Ransacked

Someone broke into a Glen Burnie home Wednesday, ransacked it and took audio equipment, cameras and two shotguns, county police said.Police said they have no witnesses to the burglary, but two neighbors gave police a description of a man who may have tried to break into their homes through rear sliding glass doors.Richard Martens Jr., 46, of the 7900 block of Parke West Drive called police shortly after 1 p.m. and told them his wife had entered their home minutes earlier and found it in disarray.

Police logClarksville: 13600 block of Brighton Dam Road: An intruder kicked in a home's door Wednesday and ransacked the house, but police said nothing was taken.

A District Court judge's 80-year-old mother who was stabbed fatally Tuesday in her Northwest Baltimore apartment may have been killed during a robbery, though investigators have not determined if anything was taken, city police said yesterday.Detectives say Beatrice Lippman Manck was killed between noon, when she was seen arriving home, and 1:45 p.m., when two maintenance men found her body while checking on her partly open door.Agent Robert W. Weinhold, a police spokesman, said the hour and 45 minutes provided "a window of opportunity for the murderer."

POLICE LOG* Scaggsville: 8400 block of Early Bud Way: Jewelry was stolen after someone broke in through a rear basement door and ransacked the house between Saturday and Monday, police said.

POLICE LOG* Elkridge: 6800 block of Old Waterloo Road: A 9 mm handgun, a camera, a stereo and cash were stolen from a home July 5. Police said there was no sign of forced entry, but noted that the front door was found unlocked. On Sunday, a burglar entered a home through an unlocked window in the same block, ransacked the interior and took an unknown amount of property, police said.

POLICE LOG* Clarksville: 5900 block of Trotter Road: A house was ransacked after a door was pried open between Tuesday and Thursday, police said. The burglary was discovered by a neighbor checking on the house for the vacationing homeowner.

POLICE LOG* Annapolis Junction: 10900 block of Pump House Road: Burglars cut wires to disable an alarm, entered two businesses through a window, pried and kicked open doors, ransacked desks and took an undisclosed amount of cash Thursday or early Friday, police said.

POLICE LOG* North Laurel: 9200 block of N. Laurel Road: Someone broke a classroom window to enter Laurel Woods Elementary School and ransacked several rooms between Friday and Sunday, police said.

POLICE LOG* Hickory Ridge: 11800 block of Snow Patch Way: Burglars ransacked a home, tore down Christmas decorations and stole a television, videocassette recorder, stereo and jewelry while residents were out of town Wednesday, police said.

POLICE* Owen Brown: 6900 block of Knighthood Lane: Stereo equipment and jewelry were stolen from a home after someone smashed a glass door and ransacked the place Saturday, police said.6300 block of Windharp Way: Someone kicked open the basement door of a home Saturday, but nothing was reported stolen, police said.6300 block of Summercrest: Someone smashed glass next to a home's front door, reached in and turned off the light Sunday but apparently did not enter, police said.* Kings Contrivance: 7300 block of Silent Bird Court: A burglar entered a home, ransacked it and took several items Monday, police said.