Crain Highway

A Glen Burnie man was robbed Saturday morning after he used a Signet Bank automated teller machine in the 500 block of Crain Highway, county police said.Joseph Paskel Magner, 27, made a cash withdrawal shortly after 8:30 a.m. As he completed the transaction, a man walked up to him and pulled out a large, dark-colored revolver and threatened to shoot if Mr. Magner didn't give him the money, police said.The man took an undisclosed amount of cash and ran across Crain Highway.

An employee at Mikie's restaurant in Glen Burnie pulled a shotgun from the hands of a man attempting to rob the restaurant on Wednesday morning and struck him with the weapon several times until the man fled, according to Anne Arundel County Police. Officers responded to a report of an attempted robbery at the restaurant in the 1200 block of Crain Highway about 6:16 a.m., police said. Once there, they were told that an unknown man had entered the restaurant with the shotgun and confronted the male employee.

A 21-year-old Glen Burnie man was stabbed and robbed and his friend was assaulted early Saturday morning near Crain Highway and Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard, county police said.Andrew Achnick of the 7800 block of Americana Circle was stabbed in the right thigh. He was treated at North Arundel Hospital and released.Police said Mr. Achnick was sitting in the passenger seat of a friend's car at 12:30 a.m., when he got into an argument with three men and a woman in a car at an intersection near Crain Highway and Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard.

A Virginia man riding a motorcycle was killed after being struck by a car in Anne Arundel County on Sunday afternoon, police said. Police identified the man who was killed as Jonathan Wesley Roberts, 30, of Aylett, Va. Police say he was struck by a Chevy Cobalt driven by Elizabeth H. Meyers, 19, of Severn, about 1:40 p.m. The Cobalt was crossing Crain Highway to enter the parking lot of the Royal Farms near Carver Road in Crofton, police said,...

The same man tried unsuccessfully to rob one customer at an automated teller machine on Crain Highway early yesterday and returned 20 minutes later to rob a second customer, county police said.Police said Bruce J. Jones, 36, of the 100 block of Furnlea Dr., went to the machine at the NationsBank branch at Crain Highway and Eighth Avenue about 12:30 a.m. A man came up behind him, held an object to his back and demanded money. The man ran off when Mr. Jones told him he had no money. Mr. Jones did not report the incident until 2:15 a.m., police said.

Anne Arundel County police are searching for the men who robbed a Friendly's restaurant in Glen Burnie Sunday night and stabbed one of the patrons. Police said that two men wearing black ski masks and dark clothing, one of them armed with a handgun and knife, came into the restaurant in the 400 block of Crain Highway shortly before 9 p.m. and took money from the business, and cash and personal items from patrons. A customer who may have resisted was cut in the torso, police said.

It's hard to imagine Faye's Sub Shop any other place than on Crain Highway in Glen Burnie.Faye Hines herself made the restaurant a downtown institution, catering to merchants, antique car buffs and the homeless.But Hines' landlord downtown did not renew her lease. So, on July 6, the 1950s-style diner will move to Dorsey Road near Friendship Park, away from a busy downtown street and onto a speedy road surrounded by business parks.The sub shop's departure, downtown workers and patrons say, will hurt Glen Burnie more than Faye.

Crain Highway High's store robbedA Glen Burnie High's store in the 7900 block of Crain Highway was robbed late Saturday by a gunman wearing a nylon stocking mask, county police reported.The man, described as 30 to 40 years old and wearing a blue jacket and jeans, threatened an employee with a handgun and demanded that a shopping bag be filled with money. He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. No arrest was reported.

Anne Arundel County police are trying to find the person who has been spray-painting the word "cool" on buildings in south Glen Burnie."We're speculating it's the same person because he's spray-painting the same word on all the walls," said Detective Eric Burns of the Northern District police station.Vandalized buildings were the Glen Burnie Improvement Association pavilion behind South Crain Highway and First Avenue, and Riley's Body Shop at 800 South Crain Highway, both on Feb. 26; and Gene's Lock & Key Service at 500 South Crain Highway, and the Raymond C. Fink Funeral Home at 426 South Crain Highway, both on Feb. 16.Police are speculating that a juvenile from the area is responsible.

Man is struck by car while crossing highwayA 24-year-old Baltimore man was in fair condition yesterday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after he was struck by a car Saturday as he crossed Crain Highway, county police said.Christopher Carol Chaney of the 2100 block of Eagle St. had parked on a lot on Crain Highway near Eighth Avenue and was running across the street when he was struck by a car driven by David K. Luber of the 800 block of Bentwillow Drive in Glen Burnie, police said.Mr. Luber, 38, told police that Mr. Chaney stopped on the center line as if he were waiting for Mr. Luber to pass, but then stepped in front of the car. Mr. Luber said he could not avoid hitting him.Police LogGlen Burnie: Someone broke in the front door of the Bay Deli in the 600 block of Crain Highway Sunday and stole an undisclosed amount of money.

As of 9 a.m. Monday, traffic was slow on I-97 southbound near Crain Highway in Anne Arundel County, due to an accident. Accidents were slowing traffic on I-83 southbound near Belfast Road, Monroe Street and Frederick Avenue in Baltimore City, Clarksville Pike and Cedar Lane in Howard County, and Route 140 and Sullivan Avenue near Westminster. A disabled vehicle was slowing traffic on the inner loop of I-695 at Dulaney Valley Road in Baltimore County. Monument Street is closed between Wolfe Street and Patterson Park Avenue in East Baltimore due to sinkhole repairs.

Ten people were injured when an MTA bus collided with a car in Glen Burnie on Saturday night, according to Anne Arundel County fire officials. Responders were dispatched to the scene at Crain Highway and 8th Avenue at 9:45 p.m., officials said. One child was taken to Johns Hopkins Children's Center, and another was transported to Baltimore Washington Medical Center. Eight people involved in the crash were taken to Harbor Hospital. No further details were immediately available.

Annapolis police charged a 37-year-old Glen Burnie man Friday with threatening a state official. James Armstead also faces two counts of phone misuse. The charges stem from phone calls Armstead made Tuesday to the Anne Arundel County Office of Child Support Enforcement in Annapolis. Armstead called the office and threatened to kill employees and himself. The suspect spoke of a "Batman"-style shooting, referring to the Aurora, Colo., movie theater incident last month, police said.

Randall Shreve Jr.'s 1999 robbery of the Carrollton Bank in Glen Burnie didn't go so well, but it didn't stop him from trying again, federal prosecutors say. On Friday, Shreve, 44, was sentenced to more than 19 years in federal prison after being convicted for the second time in 12 years of robbing the bank in the 400 block of Crain Highway. He received an 11-year sentence after the first robbery and was on supervised probation at the time of the most recent crime. According to his guilty plea, on May 23, 2011 Shreve forced two tellers standing outside to enter the bank.

A Glen Burnie man continued to rob banks in Maryland and in three other states while on supervised release stemming from his conviction in 1997 for robbing banks in Georgia and Florida, according o the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Gary Allen Densmore, 56, to 13 years in prison for his most recent robbery spree, and an additional five years for violating the provisions of his release. Authorities said that Densmore, who pleaded guilty, robbed the Carrollton Bank on Crain Highway in Glen Burnie on Feb. 2, 2011 by handing a teller a note and a bag. He got away with $2,300, and prosecutors said he made his getaway in a stolen vehicle.

A former Glen Burnie man who went on an interstate bank-robbing spree last year was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison by a U.S. District Court on Monday. Allen Densmore, 56, robbed the Severn Savings Bank on Crain Highway in Glen Burnie of $2,300 on Feb. 3, 2011, after providing the teller a demand note and a bag, federal prosecutors said. After fleeing Maryland in a stolen vehicle, Densmore went on to rob banks in Wisconsin, South Dakota and Iowa, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

On January 12, 2004, MELVIN L. UPTON of Severn, MD, beloved husband of the late Hilda F. Upton; loving father of Allen Upton and Muriel Gyory; dear brother of Calvin, Beverly and Elzie Upton, Bernice Kahler and Dorothy Clark. Also, survived by four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the family owned Kirkley-Ruddick Funeral Home P.A., 421 Crain Highway, S.E., Glen Burnie on Wednesday and Thursday 3 to 5 & 7 to 9 P.M. Services will be held on Friday at 11:00 AM. Interment in Friendship Cemetery.

A 48-year-old man was arrested after a short pursuit in connection with the Thursday morning burglary of a Glen Burnie hardware store, according to Anne Arundel County police. Officers from the Eastern District responded to an Ace Hardware store in the 7900 block of Crain Highway at approximately 3:30 a.m. Thursday and noticed Richard Scott Rotramel of Glen Burnie leaving the store's parking lot in a Chevy Cavalier, police said. Rotramel refused to stop, so officers followed the vehicle, according to police.

As of 9:30 a.m., traffic was slow on Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard at the Baltimore Beltway, due to an accident involving two vehicles. Accidents were blocking traffic on westbound I-70 at Route 32 in Howard County and Crain Highway and New Cut Road in Anne Arundel County. No major delays were reported on local transit systems.