NEWS
By Richard Irwin | December 9, 1994
Baltimore City* ROBBERY: Northern District -- A resident of the 900 block of W. University Parkway was about to enter his home Thursday night when he was struck on the back of the head by one of two men, one with a handgun, who robbed him of his wallet, cash, credit cards and watch, all valued at nearly $450.* THEFTS FROM AUTOS: Northern District -- At least seven vehicles were broken into in the 1700 block of Union Ave. Thursday. Taken was money, two hunting knives, two electric drills, clothing, roller skates and a cellular phone, all valued at more than $600.
NEWS
By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun | July 13, 2011
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.
NEWS
By Michael James and Michael James,Staff Writer | November 21, 1993
The search for the killers of Baltimore millionaire J. Schuyler "Sky" Alland was at a standstill in the summer of 1992. Whoever executed the businessman for his $80,000 black BMW apparently had gotten away with murder -- not to mention the car.U.S. Park Police Detective Timothy M. Squires was handling the first murder of his career, but he made a bold promise."He promised that he would find these guys," said Dorothy Alland Leighton, Mr. Alland's mother. "He said, 'Even when I retire, I'll continue to work on this case with no pay until I find who killed your son.' "His promise was fulfilled Wednesday when federal prosecutors wrapped up an intricate nationwide investigation into the February 1992 murder with the conviction of the killer, John Graham Bridges, 30, of Norfolk, Va. A co-defendant, Robert Patrick Gray, 25, of Cockeysville pleaded guilty Nov. 5."
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By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun | July 27, 2010
The promising young researcher had come to Baltimore from his home in Florida, after attending college in Michigan and working with stem cells in Japan, where he became fluent in the language. Here, he assisted with breast cancer studies at the Johns Hopkins University and was poised to enroll in medical school. He was four blocks from his Charles Village apartment Sunday night when two robbers took his life for cash and a cell phone. Dropped off at Penn Station after a weekend trip to New York to visit his sister, 23-year-old Stephen Pitcairn was talking to his mother on his iPhone at about 11 p.m. and walking north in the 2600 block of St. Paul St. when a man and woman demanded money.
NEWS
August 21, 2011
A 20-year-old robbery suspect was in the hospital after being shot in the shoulder early Sunday, Baltimore police said. An off-duty security guard told police he exchanged gunfire with a man who robbed him in the 3600 block of Dolfield Avenue before 3 a.m. The robber fled in a vehicle, police said. Shortly afterward they located a man they identified as the robbery suspect in the 1900 block of Dukeland Street. The off-duty security guard was unharmed.
NEWS
By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun | November 16, 2012
A 16-year-old Columbia boy was charged in an armed robbery of a man who retrieving mail from a community mail box on Wednesday evening. Police said Dymtro Klopp, 16, of Dove Cote Drive, was with two other teens in the 10400 block of Fair Oaks in Columbia on Wednesday when they approached the victim, placed a gun against the victim's head and demanded money. The victim handed over his wallet, which contained credit cards, gift cards and an undisclosed amount of cash. The victim was able to give police a detailed description of Klopp, which police recognized from other recent incidents.