Convenience Store

Baltimore police have released two pictures of possible suspects in Tuesday night's shooting of a customer during a holdup of a Royal Farms store in Hamilton. The Sun's Steve Kilar wrote: "According to spokesman Det. Donny Moses, officers responded about 9:40 p.m. to reports of a shooting at the store. There, they found a 46-year-old man who had been shot in the chest. "He was conscious and breathing as medics took him to Johns Hopkins Hospital. As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, Moses said the victim was hospitalized in good condition and, barring any setbacks, was scheduled for release later in the day. "According to witnesses, two seemingly masked men - one armed with a silver handgun - came in and announced a robbery, Moses said.

A man is in custody after he allegedly robbed a cab driver at gun point shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday and forced the driver to take him to various locations, including a Glen Burnie convenience store that the man also robbed, police said. Following the robbery at the Dash In, in the 7800 block of Quarterfield Road, the suspect told the cab driver to transport him to Glen Burnie before he eventually got out of the cab., police said The 24-year-old male driver contacted police.

The FBI is going to lead the investigation into the shooting of a customer during a robbery of Royal Farms convenience store in Northeast Baltimore Tuesday night. Police said a $2,500 reward is being offered in the case. New information from police : Authorities said the gunman demanded the customer's wallet and shot him as he reached to get it. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said that the FBI's Violent Crime Task Force, which includes members of the city force, will take over the case.

The FBI is going to lead the investigation into the shooting of a customer during a robbery of Royal Farms convenience store in Northeast Baltimore Tuesday night. Police said a $2,500 reward is being offered in the case. New information from police : Authorities said the gunman demanded the customer's wallet and shot him as he reached to get it. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said that the FBI's Violent Crime Task Force, which includes members of the city force, will take over the case.

A Baltimore County jury convicted a man Thursday of shooting and wounding the owner of a Catonsville convenience store and killing the lone customer during a robbery nearly two years ago, according to prosecutors. Braderick Green, 37, could receive life without parole when he is sentenced in November. He already is serving 11 life sentences in connection with a shootout with nearly a dozen police officers in Baltimore four days after he robbed Yours Convenience Store on Frederick Road.

A customer was shot in the chest during an armed robbery of a Hamilton convenience store in Northeast Baltimore Tuesday night. The victim was described as conscious and breathing when it was taken to an area hospital. The Sun's Steve Kilar reports that two masked men ran away. One was armed with a silver handgun, and went behind the counter and took money and cigarettes. Read the complete story here . In a controversial move. federal immigration agents are to begin checking the residency status of people arrested in Baltimore . The move is drawing a rebuke from the city's mayor, who believes it will prevent victims from calling police for help and cooperating in helping to solve crime.

Starting today, Sudhir Shah will close his Catonsville convenience store three hours earlier. In the fall, he will lock the door at dusk and only take in customers whose faces he recognizes. The changes, though, will end there. Shah said he won't keep a gun, trusting, instead that something such as the November robbery at his store — in which he was shot in the head and a customer was killed in front of him — will never happen again. "It screwed up my life," said Shah, as he prepared the store earlier this week to reopen on a full-time basis with a communitywide celebration.

A gunman robbed a Glen Burnie gas station and convenience store Wednesday of an undisclosed amount of money, county police said yesterday.The bandit walked into Uncle Marvin's Oasis in the 7700 block of Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. about 11:05 p.m. and asked the clerk for a pack of cigarettes. While the clerk got the cigarettes, the man showed a handgun he had tucked in his waistband and demanded all the money from the cash register, police said.The clerk put the money in a brown bag and handed it to the robber, who fled the store and headed south on Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard.

Two men cleared out the cash drawer at a Ferndale convenience store Wednesday, getting away with an undisclosed amount of money, county police said.A clerk at the Royal Farms store in the 7000 block of Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. told police that the men walked into the store just after 10 p.m., brought a bag of chips to the counter and demanded that the clerk hand over the cash in the register.The clerk opened the register, and the men grabbed the money, then ordered the clerk to give them cigarettes and money from a nearby lottery machine.

County police are looking for the man who robbed a Severn convenience store Sunday night.Police said a man wearing a red flannel shirt and blue jeans walked into the High's Dairy store in the 2600 blockof Annapolis Road at about 9:45 p.m. and demanded money.The clerk gave him money from the cash register and the man left the store.Police describe the robber as a white male, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, with brown curly hair. He was last seen driving a white pickup with a washing machine in the back.

Baltimore police have released two pictures of possible suspects in Tuesday night's shooting of a customer during a holdup of a Royal Farms store in Hamilton. The Sun's Steve Kilar wrote: "According to spokesman Det. Donny Moses, officers responded about 9:40 p.m. to reports of a shooting at the store. There, they found a 46-year-old man who had been shot in the chest. "He was conscious and breathing as medics took him to Johns Hopkins Hospital. As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, Moses said the victim was hospitalized in good condition and, barring any setbacks, was scheduled for release later in the day. "According to witnesses, two seemingly masked men - one armed with a silver handgun - came in and announced a robbery, Moses said.

A customer was shot in the chest during an armed robbery of a Hamilton convenience store in Northeast Baltimore Tuesday night. The victim was described as conscious and breathing when it was taken to an area hospital. The Sun's Steve Kilar reports that two masked men ran away. One was armed with a silver handgun, and went behind the counter and took money and cigarettes. Read the complete story here . In a controversial move. federal immigration agents are to begin checking the residency status of people arrested in Baltimore . The move is drawing a rebuke from the city's mayor, who believes it will prevent victims from calling police for help and cooperating in helping to solve crime.

A Virginia man is being held at the Harford County Detention Center in Bel Air after he was arrested and charged in connection with the armed robbery of a Joppa convenience store Tuesday evening, Maryland State Police said. Andrew Martin Javoroski, 22, of the 16000 block of Sheffield Lane in Dumfries, Va., is charged with first- and second-degree assault, robbery, armed robbery, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, unauthorized removal of property and theft between $10,000 and $100,000, according to Maryland online court records.

Police say an "alert citizen" in Sykesville tackled a man who was beating a High's convenient store clerk with a baseball bat on Friday, Jan. 6, but couldn't detain the assailant long enough for police to make an arrest. As a result, Maryland State Police and the Sykesville Police Department are searching for the clerk's attacker, and have obtained a warrant for Darrell Webb Jr., 21, of the 1800 block of Amanda Lane, Sykesville. Police said Webb is wanted for armed robbery, first degree assault and theft.

As I read the read this sad story ("Sentencing latest chapter in tragic tale," Catonsville Times, Nov. 9), I was angered by the murder. But most of all, I had sorrow in my heart for the family who lost a loved one. And I thought that we have the death penalty as part of Maryland's criminal justice system. Life without parole is a well deserved judgment, but I believe it is less than what justice demands. Cold blooded murder of an innocent life calls for the murderer to forfeit his life.

A Baltimore County jury convicted a man Thursday of shooting and wounding the owner of a Catonsville convenience store and killing the lone customer during a robbery nearly two years ago, according to prosecutors. Braderick Green, 37, could receive life without parole when he is sentenced in November. He already is serving 11 life sentences in connection with a shootout with nearly a dozen police officers in Baltimore four days after he robbed Yours Convenience Store on Frederick Road.

North Charles Street , 6200 block, 8:26 p.m. June 13. Man entered 7-Eleven store, pressed black handgun against clerk's arm and told him to open registers. Man took cash and coins and fled. York Road, 7200 block, 9:07 p.m. June 13. Man walked behind counter at Royal Farms store, displayed black handgun, told two clerks to hand over cash and cigarettes. Items and cash taken; man fled out rear door. In addition to these incidents, the following items were compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts.

Baltimore police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man suspected of holding up several convenience stores in the city. At least four robberies have occurred over the past two weeks in the north, northwest and northeast parts of Baltimore — all targeting 7-Eleven and Royal Farms stores. According to police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, the gunman is considered "armed and dangerous. " Guglielmi said the man typically enters the store during off-peak hours and approaches the cash register under the guise of buying an item.