuesday.

A 30-year-old man arrested in Elkridge has been charged with theft and identity fraud, accused of bilking NFL players out of cash by impersonating fellow athletes - including Ravens linebacker Peter Boulware - in a phone scheme. Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb and retired Washington Redskins cornerback Darrell Green fell victim to the scheme last month, which netted $1,500, Howard County police said yesterday. Police and NFL officials are wondering how the man - who lived out of motels in eastern Howard County - got access to personal phone numbers of the players.

A 30-year-old man arrested in Elkridge has been charged with theft and identity fraud, accused of bilking NFL players out of cash by impersonating fellow athletes - including Ravens linebacker Peter Boulware - in a phone scam. Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb and retired Washington Redskins cornerback Darrell Green fell victim to the scam last month, which netted $1,500, Howard County police said yesterday. Police and NFL officials are wondering how the man - who lived out of motels in eastern Howard County - got access to personal phone numbers of the players.

Anne Arundel County police today said one of their officers has been charged with theft for allegedly defrauding the department by claiming he was called to active duty with the U.S. Army. According to the department, the Western District command discovered in February 2004 that Officer Andrew Barnett had submitted fraudulent documentation stating he had been called to serve in Iraq. An investigation found that Barnett had not been called to active duty from December 2003 to February 2004, as the officer had claimed, police said.

Annapolis man charged in theft from teacher A man entered Benfield Elementary School in Severna Park through an unlocked door Tuesday morning and took money from a teacher's purse, Anne Arundel County police said. Just after the 8:30 a.m. incident, two teachers followed the man and cornered him a short distance from the school, police said. Rodney Keith Wilson, 43, of the 1300 block of Tyler Ave. in Annapolis was arrested by police and charged with theft. No pupils were in the building, said Michael Walsh, a spokesman for the county schools.

Four people accused of going on a shoplifting spree were charged with theft and conspiracy after one left behind a jacket with an identification card at the Wal-Mart in Mount Airy, authorities said. "It makes it easier for us," Lt. Terry L. Katz, commander of the Maryland State Police at the Westminster barracks, said of the identificationcard. Store employees told police that a man and three women left the store Sunday afternoon with $762 in merchandise, and a second shopping cart with items purchased with a store credit - from a returned blanket that employees suspected had been stolen previously.

Four people accused of going on a shoplifting spree were charged with theft and conspiracy after one left behind a jacket with an identification card at the Wal-Mart in Mount Airy, authorities said. "It makes it easier for us," Lt. Terry L. Katz, commander of the Maryland State Police at the Westminster barracks, said of the ID card. Store employees told police that a man and three women left the store Sunday afternoon with $762 in merchandise, and a second shopping cart with items purchased with a store credit - from a returned blanket that employees suspected had been stolen previously.