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A 12-year-old girl reported being raped yesterday evening by a taxicab driver near Baltimore's Clifton Park, and police were combing the city in search of the vehicle and driver, a police spokesman said. The girl told police she was in a Yellow Cab near Harford Road and East 32nd Street about 6 p.m. when the driver raped her, said Officer Troy Harris, the spokesman. Harris said the girl told police that she hailed the cab. He said the girl, whose clothing was bloodied, was taken for treatment to Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Anne Arundel County Police were searching last night for a man they said fled from police after an attempted burglary in Odenton and subsequently broke into a woman's home and forced her to drive him to Glen Burnie. The incident began about 10 a.m. in the 400 block of Higgins Drive in Odenton, where police received a report of an attempted burglary, according to a news release from the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Police stopped a car that matched the description of that driven by the burglars.

Baltimore police arrested a man on charges of drug dealing yesterday and seized narcotics from his car, and more drugs and $61,000 cash from his apartment in Baltimore County, a spokeswoman said.The man is suspected of supplying cocaine to the northeastern, eastern and southwestern sections of the city, said Agent Ragina Cooper, a police spokeswoman.Cooper said the man was arrested about 1 p.m. when police stopped his car in Northeast Baltimore. She said several ounces of cocaine were found in a hollowed-out section of the car's steering column.

Howard County police ran their second sting operation this year, targeting convicted drunken drivers who continue to get behind the wheel though their licenses have been revoked.By 5 p.m. yesterday, police had caught 16 illegal drivers as they left appointments with their probation monitors, said police spokesman Sgt. John Superson.About 165 people were sent notices to come to District Court for appointments between noon and 5: 45 p.m. yesterday. Police stopped those who got into their cars after their appointments and started to drive away.

Two Baltimore banks on Harford Road were robbed within 90 minutes yesterday in unrelated holdups by bandits who passed threatening notes to the tellers and claimed to have guns, city police said.The first holdup occurred about 11: 30 a.m. at First Union Bank in the 5400 block of Harford Road in Hamilton.Police said two suspects -- one 4 feet 11 inches and the other 5 feet 2 inches -- dressed in black wigs and wearing heavy makeup and black leather coats passed a note to a teller.The note read: "I know where you live.

A Glen Burnie man was stopped for not wearing his seat belt while leaving Freetown Village Friday, then was arrested on drug charges after police searched his car.Joseph E. Neuman, 32, of the 7700 block of West Drive was charged with possession of crack cocaine. Police also seized his car, a 1995 Nissan.Police stopped the car just after 9 p.m. The driver gave police permission to search his car, and an officer found a small rock of crack cocaine worth about $20, police said.Pub Date: 2/03/98

A 77-year-old Northeast Baltimore woman, who was stabbed by a burglar and left for dead Monday, was found barely alive by her son yesterday, police said.Margaret A. Sica of the 1700 block of E. Belvedere Ave. was in stable condition at Sinai Hospital last night, said a hospital spokeswoman.Police spokesman Robert W. Weinhold Jr. said someone broke into Sica's home on Monday, stabbed and beat her and stole her 1994 Ford Tempo.He said police stopped the car in the 400 block of E. North Ave. Tuesday night after its male driver spotted them and tried to elude them.

A Washington man was arrested on drug charges, and officers seized almost $900 Saturday after a routine traffic stop on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, county police said.Jimmy Lee Keels, 28, was charged with possession of crack cocaine and driving with a suspended license. He also was served with a warrant for driving with a suspended license in Montgomery County.Police stopped a man on the northbound side of the parkway about 10 a.m. after an officer saw that the windshield of the 1989 Chevrolet Blazer was broken.

A Sunday night traffic stop in Freetown led to the arrest of Baltimore man in the attempted robbery of a man outside a Glen Burnie liquor store, county police said.Rodney Doss Arnett, 29, of the 800 block of Webb Court was charged with attempted armed robbery, possession of a handgun, and assault and battery. Bail information was not available.Police stopped a red Subaru on Freetown Road near New Freetown Road about 12: 30 a.m. for what they described as a "routine traffic violation." While the officer was checking on the car and the driver, Charles Cuffey Jr., 21, approached the officer and said the driver was the same man who had tried to rob him store three days earlier outside Clauss' Liquors in the 600 block of Crain Highway.

County police arrested an Annapolis man Sunday on charges of stealing a car license tag.Theodore Albert Gilman, 29, of the 1200 block of Marda Lane was charged with theft.Police stopped a 1981 Toyota Celica that was traveling south on Ritchie Highway near Aquahart Road in Glen Burnie shortly after 4: 30 p.m. because it had no front tag, police said.The driver told Officer Michael Galligan that the tag that was on the car did not belong to him, police said, but that he found it in his yard.

Arundel driver charged after pedestrian is hit An Anne Arundel County motorist was charged with assault after allegedly striking a pedestrian who yelled at him to slow down in a Pasadena neighborhood, Anne Arundel County police said Thursday. About 7 p.m. Wednesday, a man in the 900 block of Longview Ave. yelled at a driver who had spun his van's wheels and driven recklessly through the neighborhood, according to police. The van left the scene but returned a short time later. As the man and the driver of the van argued, the man's dog walked in front of the van, and he went to get his pet, police said.

police reports in baltimore city and county: Northeastern Baltimore Shooting A man, 23, was walking in the 2400 block of Belair Road about 8 p.m. Saturday when he was shot in the face by one of two men who fled on foot. The victim ran into a nearby grocery store, whose employees called police. The man was reported in serious condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital. No arrests had been made. Northern Baltimore Robbery try/shooting Police were seeking a man armed with a shotgun who shot another man, 44, in the buttocks about 11:45 p.m. Saturday in the 400 block of E. 32nd St. during an attempted robbery.

Police seek attempted robbery suspects Four men and a woman attacked and tried to rob a man in Glen Burnie after he refused to give them a cigarette, county police said. About 11:30 p.m. Friday, the suspects walked up to a man near the intersection of Aquahart Road and Crain Highway and asked for a cigarette, police said. When the man refused, the suspects attacked him, causing minor injuries, and unsuccessfully tried to take his cell phone, police said. The suspects ran toward Crain Highway and police were unable to find them.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County. Baltimore County White Marsh Robbery/arrests : Two employees and their friends were leaving Arby's in the 4100 block of Wholesale Club Drive about 12:05 a.m. Sunday after closing time when they were accosted by two men, one armed with what appeared to be a rifle or a shotgun, who demanded their property and money. After the victims gave up a cell phone and $32, the gunman and his accomplice got into a car occupied by three other people and sped off. A short distance away, police stopped a car occupied by five young people and arrested them.

Walter Sanchez and his seven-months pregnant wife, Maria J. Lizama-Sanchez, were driving south with beach-bound traffic on Interstate 97 yesterday morning when Anne Arundel County police stopped traffic for a funeral procession. A tractor-trailer that failed to stop plowed into the rear of the Glen Burnie couple's 2001 Dodge Caravan, causing a chain reaction that ended hours later with the deaths of Lizama-Sanchez and her baby despite frantic efforts to save them, according to Maryland State Police.

Anne Arundel County Police were searching last night for a man they said fled from police after an attempted burglary in Odenton and subsequently broke into a woman's home and forced her to drive him to Glen Burnie. The incident began about 10 a.m. in the 400 block of Higgins Drive in Odenton, where police received a report of an attempted burglary, according to a news release from the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Police stopped a car that matched the description of that driven by the burglars.

A 12-year-old girl reported being raped yesterday evening by a taxicab driver near Baltimore's Clifton Park, and police were combing the city in search of the vehicle and driver, a police spokesman said. The girl told police she was in a Yellow Cab near Harford Road and East 32nd Street about 6 p.m. when the driver raped her, said Officer Troy Harris, the spokesman. Harris said the girl told police that she hailed the cab. He said the girl, whose clothing was bloodied, was taken for treatment to Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Baltimore: McHenry Tunnel Israeli questioned after taking photos An Israeli man was questioned and released last night by Maryland State Police after he snapped some photos while driving south through the Fort McHenry Tunnel. Acting on a tip from a motorist, state police stopped the 24-year-old man, who was not identified, on Interstate 95 in Prince George's County about 7 p.m., according to police spokesman Gregory Shipley. Police took him to the College Park barracks for further questioning.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County. Baltimore Central Arrest Police detained a suspect in an attempted robbery at a food market in the 2000 block of Maryland Ave. about 7 p.m. Wednesday. The robber fled into a nearby senior citizens apartment building on West 20th Street and robbed a female resident. Leroy Alston, 41, of the 600 block of Lennox St. was arrested about 6:30 a.m. yesterday near the former Memorial Stadium site by members of the Regional Warrant Apprehension Task Force.

Anne Arundel County police arrested two men early yesterday in connection with dozens of commercial burglaries in the county over the past three months. John Francis Dunnigan, 25, of no fixed address was charged with 30 counts of burglary, police said. Michael Francis Arrington, 26, of Pasadena was charged with 15 counts of burglary, police said. Additional charges are possible, police said. County police began their investigation after a burglary at a salon Jan. 15, said Sgt. Shawn A. Urbas, a police spokesman.