Police Arrest Man

Officers on patrol at 5:40 a.m. Sunday saw a man put a red gasoline container by the Crossroads Tavern in the 7300 block of Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie and light a wick that was on the top of the container, Anne Arundel County police said. The fire was extinguished before it ignited the building, and a man was arrested on arson and related charges, police said. Police identified him as David Bryan Rexrode, 42, of the 500 block of Kent Circle, Glen Burnie. - Andrea F. Siegel

The following is compiled from local police reports. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have any information about these crimes, call the Wilkens Police Station at 410-887-0872. Sulphur Spring Road, 1500 block, Feb. 18, 12:42 a.m. Police arrived at residence and found man going through vehicle in garage. He was arrested and charged with first- and second-degree burglary. Rear door, window damaged.

A man and a teenager were arrested Sunday afternoon and charged with multiple drug violations after police stopped a 1994 Lexus that the man was driving with a fraudulent temporary tag in the 1600 block of E. Monument St. When the driver fled the vehicle, he was chased by Sgt. Dennis W. Workley and arrested near the scene. The teen, who attempted to flee with raw heroin valued at $2,000, was arrested by an off-duty city police officer working security at nearby Johns Hopkins Hospital, Workley said.

A 19-year-old man died after being shot late Friday in Baltimore's Barclay neighborhood, police said. The man was walking west in the 400 block of E. 21 s t Street at 11:38 p.m. when a vehicle pulled up, the passenger got out and shot the victim multiple times, a preliminary investigation found. When officers arrived, they found the victim face down on the sidewalk. He was transported to an area hospital, where he died at 12:10 a.m., police said. Police are waiting for the victim to be fingerprinted before they will confirm his identity.

Earlier this month, my colleague Peter Hermann wrote about how thefts of copper gutters are aggravating residents in the Northern Distric t. Today, police there report that an officer arrested a 48-year-old man who was carrying a suitcase containing 80 pounds of copper wiring. Officer Chedais Jacques was on patrol on Dec. 20, just after midnight, when he saw a suspicious man in the 2600 block of Loyola Southway, police said. When he attempted to stop the man for a field interview, the man assaulted him and attempted to fleed.

A 41-year-old man has been arrested in the murder of a Cockeysville resident with whom he lived, according to Baltimore County police. Jose Isabel Posada was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Vicente Perez-Soto, 48, whose body was found last week outside his home in the 10800 block of Williamson Lane. Police responding to a report of an unconscious person at the home about 4:10 a.m. March 10 found Perez-Soto suffering from severe head trauma. An autopsy determined that he had been struck several times with a sharp object.

The following is compiled from local police reports. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have any information about these crimes, call the Wilkens Police Station at 410-887-0872. Sulphur Spring Road, 1500 block, Feb. 18, 12:42 a.m. Police arrived at residence and found man going through vehicle in garage. He was arrested and charged with first- and second-degree burglary. Rear door, window damaged.

Authorites have arrested a 21-year-old Severna Park man accused of stabbing three people during a home invasion in Crownsville. Michael Joseph May of the 200 block of North Drive was detained about 10 p.m. Monday night at the intersection of Patapsco Avenue and 4th Street in Baltimore. He was arrested without incident and is being held without bail at the Jennifer Road Detention Center, charged with attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery and assault. According to police, two men forced their way into a mobile home early Sunday morning in the area of Summer Hill Trailer Park.

Eddie Arcaro once lived in Anna Keusch's rental house in Canton. He did odd jobs for her as she tried to run a corner grocery she had opened with her husband on Dillon Street in 1947. And he went to her funeral at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church on South Conkling Street, a few days after the 86-year-old was raped and asphyxiated in her apartment above the store on June 1, 1991. This week, Baltimore police charged Eddie Arcaro in the death of Anna Keusch, based on tests that they say link DNA taken from him after his arrest in a recent theft case to genetic material found by detectives at the scene of the killing nearly two decades ago. The break in the case allowed police Lt. Matthew Bauler of the cold-case squad to call a relative of the victim with some news.

A 60-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Baltimore County police said Tuesday. Sam Davis , for whom no address was provided, was found Monday in Baltimore and arrested in the stabbing of Jacqueline Paul, 35, during what police described as an argument on the 300 block of Grovethorn Road in Middle River. He left after the incident, police said. Officers responding to a call about a cardiac arrest found Paul with multiple stab wounds.

Anne Arundel County Police arrested a Lothian man and charged him in connection with a multi-vehicle crash in Annapolis on Sunday in which an officer was struck. Police located Leo Lamont Carroll about noon Monday and arrested him. He was later released on bail. Police say Carroll was driving the Acura RL that caused a three-car accident on Aris T. Allen Boulevard about 9:17 p.m. Sunday. Carroll is being charged with multiple traffic-related violations, including failure to remain at the scene of an accident and failure to help injured motorists.

Maryland State Police arrested a Sykesville man and a juvenile for pointing what they described as "a very realistic, but toy gun" at a motorist while driving on Route 97 in Westminster on Wednesday, Jan. 11. Shortly after 2 p.m., a driver contacted state police at the Westminster Barrack to report that she was behind an older model blue Buick on Route 97 near Westminster High School when a passenger in the vehicle rolled the window down, leaned...

Earlier this month, my colleague Peter Hermann wrote about how thefts of copper gutters are aggravating residents in the Northern Distric t. Today, police there report that an officer arrested a 48-year-old man who was carrying a suitcase containing 80 pounds of copper wiring. Officer Chedais Jacques was on patrol on Dec. 20, just after midnight, when he saw a suspicious man in the 2600 block of Loyola Southway, police said. When he attempted to stop the man for a field interview, the man assaulted him and attempted to fleed.

Anne Arundel County police arrested a Laurel man Tuesday following an early-evening robbery near Whiskey Bottom Road. Around 7:47 p.m. on Nov. 8, police responded to the area of Whiskey Bottom Road and Laurel View Court for a report of a robbery. A 29-year-old man told police he was approached on Whiskey Bottom Road by two males. The victim told police one male asked him for a cigarette, then assaulted him, and then both males took an undisclosed amount of money from him and fled on a silver bike.

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested in a series of  "peeping Tom" incidents in Fenwick Island. Ocean City Police charged 44-year-old William Devon Jones of West Chester, Pa., with peeping into the windows of three apartments at the East of the Sun complex in Fenwick Island. During the investigation, Jones was observed by police as he rode his bicycle north from Ocean City into Delaware on Tuesday. He was then seen peeping into the windows of the complex, before returning to Ocean City.

A 60-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Baltimore County police said Tuesday. Sam Davis , for whom no address was provided, was found Monday in Baltimore and arrested in the stabbing of Jacqueline Paul, 35, during what police described as an argument on the 300 block of Grovethorn Road in Middle River. He left after the incident, police said. Officers responding to a call about a cardiac arrest found Paul with multiple stab wounds.

Police officers chased down a man they saw running with a gun in Southwest Baltimore Wednesday afternoon, apparently moments after he had shot two people in the face and neck, according to a police spokesman. Officers on patrol came across the scene about 3 p.m. near the 4100 block of Frederick Road and chased the armed man for several blocks. The spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, said the man threw the gun during the chase and ran into a house. Police followed the man inside and arrested him and a suspected accomplice.

Baltimore County police have arrested a 24-year-old man and charged him with first-degree murder in the death of a Parkville High School senior early Sunday. Clinton A. Bradley Jr., who has no fixed address, was arrested Wednesday and incarcerated without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center. The victim, Brandon N. Jackson, 18, was found dead from a gunshot wound in the parking lot of an Exxon gas station at 7301 McClean Blvd. A police statement said a motive for the shooting remained unclear and that the incident was still under investigation.

Anne Arundel County police arrested a man early Tuesday in the fatal shooting of his landlord at their Pasadena home. Police said the suspect, 40-year-old Neal Jesse Manning, called 911 and said he had shot his landlord. Just after midnight Monday, officers arrived at a residence on the 7700 block of Outing Ave. and found Harry Allan Wagner, 57, shot to death. The last known addresses for both Manning and Wagner are a home at 7791 Outing Ave. in Pasadena. Homicide detectives searched the residence and interviewed Manning, who was later charged with first-degree murder.