Metro Crime Stoppers

Baltimore County Police have released photographs of six unidentified people, three men and three women, in connection with the investigation of a June 13 robbery of a Greene Turtle employee, according to a statement released Wednesday. At about midnight, the male employee was leaving work on Restaurant Park Drive near the Owings Mills Mall, police said. The employee told police that he was cutting across the mall's parking lot when two people approached and displayed a handgun, the statement said.

Bel Air Police say they are investigating an abduction and attempted sexual assault that began on the town's southwest side late the evening of May 14. At approximately 11 p.m., the victim, a woman in her mid-20s, reported stopping in the area of Marketplace Drive and Route 24 to help a man who was waving for help along the roadside, the Bel Air Police Department said in a news release issued Friday morning. According to the release, the man forced his way into the victim's car and drove to a location in Abingdon or Edgewood "where he attempted to sexually assault the victim.

The administrative coordinator for Metro Crime Stoppers - a regional program that pays rewards for crime tips - has been fired as city police investigate financial irregularities, police and other officials said yesterday. Officials said the investigation is administrative and is aimed at determining whether money is missing and whether a criminal inquiry is possible. Robin Stevenson, who has done volunteer work for the Baltimore Police Department and was hired by the nonprofit Crime Stoppers program last year to process tips, did not respond to interview requests yesterday.

Baltimore County Police say an armed home invasion occurred Monday in the 7400 block of Mount Vista Road, Kingsville. Police say that on March 4, at approximately 8:30 a.m., two armed men identifying themselves as police officers forced their way into a residence. The suspects took numerous items, including an unknown amount of currency, police said. Two male victims were tied up and were eventually freed by a family member. One of the victims was transported to an area hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries.

Gap Suk Suh would have turned 60 years old yesterday. But instead of a celebration, relatives and friends of the electrician gathered on a Baltimore street with a plea to help catch his killer and offered thousands of dollars in reward money. Suh, who was born in South Korea and immigrated to the United States 30 years ago, was fatally stabbed Nov. 6 in an apparent road-rage incident. The electrician was driving his van in the 500 block of W. Mulberry St. when it collided with a sport utility vehicle, causing minor damage, police said.

Baltimore County police identified Tuesday a man found dead last week outside his Cockeysville home and said the case was being investigated as a homicide. Officers were called about 4:10 a.m. March 10 to the 10800 block of Williamson Lane, where they found Vicente Perez-Soto, 48, suffering from head trauma. His death was classified as a homicide after an autopsy, police said. Detectives have not identified any suspects or determined a motive. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call police at 410-307-2020 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7-LOCKUP.

Baltimore County police on Tuesday identified a man found dead last week outside his Cockeysville home. Officers were called about 4:10 a.m. March 10 to the 10800 block of Williamson Lane, where they found Vicente Perez-Soto, 48, suffering from head trauma. His death was classified as a homicide after an autopsy, police said. Detectives have not identified any suspects or determined a motive in the investigation. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call police at 410-307-2020 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7-LOCKUP.

Metro Crime Stoppers, which in 10 years has solved 1,200 crimes in the Baltimore metropolitan area and doled out more than $200,000 in reward money, is in need of money to continue its efforts."

Maryland National Bank has joined with Metro Crime Stoppers by agreeing to distribute 25,000 "Stop Thief" stickers at its 230 branches.The "Stop Thief" stickers, suitable for homes or cars, put thieves on notice that Metro Crime Stoppers can pay up to $1,000 to someone who reports them for breaking in, says Sgt. Jack Kincaid, a city police spokesman."

Maryland National Bank has joined with Metro Crime Stoppers by agreeing to distribute 25,000 "Stop Thief" stickers at its 230 branches.The "Stop Thief" stickers, which can be placed on homes or cars, put thieves on notice that a reward of up to $1,000 will be offered by Metro Crime Stoppers for "your arrest if you break into this house," said Sgt. Jack Kincaid, a city police spokesman.The stickers can be purchased elsewhere for a donation of $1.50."It's just a way of telling the criminal that we've had enough, this has got to stop, that crime doesn't pay, but Metro Crime Stoppers does pay," said Robert Pivec, chairman of the anti-crime organization's fund-raising committee.

An unidentified Laurel Walmart employee was shot early Wednesday during what police said was a commercial armed robbery of the store. Anne Arundel County police responded to reports of a shooting at 4:17 a.m. at the parking lot of the store in the 3500 block of East Russett Green, which is open 24 hours a day. They found a 28-year-old man suffering from wounds to the upper body. The man, who is a store employee, was taken to an area hospital and is expected to survive, police said.

Bernice Gales could count on her son to be waiting at the Baltimore County Metro station after work each night to take her home. But when he was not there to greet her Oct. 19, 2011, she knew something was wrong. "He was never late," she said. She learned that night that her 21-year-old son, Ernest Bo Gales, had been found dead, shot multiple times, in his car parked at a Windsor Mill apartment complex. A year later, Baltimore County police continue to work to close the case but have not identified a suspect.

The Harford County Sheriff's Office says an undisclosed amount of cash was taken at in an armed robbery at a Walgreens drug store in the Bel Air South area last Thursday night. A man entered the store in the 1900 block of Emmorton Road at about 8:10 p.m. Thursday, robbed the store clerk and then fled on foot toward the intersection of Route 924 (Emmorton Road) and Plumtree Road, the sheriff's office said in a news release issued Friday night. The sheriff's office has released still photos of the suspect taken from store security cameras.

Baltimore police on Sunday released photographs of the two victims in a fatal double shooting in the city's Mid-Town neighborhood on Friday, hoping the images might help an investigation that had so far produced few leads. Joseph Alexander Ulrich, 40, of Baltimore, who went by Alex, was killed in the shooting, and Lawrence Peterson, 56, owner of the Empire House inn and a well-known leader in the neighborhood, was critically injured. In recent years, police have rarely released the identity — much less the image — of non-fatal shooting victims.

Police are looking for two men who robbed an Edgewood convenience store at gunpoint and fired off two shots early Friday morning. The Harford County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's assistance in obtaining information about the armed robbery that occurred at approximately 3:45 a.m. Friday at the Mystik Mart in the 1700 block of Hanson Road. According to the sheriff's office, two suspects, described as black men, entered the Mystik Mart, pointed handguns at the clerk and demanded money.

Baltimore City police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man in a surveillance photo believed to be associated with a fatal shooting in May. Police said homicide detectives have obtained a still photo of a man they are seeking in the death of 19-year-old Terrence Anderson, who was shot in the 600 block of North Eutaw Street on May 8th.  Anyone with information regarding the shooting is askeded to contact Metro Crime Stoppers at ...

Metro Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information about an armed robbery at an Elkridge gas station Wednesday night.A lone gunman entered the Amoco station in the 5800 block of Washington Boulevard at 9:10 p.m. Wednesday and demanded money from a clerk, Howard County police said.The clerk complied. The suspect snatched an undetermined amount of cash and ran. No one was injured, police said.Anyone with information should call Howard police at 313-2236.To qualify for the reward, callers should also use the Metro Crime Stoppers hot line, 276-8888.

A pizza deliverer was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday outside an Oakland Mills village apartment building, Howard County police said.The Pizza Boli's employee was making a delivery at 8: 10 p.m. when he was accosted by two men in the 5800 block of Stevens Forest Road, according to a police report.One of the men produced a semiautomatic handgun and robbed the delivery man of an unknown amount of cash, checks and the pizza before fleeing, police said.Police said the robbers were described as black males wearing black clothing and black ski masks.

Police in Anne Arundel County are seeking help finding a man who robbed a PNC Bank branch on Fort Meade Road in Laurel. Police said he walked into the bank about 5:30 p.m. on May 3 and handed a teller a note demanding money and threatening to unleash a chemical weapon. The suspect is described a s white male about 40 years old and standing 5 feet 5 inches tall. He weighs about 150 pounds and was wearing a dark-colored shirt, shorts, dark sunglasses and a red baseball cap. The bank is in the 3300 block of Laurel Fort Meade Road, in Laurel.

Baltimore County police are making another plea for help in finding the killer of Joann "Jody" LeCornu, a 23-year-old Towson University student who was shot in the back near her car in a shopping center on York Road in 1996. Metro Crime Stoppers has upped an reward to more than $30,000 in the 15-year-old case. The student was killed about 3:40 a.m. March 2, 1996 in the back of the Drumcastle Shopping Center, and managed to drive across the street to what was then York Road Plaza, where she died.