Charged With Theft

A long-sought suspect in December's drug-related slaying of an Arnold high school senior was arrested Wednesday in New York City.Annapolis police have charged Eddie Rivers Jr., 23, of Brooklyn, with first-degree murder. He is being held in the Brooklyn Detention Center on weapons charges and is awaiting extradition.Police say the man was arrested using an alias, and a comparison of his fingerprints led police to positively identify him.Annapolis police spokesman Officer Dermott Hickey said Rivers is believed tobe the trigger man in the slaying of Darryll Downs, 18, of the 300 block of Ternwing Drive.

An Annapolis man who police said was fleeing with a stolen vehicle was involved in a three-car pile-up Sunday that landed him first in the hospital and then in jail. Police said Curtis Proctor Jr., 26, lost control and overturned the Hyundai Sonata on Spa Road near the Westgate Circle roundabout shortly after 7 p.m. The vehicle landed on the trunk of a Lincoln Town Car and pushed it into another vehicle. The injured Proctor was trapped inside and had to be extricated by fire crews.

A Glen Burnie woman has been charged with trying to steal $11 worth of makeup from a Brooklyn Park Rite Aid store Tuesday afternoon, county police said.A security officer at the store in the 5600 block of Ritchie Highway saw a woman hide the makeup shortly before 4:30 p.m. When the woman tried to leave with the merchandise, the security officer stopped her and held her until police arrived.Agnes Catherine Bellamy, 23, of the 400 block of Hidden Brook Drive, was charged with misdemeanor theft, police said.

Anne Arundel County police are investigating several armed robberies that occurred over the weekend in Brooklyn Park, Galesville, Glen Burnie and Annapolis. In several cases, they have descriptions of the suspects, but have been unable to locate them. Officers on patrol in Gambrills did arrest a 29-year-old Arnold man in connection with a series of thefts from autos. Officers stopped a vehicle, known to be involved in the thefts, at about 3 a.m. Friday on Reidel Road, near Route 3. The driver Brandon Michael Smith of the 1100 block Wright Avenue gave officers the consent to search the vehicle.

County police arrested two Baltimore women Saturday on charges that they stole $403 worth of clothing from Macy's in Marley Station.Linda Marie O'Neill, 35, of the 9600 block of Baron Place and Josephine Ann Guernsey, 42, of the 300 block of Shagbark Road were charged with theft.Steve Sumner, a security guard, told police he saw two women take several items from the Tommy Hilfiger display into a fitting room about 6 p.m., then come out without any of the clothing.A security guard went in to the fitting room after the women left and did not find the clothes, police said.

Two Pennsylvania men were arrested and charged with theft and burglary after a high-speed chase in the Manchester area early yesterday, state police said.Investigators said they had been on a stakeout at businesses along Hanover Pike after several break-ins at gasoline stations in the Manchester and Hampstead areas.Shortly after midnight, officers saw two men in a brown Nissan stop at area businesses and take money from vending machines, police said.As the Nissan left Ron's Automotive in the 4000 block of Hanover Pike, a state trooper tried to stop the vehicle, which sped off. The Nissan started north on Route 30 with the trooper in pursuit, FTC turned left on Ebbvale Road to Hoover Mill Road to Bachman Valley Road and back to Route 30 at speeds up to 75 mph, police said.

A Baltimore man was charged with theft after police said they searched his home and found building supplies that had been stolen from a Harmans company.Detectives said they searched a house in the 5000 block of Kramme Ave. and another in the 400 block of Longwood Ave. in Glen Burnie Wednesday and found 15 doors and other building materials valued at $3,500.They arrested Frank E. Knight, 29, of the Kramme Avenue address.Car rear-ends bus on Defense HighwayCounty police charged a 16-year-old Gambrills girl with failing to stop for a school bus after the car she was driving rear-ended a bus that had stopped to pick up a child Wednesday morning.

Two teen-agers accused of conspiring to fake the holdup of an Eldersburg 7-Eleven store Saturday have been charged with felony theft, conspiracy and filing a false report, state police said yesterday.Investigators said a clerk at the convenience store in the 2000 block of Liberty Road reported he was robbed by an armed man about 6:30 p.m. Saturday.The clerk initially gave police a description of a man dressed in black who fled with $596 after threatening him with a large semiautomatic pistol.

A security guard at a Giant Food store in the 7900 block of Crain Highway went after a suspected shoplifter Tuesday afternoon and got a drug suspect in the bargain, county police said yesterday.The guard followed a man he suspected of stealing dental products into the parking lot shortly before 5 p.m. He stopped the man, brought him back into the store and searched him, police said. The guard found $11 worth of nonprescription painkillers and two bags of suspected cocaine, police said.Daniel Eugene Starliper, 21, of the 7800 block of Citadel Court in Severn was charged with theft under $300 and possession of cocaine in the incident, police said.

The 18-year-old son of County Councilman David G. Boschert, D-Crownsville, was charged with theft after police said he and some friends stole soda coolers from a Glen Burnie convenience store Monday.Michael C. Boschert, of the 100 block Bacon Ridge Road, was charged after the 12:30 a.m. incident outside the Dash-In store on Crain Highway,police spokesman Officer V. Richard Molloy said.Molloy said Boschert was outside the store when police arrived. Police had received complaints that a group of people were throwing things at cars.

Anne Arundel police have charged a 19-year-old city man with burglary after he was spotted carrying a TV at the North Linthicum Light Rail Station. Corey Monte Williams, of the 1800 block of Woodbourne Avenue, faces two counts of burglary and one count of theft in the incident Friday. Witnesses told police they had seen a man walking along Regency Circle near Minta Court with a television in his hands. A homeowner in the 200 block of Minta Court had just reported a stolen TV, police said.

A Baltimore police officer has been charged with attempted theft of groceries at a Northeast Baltimore store after a cashier — the officer's daughter — rang up items for her at reduced prices, police said Saturday. "We demand, we expect more from the people who wear this badge," Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. The officer is facing both an internal investigation and a criminal summons. The charge comes within days of the department's suspending John A. Ward, 32, a four-year veteran of the force.

A case in which a Parkton woman was charged with theft of a dog in 2009 was settled before the case went to trial, according to court documents. According to assistant state's attorney Jared Green, Leslie Slebzak was accused of stealing "D.O.G. ", a 1-year-old male Brittany spaniel belonging to Parkton neighbor Billie Jo Ashe. Ashe said she discoverd her dog in August 2010 tied up in Slebzak's garage and the dog had been neutered, according to Green. A criminal case was filed in Baltimore County District in July 2011.

An Annapolis man accused of charging dozens of schools across the state to deliver Ravens players for assemblies then reneging without refunding the money has been placed on the most-wanted list in Queen Anne's County, where he has been charged with three counts of theft, police said. Schools and parent groups statewide have sought to recoup money from Joseph Gill of Annapolis and his company, Odyssey Group LLC, saying that the company charged them to schedule Ravens players to speak to students about bullying prevention and character education at assemblies.

A man arrested for attempted theft was mistakenly released from custody, the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said Monday. Nathan Cockrell, who's charged with attempted theft of less than $100, was set free from the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center about 7 a.m. Friday, officials said. City and state police were notified. "He has not returned to the facility," a statement from authorities said. tricia.bishop@baltimoresun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

Baltimore County police have charged three men in a stolen car parts ring that involved items stripped from cars in Howard and Prince George's counties. Christian Ariel Pujols-Martinez, 24, of Hyattsville, Maurico Antonio Majano, 32, of Laurel and Dremmier Reinsoso-Silvestre, 26, of Hyattsville were arrested in February after a Pikesville resident called 911 to report a theft in progress on Stonehenge Circle. Police said the three men were linked to a burglary in the 9000 block of Bryn Mawr Road in Baltimore, in which a garage was broken into and a car was stripped of its doors, dash and airbag.

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.

A Severna Park man was arrested Wednesday after cigarettes and a ham were stolen from a Severna Park Safeway market.Police said a man entered the store in the 500 block of Benfield Road just before 4 p.m. Wednesday. Store employees told police that the man took cigarettes and ham from a display, put them into his pants and left the store. An employee stopped him before he left and called police.James E. Frick, 36, of the 600 block of Park Road in Severna Park was arrested and charged with theft.

Howard County Police arrested a 30-year-old Silver Spring man Thursday they say is the "Preppy Burglar" who broke into a Highland house earlier this month. Jeremy Matthew Hall of the 1400 block of Silo Way faces burglary, theft and destruction of property charges, police said. Police received a tip from someone who recognized Hall in the footage released to media Wednesday. The video from Sept. 14 shows a man wearing a necktie and button down shirt robbing a house in the 7600 block of Browns Bridge Road, which is west of Fulton and south of Route 216 near the Montgomery County line.

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.