Ritchie Highway

A man believed to be in his 40s was struck by a car and killed Friday evening while crossing Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie. The man was hit about 5:45 p.m. near Ritchie Highway and Sixth Avenue, according to Sgt. Michael Haviland of the Anne Arundel County police. The man was taken by ambulance to Baltimore Washington Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Police did not immediately release his identity or that of the driver. The accident was under investigation, police said. - Frank D. Roylance

Anne Arundel County police report that a 63-year-old man was struck by a car and killed Monday evening as he attempted to cross Ritchie Highway in the Jumpers Hole area. According to police, Raymond Richard Walkup, of no fixed address, died from injuries he sustained when he was struck by a Mercury Grand Marquis traveling southbound on Ritchie Highway, north of Jumpers Hole Road. Police were called to the scene at 7:44 p.m., and found the injured man and driver of the Mercury Grand Marquis.

A pedestrian was hit by a Chevy pickup truck after running out onto Ritchie Highway late Friday afternoon, Anne Arundel County Police said. Officers found Carl James Boyce, 41, from Baltimore, lying in the road with potentially life threatening injuries, police said. He was taken to Shock Trauma, where police described his condition as stable. Police said Boyce ran in front of the pickup which was traveling north on the highway near Cedar Hill Lane. The drive of the truck tried to swerve but was unable to avoid him, police said.

Maryland State police have charged David M. Montgomery with murder after a Westminster man was found dead early Saturday morning. Montgomery, 28, of no fixed address, was charged with first- and second-degree murder, and taken to the Carroll County Central Booking Center to await an appearance before a court commissioner. Edward C. Zepp, 61, was found dead on the back porch of his residence on the 100 block of West Main Street shortly after 4 a.m. with trauma to his neck. He was pronounced dead.

It's just the start of the evening rush, and the cars are everywhere — and going fast — outside Clarence "Sonny" Jordan's house on Ritchie Highway in Arnold. The 87-year-old has lived here since 1932 — before Ritchie Highway was built — and has been trying for years to sell his property. But there's a problem, he says: No one wants to buy a piece of residentially zoned property along a busy thoroughfare. So he wants to get his 51/2 acres of land rezoned from low-density residential to commercial, increasing its value and allowing for a comfortable retirement.

As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, traffic was slow on U.S. 50 eastbound near Ritchie Highway, due to a disabled tractor-trailer blocking one lane. An accident was slowing traffic near Paca Street and Lexington Street in Baltimore City. Robert Street was closed between Madison Avenue and McCulloh Street in Baltimore due to fire department activity. Fire department activity was also obstructing traffic around Lombard Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. There were no major delays reported on mass transit systems.

A Glen Burnie store was robbed Tuesday by a man who wore a hooded sweat shirt and had a dirty yellow bandanna over his face.According to a county police report, a man walked into the Carpet Fair store in the 7100 block of Ritchie Highway at 5:20 p.m. and ordered the store manager to the floor. The manager complied, got up to open the cash drawer, then returned to the floor.After taking an undetermined amount of cash, the robber told the manager, "You better stay right there. If you follow me out, my partners are going to blow you away."

Two gunmen robbed a News Center in the 6600 block of Ritchie Highway on Saturday of an undisclosed amount of money, county police said yesterday.Police said the men walked into the store just before 6 p.m. Each one took a magazine to the counter. After they paid for the magazines, they pulled guns and ordered the clerk to open the register, police said. They told her to sit on the floor while they took the money and ran.Witnesses said the men got into a small, light green, late-model car that headed north on Shelly Road.

A Baltimore woman crossing a busy strip of Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie yesterday was struck and killed by a car, county police said.Helen McCracken of the 800 block of Cherry Hill Road was pronounced dead at the scene.The driver of the car, Kurt Victor Zimmerman, 19, of the 400 block of Westbury Drive in Riva, was not injured.About 2 p.m., McCracken got off the No. 14 bus in the 6700 block of Ritchie Highway in front of the Glen Burnie Mall, police said. She was carrying an iron in a bag from Montgomery Ward, which is directly across the street from the bus stop.

A pedestrian, who police say was jaywalking on Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park Thursday night, died after being struck by a pickup truck. Cheryl Lynn Knick, 57, of the 5100 block of Brookwood Road in the same neighborhood, died at Harbor Hospital soon after the 7:44 p.m. accident on the highway, south of the intersection with 11th Avenue West. The truck was traveling south on the highway. Its driver, a 53-year-old Gambrills man, swerved to avoid the victim, who was not crossing at a designated crosswalk and had failed to yield to southbound traffic, police said.

A pedestrian was hit by a Chevy pickup truck after running out onto Ritchie Highway late Friday afternoon, Anne Arundel County Police said. Officers found Carl James Boyce, 41, from Baltimore, lying in the road with potentially life threatening injuries, police said. He was taken to Shock Trauma, where police described his condition as stable. Police said Boyce ran in front of the pickup which was traveling north on the highway near Cedar Hill Lane. The drive of the truck tried to swerve but was unable to avoid him, police said.

A 54-year-old Baltimore woman was charged with hitting a pedestrian on Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park Thursday and driving away, Anne Arundel County police said Saturday.. Robin L. Sears, of the 1600 block of Ceddox Street, hit Michael J. Diegel, 57, of Severn, with her gold 2001 Chevrolet Venture van at 12:37 a.m. Thursday, police said. Diegel, of the 1200 block of Thomson Avenue, is in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma. Officers found Diegel laying on a northbound lane of Ritchie Highway near Camrose Avenue.

As of 8:30 a.m. Friday, traffic was slow on Church Road near Ritchie Highway, due to an accident. An accident was slowing traffic on Route 198 near Laurel Fort Meade Road in Anne Arundel County. Emergency roadwork was slowing traffic on Route 140 southbound near St. Thomas Lane in Baltimore County. Monument Street is closed between Wolfe Street and Patterson Park Avenue in East Baltimore, due to sinkhole repairs. Maryland Transit Administration bus 35 has been diverted. There are no major delays reported on area transit systems.

An accident involving an overturned gasoline tanker at the intersection of Arundel Expressway and Ritchie Highway in Pasadena closed Ritchie Highway in both directions and jammed traffic Tuesday afternoon, according to Anne Arundel County fire and police officials. Both northbound and southbound lanes on Ritchie Highway were blocked to traffic for hours between East West Boulevard and Jumpers Hole Road, said Battalion Chief Steven Thompson, a fire spokesman. At 2:54 p.m., a tractor trailer was turning left onto Ritchie Highway, also known as Route 2, from Arundel Expressway, also known as Route 10, when the 8,000-gallon gasoline tanker it was carrying detached from the trailer, Thompson said.

A partly decomposed human head was found Monday in woods behind a shopping center in Pasadena, Anne Arundel County police said. Lieutenant Michael Brothers said police were called about 4 p.m. to the wooded area behind Jumpers Hole Road and Ritchie Highway. No identification was immediately made. Police said the head might be that of a woman, and was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. andrea.siegel@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts opened its eighth store in Maryland today in Severna Park. The store in the Severna Park Marketplace, 571 Ritchie Highway, marks the 141st location for the New Jersey-based chain, which sells items for arts and crafts projects, school assignments, home decor, parties and weddings.  The store will also offer birthday and craft parties, craft workshops and ideas for planning themed birthday parties. The new store, along with A.C. Moores in White Marsh, Glen Burnie, Bowie and Waldorf, will feature special deals this week.

A gunman held up a 7-Eleven store Sunday morning in the 4000 block of Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park, Anne Arundel County police said. Police said they were called to the store around 5:05 a.m. Employees said a man with a handgun had come in and demanded cash, police said. The man took money from the cash register and ran toward Belle Grove Road, police said. The suspect was described as probably in his 20s, about 6 feet tall, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black work gloves and blue jeans, police said.