NEWS
By Don Markus | don.markus@baltsun.com | March 16, 2010
A 59-year-old Pasadena woman admitted Monday to stealing more than $86,000 from the Howard County produce business where she worked as a bookkeeper, police said. Joan Elizabeth Krempa, of the 8400 block of Miramar Road, pleaded guilty to a single count of theft of more than $500 in Howard County Circuit Court. Krempa said she forged the signature of the owner of Parade Produce in Jessup between February and November of 2008; police said she wrote checks amounting to $60,501 and deposited the money in her personal account.
NEWS
By Andrea F. Siegel | March 4, 2010
An Anne Arundel County firefighter admitted Wednesday to emptying the bank accounts of a regional firefighter charity when he was its treasurer, a crime that has decimated the organization. Lt. Joshua Lee Constuble, 38, of Crofton pleaded guilty to felony theft in Annapolis District Court. Judge Megan B. Johnson sentenced him to five weekends in jail and suspended the rest of a two-year sentence. During 18 months of probation, he must repay the Emerald Society about $2,100, the amount he still owes on the more than $7,400 he took.
EXPLORE
November 2, 2012
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office said on Friday that deputies arrested four men in the theft of scrap metal in Mount Airy this week. Police said Travis Waddell, 19, Branden Battle, 19, and Adam Nicholas Toth, 22, all from Mount Airy; and Dwayne Douglas Frazier, 32, of Boyds, were each charged with trespassing and theft. In addition, Waddell was charged with possession of marijuana. The Sheriff's Office said that on Thursday, Nov. 1, at about 1:45 p.m., deputies were called to the 5800 block of Bethel Road in Mount Airy to investigate a theft complaint.
NEWS
By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun | September 17, 2012
Anne Arundel County police are investigating several armed robberies that occurred over the weekend in Brooklyn Park, Galesville, Glen Burnie and Annapolis. In several cases, they have descriptions of the suspects, but have been unable to locate them. Officers on patrol in Gambrills did arrest a 29-year-old Arnold man in connection with a series of thefts from autos. Officers stopped a vehicle, known to be involved in the thefts, at about 3 a.m. Friday on Reidel Road, near Route 3. The driver Brandon Michael Smith of the 1100 block Wright Avenue gave officers the consent to search the vehicle.
NEWS
By Nicole Fuller, The Baltimore Sun | June 15, 2010
Annapolis' finance director had just finished meeting with Mayor Joshua J. Cohen on June 7, when he returned to his office as he did each day and locked the vault that protects the daily payments to the city. The next morning, director Timothy E. Elliott was the first to arrive at the office around 7:30 a.m., he said. A courier arrived soon after to pick up the city's daily bank deposit, and Elliott made a startling discovery: the bag, containing about $154,000 in checks and cash, was gone.
NEWS
By Nicole Fuller, The Baltimore Sun | June 18, 2010
When residents pay water bills and civil citations at the cashier's window at Westminster City Hall, the payment stays in a drawer until the end of the day, when the contents are counted by a supervisor and placed in a vault. A city police officer comes each afternoon and transports the funds to the bank. In Howard County, two county employees must be present when putting payments for property taxes or parking tickets in a locked box that stores the cash, check and credit card payments.