Larceny

An inmate was stabbed to death Tuesday at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup, state officials said. Robert George, 29, was stabbed in the chest while returning to his cell block from lunch, said Capt. Priscilla Doggett, spokeswoman for the Division of Correction. George was serving a three-year sentence for larceny. Doggett said corrections officials have a suspect but had not filed charges early yesterday evening. A search for the weapon had begun, she said. The prison was locked down and closed to visitors yesterday, and will be again today, Doggett said.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County. Baltimore Northern Armed Robbery -- A gunman robbed the McDonald's restaurant in the 5100 block of York Road on Sunday about 9:55 p.m., fleeing with an undisclosed amount of money. Western Breaking and entering -- A 34-year-old Northwest Baltimore man was arrested Sunday evening at a house in the 2100 block of Bryan Ave. and charged with attempted breaking and entering. Larceny -- A pair of eyeglasses valued at $50, about $150 worth of compact discs and an undisclosed amount of currency were reported stolen Sunday afternoon from a home in the 2100 block of W. Lexington St. Baltimore County Franklin Burglary -- Between 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, someone broke through a bedroom window of an apartment in the first block of Deer Lodge Court and stole $3,000.

BALTIMORE CITY* LARCENY: Northern District -- Someone stole $130 from a money bag that was left unattended Monday afternoon in a building at the Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St.dTC * LARCENY: Western District -- Someone stole a portable color television, a radar detector, several cassette tapes and a baseball cap sometime Monday or Tuesday from a car in the 2700 block of Mosher St.* BURGLARY ATTEMPT: Northern District -- Someone used a pry...

NEW YORK - L. Dennis Kozlowski, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Tyco International, and his top lieutenant were convicted yesterday on fraud, conspiracy and grand larceny charges, bringing an end to a three-year case that came to symbolize an era of corporate greed and scandal. Kozlowski and Mark H. Swartz, Tyco's former chief financial officer, were convicted by a New York State Supreme Court jury in lower Manhattan on all but one of 31 counts of grand larceny, conspiracy, falsifying business records and securities fraud.

Baltimore CitySHOOTING: Northwestern District -- One man was shot in the left side in an aggravated assault in the 4700 block of Liberty Heights Ave. Police said three men -- Herbert Diggs, Robert Pace and William Campbell -- were accosted by two men who told the three they were suspects in a recent rash of robberies in the city and county. The three men consented to being searched for weapons; none was found. They then were told they could go. As the three men walked away, shots were fired, and Diggs was hit in the left side.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County. Baltimore Southeastern Robbery -- A 28-year-old woman told police that a young man took her purse about 1 a.m. yesterday as she was walking in the 900 block of Bolton St. The victim was not hurt. Burglary -- Someone entered an office in the 6500 block of Hudson St. in a break-in reported at 12:45 a.m. yesterday. It was not known what was taken. Entry was through a window. Larceny -- Someone took $240 from a Toyota 4-Runner in the 600 block of S. Eden St. between 11 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Baltimore City and Baltimore County.Baltimore CitySoutheastern DistrictDestruction of property: Someone threw a stick and broke a window in a home in the 500 block of N. Belnord Ave. about 11 a.m. yesterday, causing $100 in damage.Larceny: Between 9 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. yesterday, someone sawed off a padlock on a 1997 Chevrolet delivery truck in the 1700 block of Fleet St. and stole six antique mahogany chairs, valued at about $500.Western DistrictLarceny: Police arrested Shanay Davis, 29, of the 1200 block of Augusta Ave. on larceny charges about 7: 15 p.m. Sunday after a candy bar was shoplifted at a 7-Eleven store in the 2700 block of Franklin St.Theft: Someone approached a woman in the 2600 block of Reisterstown Road about 7: 30 p.m. Sunday and stole her purse, which contained about $20.Southwestern DistrictStolen vehicle: Someone stole a 1985 white GMC van from the 300 block of S. Dukeland St. about 10 a.m. yesterday.

Westminster police will increase foot patrols in the downtown shopping district, Cranberry Mall and at city shopping centers to combat shoplifting, theft and robbery during the holidays.Retailers say crime -- especially shoplifting, purse snatchings, auto break-ins and thefts -- typically rise 5 percent to 10 percent during the season between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, but the value of the items stolen usually is much greater during the holidays, Lt. Dean Brewer, a police spokesman, said Friday.

An inmate was stabbed to death Tuesday at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup, state officials said. Robert George, 29, was stabbed in the chest while returning to his cell block from lunch, said Capt. Priscilla Doggett, spokeswoman for the Division of Correction. George was serving a three-year sentence for larceny. Doggett said corrections officials have a suspect but had not filed charges early yesterday evening. A search for the weapon had begun, she said. The prison was locked down and closed to visitors yesterday, and will be again today, Doggett said.

This week in The Sun150 years agoAugust 22, 1849: For California -- The barque Martin W. Brett. Capt. Whittman, sailed yesterday for San Francisco. She carries out freight, lumber, bricks, tobacco, liquors &c., besides several houses ready framed for being put up immediately upon their arrival. ... The good barque has our best wishes for a speedy passage, and may the passengers reap, in this new world to which they are going, all that their hopes anticipate. Many of them go to remain permanently, and make California their future home.

DURING A RECENT mayoral forum, candidate Phillip A. Brown Jr. complained about delays in the city court system. Brown has firsthand experience.Since 1977, the 44-year-old Northeast Baltimore resident has been found guilty of larceny, shoplifting, probation violation and impersonating a police officer. Brown, a perennial candidate known for shouting down other candidates at forums, is running for mayor as a Democrat while facing charges of harassment and reckless endangerment.A city school employee accused Brown of following her in his car and trying to run her down after a dispute over his son. Brown contends the employee made up the allegations to get back at him for the dispute.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Baltimore City and Baltimore County.Baltimore CitySoutheastern DistrictDestruction of property: Someone threw a stick and broke a window in a home in the 500 block of N. Belnord Ave. about 11 a.m. yesterday, causing $100 in damage.Larceny: Between 9 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. yesterday, someone sawed off a padlock on a 1997 Chevrolet delivery truck in the 1700 block of Fleet St. and stole six antique mahogany chairs, valued at about $500.Western DistrictLarceny: Police arrested Shanay Davis, 29, of the 1200 block of Augusta Ave. on larceny charges about 7: 15 p.m. Sunday after a candy bar was shoplifted at a 7-Eleven store in the 2700 block of Franklin St.Theft: Someone approached a woman in the 2600 block of Reisterstown Road about 7: 30 p.m. Sunday and stole her purse, which contained about $20.Southwestern DistrictStolen vehicle: Someone stole a 1985 white GMC van from the 300 block of S. Dukeland St. about 10 a.m. yesterday.

Westminster police will increase foot patrols in the downtown shopping district, Cranberry Mall and at city shopping centers to combat shoplifting, theft and robbery during the holidays.Retailers say crime -- especially shoplifting, purse snatchings, auto break-ins and thefts -- typically rise 5 percent to 10 percent during the season between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, but the value of the items stolen usually is much greater during the holidays, Lt. Dean Brewer, a police spokesman, said Friday.