Theft

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.

A 41-year-old Washington woman was sentenced Thursday to three years in federal prison for her role in conspiring to steal $1.4 million from the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland announced. In imposing his sentence, U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. also ordered Tyeast "Peaches" Brown to serve four years of supervised release after her prison term and to pay the public housing agency at least $1.4 million in restitution. She earlier pleaded guilty.

Maryland State Police and Harford County Sheriff's Office reports: Aberdeen Djbril Ramatoulay, 20, of the 700 block of West Bel Air Avenue, was charged Thursday with possessing marijuana and paraphernalia. Gerad Forte, of the 900 block of Edmund Street, was charged Thursday with having trash on his property. Travoy Anthony Harvey, 25, of the 100 block of West Aztec Street, was charged Thursday with second-degree assault. Abingdon A theft from a vehicle was reported Thursday in the 3300 block of Meadow Valley Drive.

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. Bloomsbury Avenue, 400 block, Oct. 20, 9:30-10:30 p.m. Two juveniles were dragged into the woods after a football game by four classmates who exposed themselves and touched them inappropriately. Cherrydell Road, 100 block, Oct. 20, 4:00-6:20 p.m. TV, DVD player, jewelry and cash stolen from residence.

A liquor store clerk in Annapolis tried to contact city police to mediate a dispute about a customer's change. He never completed the call and police are looking for the unidentified woman, who struck the clerk on the head and stole his phone Friday evening. The customer argued with the clerk about the change she received from a purchase at the store in the 200 block of West Street at Madison Place. When the argument continued, the clerk attempted to call 911 on his cell phone. The woman struck him mid-call on the head, most likely with the bag of her bottled purchases, police said.

It was the art theft investigation that went nowhere. When a landscape painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir was stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art on Nov. 17, 1951, there were no newspaper headlines. The report filed by the Baltimore Police Department was a model of brevity, just 90 words long, including the notation of the artwork's value: $2,500. It's unlikely that the theft was reported to the FBI. And current museum director Doreen Bolger and her staff were dumbfounded when they learned in recent days that a theft had occurred there in 1951.

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office said thieves struck the Northbrook neighborhood of Hampstead early on Sunday, Sept. 23, taking more than $1,300 worth of electronics, change, jewelry and other valuables from unlocked vehicles. According to the report from the Sheriff's Office, more than 50 unlocked cars parked in driveways along Broadmoor and Glenside Court, Woldholme, Allview and Schaefer drives were struck. Other damage included a slashed car tire and convertible jeep top. In addition, several vehicles were pushed from their driveway, including one that traveled across the street and struck a tree.

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.

Laurel police report felonies, arrests and property crimes. Prince George's County police report violent crimes and property crimes. Howard County police report major crimes, break-ins and car thefts. City of Laurel Baltimore Avenue, 14600 block, Sept. 9 Shoplifting theft. Fort Meade Road, 200 block, Sept. 8. Theft. Cherrywood Drive, 15000 block, Sept. 7. Burglary, forced entry. Dorset Road, 15700 block, Sept. 6. Motor vehicle theft. Olive Branch Way, 7200 block, Sept.

Campus crime statistics reported to the federal government show there were 15 burglaries at Morgan State University in 2010. But a review of the university's daily crime log found twice as many. When reporting campus crime to the U.S. Department of Education, Morgan State downgraded many burglaries to thefts, following a federal directive that crimes not be reported as burglaries without evidence of unauthorized entry. And thefts — there were more than 100 reported at Morgan State in 2010 — are not included in the federal data on campus crime.