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Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Baltimore City Central District Shooting: A 17-year-old male was treated and released from University of Maryland Medical Center on Sunday after a man wearing a black wig shot a finger on his left hand just before 6 p.m. Sunday. The youth had been walking in an alley in the 1400 block of Division St. Stolen auto: A white, four-door 1993 Plymouth Sundance with Virginia tags YHK 6336 was stolen Thursday or Friday from the parking lot of a Maryland Institute dormitory in the 100 block of McMechen St. Police said the vehicle was driven through a fence surrounding the lot. Break-in/arrest: Officers responding to a report of an auto theft in progress Sunday afternoon arrested a juvenile suspect who broke into a home in the 1100 block of Brentwood Ave. while trying to elude capture.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Baltimore City Southwestern District Stolen vehicle: A silver-colored 2000 Chevy Z-24 with Maryland tags JJB 498 was reported missing at 10:30 a.m. Saturday from the 300 block of Furrow St. Stolen vehicle: A white, four-door 1993 Infiniti with Maryland tags 326 BJN was reported missing at 6:50 a.m. Saturday from the 2100 block of Crimea Road. Southern District Theft: A woman reported that $150 was stolen by her ex-boyfriend Friday night from a dresser in the bedroom of her home in the 4000 block of Eighth St. Stolen vehicle: A 1994 maroon four-door Dodge with Maryland tags JLZ 336 was reported missing at 11 a.m. Friday from the 2400 block of Dorton Court.

Baltimore City Western District Flimflam: A woman, 81, was swindled out of almost $2,800 Tuesday when a female telephone caller demanded money for unpaid medical bills. The caller, who had personal information about the woman, said someone would stop by her home in the 200 block of N. Monroe St. to pick up $2,790 in cash. The elderly woman and her sister withdrew cash at the bank. Shortly after they returned, a woman who identified herself as Sillie Walker arrived to retrieve the money, police said.

Maryland's farms and its farmers will be honored by a commemorative agricultural license plate unveiled yesterday by the state Motor Vehicle Administration and farm groups. The "ag tag" will join the highly successful Chesapeake Bay Trust's blue heron license plate as only the second commemorative type license plate issued by the state, said MVA Administrator Anne S. Ferro. The new tag will raise money for programs to create public awareness of Maryland's agricultural heritage and the importance of what is still the state's largest industry.

Police logElkridge: 7100 block of Brookdale Drive: A maroon 1988 four-door Lincoln Town Car was stolen between Dec. 13 and 17.Elkridge: 7200 block of Montgomery Road: Someone entered the SuperFresh building Wednesday through an unsecured rear door. Videotapes were stolen.Ellicott City: 9000 block of Town and Country Blvd.: A red 1988 four-door Honda Accord, Maryland tags VFY-212, was stolen Tuesday.Ellicott City: 8800 block of Frederick Road: A red 1984 Ford F250 truck was stolen Monday or Tuesday and later recovered.