Larceny

A man sentenced to life in prison as an habitual criminal after threatening a Sears, Roebuck stove repairman in West Virginia appealed the sentence to the state's Supreme Court yesterday.William Jones of Morgan County, W.Va., convicted of making the threats, had been angered when the repairman said that he ZTC could not fix a stove. Jones repeated the threat in phone calls to a Sears official in Frederick. Jones had earlier been convicted of illegally obtaining $300 from a bank, grand larceny and breaking and entering.

FiresWestminster: Firefighters responded at 7: 22 p.m. Thursday to a gas leak in the 1000 block of Washington Road. Units were out 22 minutes.Reese: Firefighters responded at 10: 18 p.m. Thursday for a carbon monoxide alarm in the 1300 block of Deer Park Road. Units were out 30 minutes.PoliceLarceny from auto: A resident of Shaeffer Avenue told police Thursday that someone went into his unlocked vehicle while it was parked outside his home and stole personal items. The loss was estimated at $470.

Two people were arrested in downtown Baltimore Friday in connection with a double homicide in Connecticut, city police confirmed. Police received intelligence that Claude Turner, 36, and Elizabeth Swiderski Turner, 26, were staying in Baltimore homeless shelters, and on Friday staff confirmed that they had seen the pair recently, said Anthony Guglielmi, the chief spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department.  Undercover officers searched...

Carroll County followed the trend of Baltimore City and the entire metropolitan area as crime for the first six months of 1993 showed a decrease from crime reported in 1992.Statistics released by Maryland State Police indicate that crime in the county fell by 9.6 percent in the first half of the year.Murder, rape and breaking and entering incidents increased, as did arson.But robbery, aggravated assault, motor vehicle thefts and larceny showed a decrease.During the period from January through June, 1,558 crimes were reported to police in Carroll County, a decrease of 165 from 1992.

25 Years Ago* Mayor Joseph H. Hahn Jr. has released the 1967 report of the police department as submitted by Chief H. LeRoy Day: grand larceny, 11; petty larceny, 68; property damage, 18; assault, 33; drunk and disorderly, 47; juvenile offenses, 22; auto theft, 19; loitering, 13. -- Democratic Advocate, Feb. 1, 1968.50 Years Ago* Randall G. Spoerlein, of New Windsor, was appointed to the staff of the House of Delegates for the current session. Mr. Spoerlein served with distinction as a member of the Carroll County delegation in the Maryland House of Delegates during the 1939 and 1941 sessions.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Baltimore County Garrison Precinct Bank robbery: A man holding a hand in his pocket to suggest he was armed robbed the Valley Bank in the 9100 block of Reisterstown Road of an undisclosed amount of money about 1 p.m. yesterday. The robber fled on foot. Parkville Precinct: Burglary: On Wednesday, someone entered a house in the 3000 block of Linwood Ave. by cutting the screen of an open window.

Homicide, rape, burglary and arson increased in 1993 over the previous year, but overall crime in Carroll County decreased 3.6 percent, according to the statewide Uniform Crime Report released Friday.Four murders were reported in the county during 1993, as opposed to one murder in the preceding 12 months.In three of the 1993 homicides, police have arrested and charged suspects. The Feb. 17 fatal shooting of William Charles Prodoehl, 34, a carpenter who lived in Westminster, remains unsolved.

Baltimore CityCREDIT CARD FRAUD: Central District -- A man tried to use a stolen credit card to buy clothing from Saeno Menswear in the 500 block of N. Charles St. Saturday at 5 p.m. Police said when the clerk checked the card through the computer he found it was stolen and refused to give it back to the man, who then ran out the door of the store.ARMED ROBBERY: Central District -- A man armed with a knife snatched a woman's purse as she walked in the 1300 block of St. Paul St. at 10:15 p.m. Saturday.

Baltimore CityBURGLARY: Northwestern District -- Someone broke a window at Northwest Auto Sales in the 5100 block of Reisterstown Road and made off with business equipment valued at $315 early yesterday morning.BURGLARY: Northwestern District -- A lock was broken on a storeroom in the 3300 block of Devonshire Drive early yesterday and someone took a power drill and wooden ladder valued at $440, police said.LARCENY: Northwestern District -- A videocassette recorder valued at $250 was removed from a residence in the 3900 block of Park Heights Ave. without the owner's permission.

NEW YORK - The judge in the trial of L. Dennis Kozlowski and Mark H. Swartz, two former Tyco International Ltd. executives accused of looting the company, rejected a prosecution request yesterday that he seek a partial verdict in the case. Assistant District Attorney Owen Heimer requested that New York State Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Obus ask the jury whether they had reached a verdict on some of the counts. The request followed a note Thursday in which the jury indicated that it had reached verdicts on some counts but wondered whether it must deliver unanimous verdicts on all of them.