Sexually Assaulted

A Curtis Bay woman was abducted and sexually assaulted Sunday by a man who handcuffed her and threatened her with a gun, then left her on the side of Tanyard Cove Road in Pasadena, county police said.The woman told police that an acquaintance, who was dressed in a security guard uniform, picked her up at her home late Saturday. At some point he handcuffed her, pulled a .45 caliber automatic from beneath the driver's seat, and fondled the woman as he drove.After the man released her, the victim flagged down a motorist who took her to a telephone to call police around 12: 30 a.m. Sunday.

Bel Air Police say they are investigating an abduction and attempted sexual assault that began on the town's southwest side late the evening of May 14. At approximately 11 p.m., the victim, a woman in her mid-20s, reported stopping in the area of Marketplace Drive and Route 24 to help a man who was waving for help along the roadside, the Bel Air Police Department said in a news release issued Friday morning. According to the release, the man forced his way into the victim's car and drove to a location in Abingdon or Edgewood "where he attempted to sexually assault the victim.

A 16-year-old student at Fort Meade High School reported to police that she was sexually assaulted in a locker room Sept. 30.According to police, the student stopped at her locker at 10:30 a.m. and saw a man leaning up against the wall. He asked her to come over to where he was standing. She refused and he forced her up against the wall and fondled her, police said.She ran home and did not report the incident to school officials until the next day.School officials did not call police until Tuesday, police spokesman Officer Terry Crowe said.

The recent study estimating that there may have been 26,000 cases of sexual assault in the military last year stirred a lot of tough talk from the Pentagon and the White House over the past 24 hours. But the question is whether that outrage will translate into much-needed reforms within the armed forces. On that front, we have our doubts. The U.S. military's failure to adequately address sex crimes within its ranks is hardly a new problem, but the rise of such incidents - up from 19,000 in 2010 - is shocking.

Anne Arundel County police were searching yesterday for a man who sexually assaulted a woman as she walked to work near Reece and New Disney roads in the Fort Meade area Saturday morning. The man forced the woman into the woods and sexually assaulted her about 5:30 a.m., police said. The victim may have scratched the left side of her attacker's face and his hands and wrists, police said. The suspect was described as a black man with a dark complexion, about 5 feet 11 inches tall and 175 to 190 pounds, and wearing a dark-colored football jersey that may have had the number 2 on it in a blue circle.

A 34-year-old woman was sexually assaulted about 4 p.m. yesterday after her car broke down on West Nursery Road near Corporate Drive in Linthicum, county police said.The woman told police that two men forced her back into her car and assaulted her. The men then took her to the woods, tied her wrists and ankles with her pantyhose and left. After several hours, the woman was able to free herself, and walked to a nearby business, where she called police.Police say they have no suspects in the case, but an investigation is continuing.

A Westminster woman was abducted late Saturday night at knifepoint and forced into a man's car where she was sexually assaulted and driven to Harrisburg, Pa., police said yesterday.Police in Harrisburg arrested Charles Bernard Thomas Jr. outside his sister's home in the 1500 block of State St. early Sunday morning.Mr. Thomas, 48, of Westminster was charged by Harrisburg police with assault and unlawful restraint -- misdemeanor charges -- after the woman reported a man abducted her and forced her to accompany him to Pennsylvania.

An Ellicott City woman was sexually assaulted Thursday night in her home by a man who ran away after she began fighting, county police said. Police said the man entered the home through an unlocked rear door about 10 p.m., confronted the 44-year-old woman and forced her to perform a sex act. She resisted during the assault, and he fled, escaping capture by officers called to the scene. The woman was treated at Howard County General Hospital and released. Police are searching for a man described as black, in his 30s, 160 pounds, medium complexion, short hair and clean shaven.

A 35-year-old Columbia woman told Howard County police that she was sexually assaulted Monday night in the 5800 block of Stevens Forest Road.About 9: 30 p.m., the victim said she heard a male voice call to her from the woods. She told police officers that two men came out and walked her into the wooded area where they sexually assaulted her, according to police reports.She described one suspect as about 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds with black, short straight hair, a mustache pTC and sideburns.

A 17-year-old high school student was sexually assaulted Friday morning on an Ellicott City bike path, where she was taking a walk during a school vacation day.The girl, who was walking alone, was attacked by a man who approached her at 11: 30 a.m. in the 4000 block of Lark Spring Row in Dorsey Hall, said Howard County police."

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. Songbird Circle and Park Avenue footpath, 9:15 a.m., March 14. Man walking on footpath robbed of cell phone, leather jacket, leather wallet and Nike shoes by man with a gun. Hollins Ferry Road, 3800 block, 8:49 a.m., March 14. Leaves set on fire and burned at Lansdowne High School baseball field dugout bench.

After he was raped by a fellow Navy sailor, Brian Lewis wanted justice. What he got, the Baltimore man told a Senate panel Wednesday, was an order to keep quiet. When commanders learned of the attack, Lewis said, he was told not to report it to naval investigators. From his unit's lawyers, he said, there was "an eerie silence. " "At some point, it becomes about preservation of their own career, rather than helping me," the former Navy petty officer said. "There was no effective legal situation that I could access.

It's hard to fathom what it must have been like for Dez Wells to emerge from beneath the weight of public suspicion and step into a sold-out basketball arena again and hear cheers and balls bouncing and bands playing. Those who know the Maryland player's story - the infamous brawl during his freshman year at Xavier, the sexual assault allegation rejected by a prosecutor - understand why Wells seemed overcome as the sophomore transfer was introduced for the Terps ' season-opening game against Kentucky, leaning in and hugging his coach, Mark Turgeon.

Prosecutors announced Friday that charges will not be sought against 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree, who was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a swanky downtown hotel. A statement released Friday by San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon said: "The San Francisco Police Department -- Special Victims Unit completed and submitted a thorough investigation of the allegations against Michael Crabtree. Following a review of all the evidence, my office has determined that no charges will be filed against Michael Crabtree at this time.

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Anne Arundel County police have arrested a Glen Burnie man and charged him with raping and stabbing a woman he knew from her job. Police said the woman told them she was held in the man's apartment against her will, stabbed and sexually assaulted Monday. Afterward, the woman was forced into her vehicle and driven to the Food Lion supermarket in the 100 block of Crain Highway North, police said. There, without her attacker's knowledge, she alerted the store's staff to contact police, according to police.

A 4-year-old boy apparently was sexually assaulted Monday evening by an unknown man who lured him into a car in Belcamp, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said last night. The child told authorities he was standing near Belcamp and Church Creek roads about 6:30 p.m. when a man with dark hair and a goatee lured him into a white four-door vehicle and drove away, said Lt. Doug Verzi of the sheriff's office. After driving the boy to an unknown location and sexually assaulting him, the man returned him to the area where the abduction had taken place, Verzi said.

The Harford County Sheriff's Office says it has arrested one man and has a warrant out for another in connection with a stabbing in Edgewood on Thanksgiving night. The man who was arrested is facing assault and sexual assault charges, according to police. Harford County sheriff's deputies were called around 7:20 p.m. Thursday to the 1700 block of Fountain Rock Way in Edgewood for a report of a stabbing. The victim, 41, had been stabbed in the facial area with an unknown weapon, according to an initial news release from the sheriff's office, which also stated the stabbing appeared to be domestic related.

City police are investigating a sexual assault of a female jogger, who was attacked by a man armed with a knife in Fells Point Friday morning. Police are unclear of the exact location but say a woman in her 20s was attacked between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. by a man who was possibly wearing a mask and armed with a knife. The victim received medical treatment and has met with investigators, police said. She has met with TurnAround, Inc. a victim advocacy group that has partnered with the police department to investigate sex crimes.