Columbia Man

A 36-year-old Columbia man wearing a white bra and panties behind the Columbia Inn in Town Center was arrested on indecent exposure charges, police said.Edgar Howard Bryant Jr. of the 7900 block of Guilford Road in Hickory Ridge village was charged early yesterday with indecent exposure and possession of marijuana. He was released on his own recognizance yesterday.Police said Bryant was sitting in front of the Columbia Inn in the 10200 block of Wincopin Circle about 2: 30 a.m. "rubbing his body in a sexual manner," according to court documents.

The trial of a 51-year-old Columbia man accused of fatally shooting his wife and wounding his stepdaughter in the parking lot of the Howard County Circuit Courthouse last year has been postponed until next month. Tuse S. Liu was scheduled to be tried on murder and attempted-murder charges next week, but his lawyer requested a delay to allow a defense psychiatrist to evaluate Liu's psychiatric records. Liu, who reportedly had hoped to use an insanity defense, was examined by state psychiatrists and found to be criminally responsible and competent to stand trial.

A Howard County Circuit Court jury has convicted Antonio Beard of robbing and cutting a 13-year-old boy who was walking to his Wilde Lake home in September.After two days of testimony in which Beard's defense attorney challenged the teen-ager's identification of Beard as his assailant, the jury took about five hours Friday to convict Beard on armed robbery, assault with intent to maim, assault and theft charges.The Columbia man could face up to 35 years in prison when he is sentenced.Beard's attorney, Samuel Truette, declined to comment.

A 21-year-old Columbia man who took part in an armed robbery and a carjacking in June 2008 was sentenced Tuesday in Howard County Circuit Court to 25 years in jail for one incident and faces up to 10 years for the other. Judge Louis A. Becker sentenced Chaz Bazzle to 25 years in connection with the carjacking and is sending him to the Patuxent Institute so he can receive mental health treatment. On June 29, 2008, Bazzle and another man robbed three people in the parking lot of a Columbia apartment complex about 3 a.m., taking $50 in cash from one victim and cell phones from the other two, according to court documents.

A Columbia man was seriously injured Thursday night when he lost control of his pickup truck in Ellicott City, Howard County police said. Kevin S. Sinnott, 48, of the 7400 block of Setting Sun Way was merging from U.S. 40 West onto U.S. 29 North just after 7 p.m. when he lost control of his Toyota Tacoma SR5 and crashed, police said. Sinnott was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where he was in fair condition last night.

Howard County police said yesterday that they were continuing to investigate the Friday night shooting of a Columbia man. Officers responded at 8:29 p.m. to reports of shots fired and found Patrick N. O'Donnell, 22, on the sidewalk in the 8900 block of Tamar Drive, police said. O'Donnell, of the 5600 block of High Tor Hill, was treated for a gunshot wound to the left hip at Maryland Shock Trauma Center and released. No further information was available yesterday.

A 30-year-old Columbia man was stabbed in the shoulder as he was fleeing from a robber near Long Reach Village Center on Saturday, Howard County police said.Edward Williams of the 5700 block of Stevens Forest Road, told police a man in a hooded top demanded money at 2: 50 a.m.Williams was leaving the village center Exxon station and ran from the assailant. He was stabbed as he was running, and a passing motorist drove him to Howard County General Hospital. The assailant fled. Williams had surgery to stop the bleeding.

Howard County police charged a Columbia man yesterday with making a false bomb threat last week that targeted the George Howard Building in Ellicott City.Police said a man called them at 9: 45 a.m. Feb. 1, saying there were "several bombs" under the county government building. Officials traced the call to a home on Jason Lane in Wilde Lake. When police arrived, a man there said he had more bombs, prompting a three-hour blockade, police said.The man eventually surrendered peacefully, and he was taken to a mental health facility.