Shoplifting

Fired in March for his antics on and off the court, former Seton Hall basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez has been arrested on charges of shoplifting from a New Jersey mall. Gonzalez, 47, reported to Millburn police headquarters on Monday. He faces charges of criminal mischief, along with shoplifting. He is accused of taking a satchel worth roughly $1,400 from the Polo Ralph Lauren store in the Short Hills Mall on June 29. He plans to plead not guilty, said defense attorney Gerald Krovatin , who also is representing Gonzalez in a lawsuit over his dismissal.

A crowd of "unruly" school kids rushed into a downtown 7-Eleven store about 2 p.m. Wednesday for a free "Slurpee" promotion, and didn't leave until they'd caused a commotion — allegedly shoplifting and getting into a physical altercation with the store owner. According to police, between 20 and 30 middle school students rushed into the store near the intersection of Light and East Pratt streets all at once for the special promotion of the frozen drinks, called "SlurpFREE Day. " The company said the event was to promote its new sugar-free version of the drink, and to "launch the upcoming Slurpee season.

Howard County police have issued an arrest warrant for a 41-year-old Baltimore man who they believe attacked a shopping mall security guard with a box cutter last month after being suspected of shoplifting. According to police, Terrell Andre Webb of the 1500 block of N. Decker Ave. was stopped about 4:20 p.m. on Feb. 27 by Kevin Seaton and another security guard, after Webb tried to leave a Macy's store wearing several items of clothing that the guards believed he had put on in the dressing area.

Aberdeen Havre de Grace police report: Douglas Eugene Bishop Jr., 36, of the 400 block of Holly Drive, was charged Monday with marijuana possession. Aberdeen police report: A possibly rabid raccoon was seen in the 300 block of Ambleside Court on Dec. 22, police were told. A differential was reported stolen from the 600 block of South Philadelphia Road on Dec. 22. A caller reported juveniles were shooting off fireworks at Centerfield and Long drives on Dec. 22. A man was shoplifting at Walmart on Dec. 22, a caller told police.

The E-Z Money pawn shop shares a block of West Patapsco Avenue with a vacant storefront, a liquor store and a used furniture shop. "We buy scrap gold coins," the sign out front says. "Top $$$ paid. " The neon sign is turned off, but the lights are on inside, where the elderly owner and his son are busy cleaning empty shelves. The father is going off to federal prison in December, though he doesn't know for how long, and on Tuesday he was busy sprucing up for a new owner. He was willing to talk — only if his name didn't appear in the newspaper — but all he wants to say is that he was duped into becoming part of a conspiracy he knew nothing about.

A Ferndale woman was arrested Tuesday and charged with shoplifting clothes worth $175 from the Glen Burnie Sears store and with drug possession, county police said.Larry Rogers, 19, a security officer at the store in the 6600 block of Ritchie Highway, told police he saw a woman come in about 6:15 p.m. and stuff four bathing suits, a pair of shorts and a shirt into a Rite Aid bag and leave the store without paying for them.Mr. Rogers stopped the woman and waited for Northern District Officer Michael Barclay to arrive.

Two Pimlico women were arrested Tuesday night after the attempted shoplifting of two cartons of cigarettes from the Giant food store in the Cromwell Field Shopping Center, county police said.Charles Johnson, a special police officer at the store in the 7300 block of Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd., told county police that one of the women gave two cartons of cigarettes, worth $35.18, to the second woman, who put them into a plastic bag. Both women then tried to leave the store without paying for the cigarettes, police said.

County police arrested a Baltimore man Wednesday after he allegedly tried to steal three cartons of cigarettes from a 7-Eleven store in Glen Burnie, police said yesterday.The man walked into store in the 1600 block of Furnace Branch Road shortly before 3:30 a.m. and asked for one carton each of Kool, Winston and Newport cigarettes, police said.The man then pulled the cigarettes, valued at $54, from the clerk's hands and ran.As he tried to leave the store, an arriving customer blocked the door, police said.

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The E-Z Money pawn shop shares a block of West Patapsco Avenue with a vacant storefront, a liquor store and a used furniture shop. "We buy scrap gold coins," the sign out front says. "Top $$$ paid. " The neon sign is turned off, but the lights are on inside, where the elderly owner and his son are busy cleaning empty shelves. The father is going off to federal prison in December, though he doesn't know for how long, and on Tuesday he was busy sprucing up for a new owner. He was willing to talk — only if his name didn't appear in the newspaper — but all he wants to say is that he was duped into becoming part of a conspiracy he knew nothing about.

A 22-year-old Baltimore woman — who police say was caught shoplifting Thursday — died after her vehicle ran into a pole in the White Marsh Mall parking lot, Baltimore County police said. According to police spokesman Lt. Robert McCullough, Lauren Nicole Turner of 1100 block of Ramblewood Road was caught shoplifting at the Ikea in the 8300 block of Honeygo Boulevard in White Marsh at 11:15 a.m. Thursday. Workers took her name and released her from the store. Around noon, the spokesman said, Turner "was observed driving at a high rate of speed" in the Sears parking lot of the mall, which is next to the Ikea store.

Fired in March for his antics on and off the court, former Seton Hall basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez has been arrested on charges of shoplifting from a New Jersey mall. Gonzalez, 47, reported to Millburn police headquarters on Monday. He faces charges of criminal mischief, along with shoplifting. He is accused of taking a satchel worth roughly $1,400 from the Polo Ralph Lauren store in the Short Hills Mall on June 29. He plans to plead not guilty, said defense attorney Gerald Krovatin , who also is representing Gonzalez in a lawsuit over his dismissal.

Howard County police have issued an arrest warrant for a 41-year-old Baltimore man who they believe attacked a shopping mall security guard with a box cutter last month after being suspected of shoplifting. According to police, Terrell Andre Webb of the 1500 block of N. Decker Ave. was stopped about 4:20 p.m. on Feb. 27 by Kevin Seaton and another security guard, after Webb tried to leave a Macy's store wearing several items of clothing that the guards believed he had put on in the dressing area.

More Howard County police will patrol village centers, shopping malls, roads and liquor establishments from today until the end of the holiday season. Officers have signed up for overtime shifts to handle extra speeding enforcement, and police who are on duty are being asked to do more foot patrols and village center checks, said Pfc. Jennifer Reidy. The Police Department performs these additional holiday details because of an expected increase in robberies, thefts and shoplifting.

A Howard County schoolteacher was arrested and charged with shoplifting over the weekend after what police said was the theft of several pieces of clothing from a store at The Mall in Columbia. Nadia Eliasson, 53, a foreign-languages teacher at Mount Hebron High School in Ellicott City, is accused of stuffing several pieces of merchandise valued at nearly $850 into her purse at the Lord & Taylor store Saturday. Eliasson, a teacher in the school system since 1991, was released on her own recognizance.

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. granted clemency yesterday to two men convicted of nonviolent crimes. Earlier in the month, he pardoned seven others who had been convicted of offenses ranging from shoplifting to assault. Yesterday's clemency awards went to Melvin Burley, 51, who was convicted of possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver in 1978; and Alcure Walker, 44, who was convicted of carrying a handgun in 1995. Both had long since completed their sentences. The earlier pardons, granted June 6, went to: Timothy Branham, 40, convicted of breaking and entering in 1982; Gary Cooper, 37, convicted of misdemeanor theft in 1988; Claudio Ferrario, 42, convicted in 1986 of driving under the influence of alcohol, reckless driving and failing to stop to identify himself after striking attended and unattended vehicles; Ronald Lent, 64, convicted of assault in 1962 and disorderly conduct in 1963; Patricia Ray, 52, convicted of shoplifting in 1973; and Tonya Roberts, 34, convicted in 1984 of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.