Fairmount Road

FIRE* Hampstead: Westminster, filling in at the Hampstead station, responded to a pole fire on Fairmount Road at 6:54 a.m. Monday. Units were outfor 32 minutes.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police and sheriff's reports in Carroll County. Eldersburg Shoplifting: Clothing valued at less than $500 was reported stolen from Kohl's department store in the 1300 block of Londontown Blvd. at 12:15 p.m. May 19. Charges are pending against two suspects. Finksburg Theft: About $5 in cash, a $25 pair of brown leather gloves and a $60 black Gerber flip-open knife were taken from an unlocked red 1999 GMC Sierra in the driveway of a home on Kays Mill Road between 4:40 p.m. May 17 and 7 a.m. May 18. Frizzellburg Theft: A wallet with cash was stolen from a vehicle parked at a residence in the 2100 block of Frizzellburg Road between 3:30 p.m. May 24 and 6:45 a.m. May 25. Hampstead area Burglary: Sixty pieces of silver tableware worth more than $1,000 were stolen from an unlocked home in the 1700 block of Fairmount Road between 11:30 a.m. and noon May 17. The items were taken from a wooden chest in the dining room.

FIRE* Hampstead: Hampstead, Manchester and Arcadia of Baltimore County responded to a house fire in the 2200 block of Fairmount Road at 9:37 p.m. Monday. Units were out for 23 minutes.

FireHampstead: Firefighters responded at 5: 03 p.m. Saturday to a trash fire on Black Rock Road. Units were out eight minutes.Hampstead: Firefighters responded at 1: 32 p.m. Friday to an illegal burning on Fairmount Road near Farmwoods Lane. Units were out 22 minutes.Pub Date: 12/01/98

FIRE* Hampstead: Hampstead responded to a woods fire on Fairmount Road at 7:49 p.m. Tuesday. Units were out 20 minutes.* Lineboro: Lineboro responded to a brush fire on Glenview Road in York County at 6:51 p.m. Tuesday. Units were out 30 minutes.

About 45 Hampstead residents applauded a Town Council decision last night to make the intersection of Fairmount Road, McAllister Lane and Popes Creek Drive a full four-way stop.The stop line for westbound traffic on Fairmount Road will also be moved back from the middle of the intersection.The council voted 4-1 to make the change. Councilman Arthur Moler voted against it."I think we're taking too drastic an action as a first pass at the problem," Mr. Moler said.He also said forcing cars to stop on Fairmount Road would cause traffic backups.

FireHampstead: Firefighters from Manchester and Westminster assisted Hampstead at 11: 23 a.m. Wednesday, responding to a combine fire on Route 482. Units were out 52 minutes.PoliceHampstead: A resident of Fairmount Road told police that someone stole a car phone from his unlocked vehicle while it was parked in his unlocked garage between 3 p.m. Monday and 11 a.m. Tuesday. The loss was estimated at $160.Pub Date: 11/22/96

The Hampstead Town Council last night found itself caught between conflicting petitions.At the council meeting, chaired by Councilman Arthur Moler because Mayor Clint Becker was out of town for a funeral, Wallace Boston presented a petition asking the council to reverse its October decision to create a four-way stop at the intersection of Fairmount Road, McAllister Lane and Popes Creek Drive.Mr. Boston, who lives on St. Paul Street, said the petition contained 160 signatures.About half were from town residents, he said, and half were from other people who use Fairmount Road daily.

FiresManchester: Firefighters from Manchester, Hampstead, Lineboro, and Arcadia, Baltimore County, responded at 7: 29 p.m. Tuesday to a barn fire in the 3000 block of Warehime Road. Units were out two and a half hours. The barn was destroyed, but no injuries were reported.Hampstead: Firefighters from Hampstead, Manchester, Reese, and Boring and Arcadia, Baltimore County, responded at 8: 42 p.m. Tuesday to a stove fire in the 1700 block of Fairmount Road. Units were out 40 minutes.Pub Date: 10/29/98

FiresLineboro: Firefighters from Lineboro and Manchester assisted a York County, Pa., unit at a building fire on Bonaire Road at 10: 35 p.m. Thursday. Units were out 4 1/2 hours.Lineboro: Firefighters from Hampstead, Manchester, Westminster and Pleasant Hill in Adams County, Pa., responded to a barn fire in the 4100 block of Alesia Lineboro Road at 1: 44 a.m. Saturday. Units were out three hours and 30 minutes.Lineboro: Firefighters helped York County, Pa., transfer an engine to the New Freedom station at 9: 55 a.m. Saturday.

A 28-year-old woman was killed and her boyfriend seriously injured when her pickup truck skidded out of control, broke through a guardrail and rolled down an 80-foot embankment early yesterday.Baltimore County police cited excessive speed and alcohol in the accident that claimed the life of Michelle Chambers of the 2400 block of Fairmount Road in Hampstead. Her boyfriend, George Bosley III, 37, of the same address, was flown to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was listed in serious condition.

FireHampstead: Hampstead responded to a wash detail on South Main Street at 6:29 p.m. Monday. Units were out for 15 minutes.Hampstead: Hampstead, Manchester and Arcadia of Baltimore County responded to a building fire at the intersection of Gill Avenue and Main Street at 9:17 a.m. Friday. Units were out for 20 minutes.Hampstead: Hampstead responded to utility wires on fire near Fairmount Road and Meadow Lane at 10:14 a.m. Saturday. Units were out for 15 minutes.Lineboro: Lineboro responded to a 911 call where no one was on the line in the 3300 block of Lineboro Road at 12:54 p.m. Saturday.

A case of quick recognition brought a Hampstead man into custody earlier this week when a state trooper -- working on another case -- realized the man he was interviewing was wanted in connection with a Westminster robbery.Police said that after David Scott Utz, 24, was confronted about the December robbery of the Westminster High's store on East Main Street, he confessed to crimes ranging from assault and burglary to reckless endangerment and animal cruelty.Mr. Utz, of the 2400 block of Fairmount Road in Hampstead, is being held at the Carroll County Detention Center in two cases, one filed by the Maryland State Police and the other by Westminster police.