Garrison District

Baltimore CityCAB HOLDUP: Western District -- A driver for the Royal cab company was robbed of $16 by a gunman in the 2600 block of W. Saratoga St. Thursday afternoon.ROBBERY: Western District -- Two men, one with a .38-caliber revolver, robbed a resident of the 1800 block of N. Gilmor St. of $125 in the 1500 block of W. North Ave. Thursday.ROBBERY: Western District -- A resident of the 6100 block of Marlora Road was in the 2300 block of Gwynns Falls Parkway Wednesday night when a gunman robbed him of $315.

BALTIMORE CITY* STOLEN CARS: Northeastern District -- A 1988 Dodge Colt with Maryland tags VCM671 was stolen from the 5700 block of Cedonia Ave. Monday or Tuesday.* STOLEN CAR: Northwestern District -- A 1991 Plymouth with Maryland tags ZDJ349 was stolen from the 3200 block of Milford Ave. Monday or Tuesday. Also stolen from the 3000 block of Milford Ave. Monday or Tuesday was a 1983 Toyota with Maryland tags WRC760.* BURGLARY/ARRESTS: Northwestern District -- Police responding to a burglary in progress in the 3200 block of Powhatan Ave. Monday arrested two men shortly after they fled.

BALTIMORE CITY* STRONGARM ASSAULT AND ROBBERY: Central District -- A man used force to take a canvas backpack containing $100 from a woman in the 1500 block of N. Charles St. Tuesday night.* ARMED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY: Western District -- A thief struck a man with a rock and stole his guitar Tuesday morning in the 500 block of Evergreen St. Police have a suspect in custody.* ARMED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY: Northern District -- A man robbed a woman of $300 at gunpoint Tuesday night in the 5200 block of York Road.

Call it a bad sequel -- The Burglar Alarm From Hell Part II.That's what some Timber Grove residents thought when a vacationing neighbor's burglar alarm went off three days ago and kept going.Luckily for them, Garrison District police officers and a Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. electronic technician took care of the problem yesterday afternoon before things got nasty -- unlike a similar Randallstown incident in May when neighbors suffered through six days of almost nonstop whoop-whoop-whooping and continuing media coverage.

A Pikesville resident was abducted from his home last night by a man who forced him to withdraw money from a 24-hour teller machine in the city, Baltimore County police said.Lt. Rick Landsman of the Garrison District said the victim, Stanley N. Block, 47, of the 2700 block of Willow Glen Drive, was not injured.Mr. Block told police he was confronted about 8:30 p.m. in a first-floor hallway by a man who implied he was armed.Police said Mr. Block was forced to drive to Mondawmin Mall in Northwest Baltimore and ordered to stop at an automated teller machine.

Baltimore CityCARJACKING: Northwestern District A 42-year-old resident of the 6100 block of Green Meadow Parkway was abducted Thursday night by a gunman who forced her to drive to a 24-hour teller machine, where she withdrew an undisclosed sum. The woman was leaving her home and walking to her car at 9:30 p.m. when a man forced her to drive to the Maryland National Bank in the 6700 block of Reisterstown Road. After removing money from an ATM and giving it to the man, the woman cried out when a man left a nearby building.

G. Gilbert HessonPolice sergeantG. Gilbert Hesson, a retired sergeant from the Baltimore County Police Department, died of throat and bone cancer Saturday at Baltimore County General Hospital. He was 71.Services will held be at 1:30 p.m. today at the Loring Byers Funeral Home, with internment at the Druid Ridge Cemetery.A Baltimore County policeman for 22 years, Mr. Hesson retired as a sergeant from the Garrison district in 1969 after serving at Woodlawn and Pikesville. During World War II, he served in the Sparrows Point Police Department.