Hampstead Police

Hampstead police are investigating a report of an attempt to abduct a 10-year-old Monday as he was walking home from Spring Garden Elementary School.The fifth-grader, who was not touched or injured, told town Police Chief Kenneth F. Russell that he and another 10-year-old were walking on Boxwood Drive in the Roberts Field community about 3:30 p.m. when a white van stopped beside them and the passenger called to them, "Come here and get in the van."The...

Five people injured in a Sunday evening accident near a Hampstead gas station were released from hospitals yesterday, officials said.William D. Houseman, 77, of Hampstead was released from the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore after he was treated for undisclosed injuries after the 5:07 p.m. crash.His wife, Margaret Houseman, 75; the couple's son, Carl W. Houseman, 35, of Stuart Draft, Va.; and Pat East, 59, and Cecilia Koors, 60, both of Pikesville, were treated at Carroll County General Hospital and released yesterday, a hospital spokeswoman said.