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An Annapolis man was charged with indecent exposure linked to several incidents in an area surrounding Forest Hills Avenue, the city police department said Tuesday. Miguel Avelar Medina, 29, was charged with three counts of second-degree assault, three counts of indecent exposure and three counts of fourth-degree sex offense, police said. Medina was arrested in Wheaton. cwells@baltsun.com twitter.com/cwellssun

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Students at River Hill High School knew something was awry Tuesday when Alan Meade Beier, a popular science teacher, did not show up for class and police searched his room. Little did the students know that the 52-year-old Beier, who was named the school's 2001 Teacher of the Year by the senior class, would be charged with several sex offenses stemming from alleged inappropriate contact with two students. Charges include three counts of sexual child abuse, three counts of second-degree assault and three counts of fourth-degree sex offense.

An Annapolis man was charged with indecent exposure linked to several incidents in an area surrounding Forest Hills Avenue, the city police department said Tuesday. Miguel Avelar Medina, 29, was charged with three counts of second-degree assault, three counts of indecent exposure and three counts of fourth-degree sex offense, police said. Medina was arrested in Wheaton. cwells@baltsun.com twitter.com/cwellssun

A third man is in police custody after a fight at an Owings Mills home in November that erupted after an incident of road rage, according to Baltimore County police. Esaiah Lynn Watts, 21, of the 2600 block of Camberwell Court in Windsor Mill, turned himself in to police Wednesday, after they had obtained a warrant for his arrest on three counts of second-degree assault, police said. The Nov. 23 fight left a woman and her two sons, who were targeted by the men, injured, police said.

Two Carroll County men are facing multiple charges stemming from an argument that began in a Westminster pool hall Saturday night and ended with gunshots and a car crash.Westminster police officers arrested Scott I. Hayes, 31, of the 100 block of Franklin Ave. in Sykesville, and Brian E. Jahnigen, 19, of the first block of Sullivan Ave. in Westminster.In charging documents, police said two men began arguing with three men and a woman at a pool hall on Route 27 and that all six were ordered to leave.

Northeastern District police yesterday arrested a man they believe is responsible for at least 38 burglaries over the past month in the Goodnow Hill section of Northeast Baltimore.Members of the district's Major Crimes Unit had noticed an increase in daytime burglaries since mid-May, said Officer Ed Vogt. Vogt and his partner, Officer Tony DiNunno, began regularly patrolling the Goodnow Hill Apartments between 10 a.m and 1 p.m., which seemed to be when most of the burglaries were occurring.

A 17-year-old Taneytown youth was charged as an adult yesterday in the rapes of three Carroll County teen-agers in the past year, according to investigators with the Maryland State Police Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Unit in Westminster. Nathaniel Jared Yinger of the 2800 block of Basehore's Mill Road has been charged with three counts of second-degree rape, one count of second-degree sex offense, one count of sodomy and three counts of second-degree assault. He was arrested at his home.

Three Baltimore County men were indicted yesterday in the May killing of a Howard County man who was found shot in a Columbia parking lot, according to the state's attorney's office. Daymar L. Wimbish, 18, and Lamont Anthony Johnson, 24, both of Owings Mills, were charged with first-degree murder, three counts of attempted armed robbery, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, three counts of first-degree assault, possession of a firearm with a crime of violence conviction and having an unregistered rifle/shotgun.

Two Pasadena men arrested Saturday morning after a stolen van crashed into a pole on Fort Smallwood Road near Hilltop Road have been charged with stealing more than $7,500 worth of tools from three different vehicles, Anne Arundel County police said.Daniel Doyle Black, 18, of the 900 block of Duvall Highway, and Timothy James Riordan, 20, of the 100 block of Ritchie Highway, were arrested near the scene of the crash, police said.A third person, identified by one suspect as the driver of the stolen van, was still at large, police said.

A third man is in police custody after a fight at an Owings Mills home in November that erupted after an incident of road rage, according to Baltimore County police. Esaiah Lynn Watts, 21, of the 2600 block of Camberwell Court in Windsor Mill, turned himself in to police Wednesday, after they had obtained a warrant for his arrest on three counts of second-degree assault, police said. The Nov. 23 fight left a woman and her two sons, who were targeted by the men, injured, police said.

A 19-year-old Parkville man has been arrested in the robbery and assault of an 88-year-old woman and the sexual assault of two other women in three separate incidents near Carney, according to Baltimore County police. Jordan Snyder, of the 3200 block of East Joppa Road, was arrested Oct. 31 for the robbery and assault, and a warrant was issued for the two sexual assault charges Nov. 6, after police were able to link him to the two incidents, according to police and court records.

Maryland State Police and Sheriff's Office reports: Aberdeen Angel Luis Alicea, 27, of the 600 block of West Market Street, was charged Saturday with being a fugitive from Pennsylvania justice. Julie Tomar Paradis, 30, of the 600 block of West Bel Air Avenue, was charged Saturday with two counts of possessing a drug other than marijuana. Someone stole a TV then broke in and put it back Friday in the 1500 block of South Philadelphia Boulevard. Medicine might have been stolen Friday in the 1000 block of Old Philadelphia Road.

Defense lawyers for Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon reinforced their arguments Monday that the 12 criminal offenses against the mayor should be dropped, with her lawyers insisting that four perjury charges are based on "a fundamental misreading" of the city's ethics code. The arguments contained in court filings offered a preview of what defense lawyers could spend time discussing Thursday, when they are scheduled to make an oral presentation in Baltimore Circuit Court on their motion to dismiss all charges.

Three Baltimore County men were indicted yesterday in the May killing of a Howard County man who was found shot in a Columbia parking lot, according to the state's attorney's office. Daymar L. Wimbish, 18, and Lamont Anthony Johnson, 24, both of Owings Mills, were charged with first-degree murder, three counts of attempted armed robbery, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, three counts of first-degree assault, possession of a firearm with a crime of violence conviction and having an unregistered rifle/shotgun.

A Howard County judge ruled yesterday that pornographic images seized from the home of a former teacher accused of sexually abusing three students cannot be presented at trial. Alan Meade Beier, 53, a former chemistry and physics teacher at River Hill High School in Clarksville, was arrested in January 2007 after being accused of undressing and photographing a 16-year-old boy in a classroom. Howard County prosecutor Mary Murphy argued in a pretrial motions hearing yesterday that the pornographic photographs found in Beier's home included adults in poses similar to those in the photos of the 16-year-old boy that were found on Beier's school computer, showing that Beier's intent in taking the photos was for nothing more than his own benefit.

A former student teacher at Hernwood Elementary School has been charged with sexually assaulting three female pupils, Baltimore County police said yesterday. David L. Aiken, 22, of the first block of Hogarth Circle in Cockeysville is accused of inappropriately touching the three girls on their breasts, shoulders and buttocks while in class or walking in the hallway at the Randallstown school. Aiken was not arrested but was served with a criminal summons charging him with three counts of sexual abuse of a minor, three counts of third-degree sex offense, three counts of fourth-degree sex offense and three counts of second-degree assault.

Howard County school officials will closely monitor the academic achievement of students who have been affected by the recent arrests of two county high school teachers accused of having inappropriate contact with students. While Alan Meade Beier, a 52-year-old chemistry and physics teacher at River Hill, and Joseph Samuel Ellis, a 25-year-old history and American government teacher at Glenelg High School, are on paid administrative leave, their classes will be taught by substitute teachers.

Students at River Hill High School knew something was awry Tuesday when Alan Meade Beier, a popular science teacher, did not show up for class and police searched his room. Little did the students know that the 52-year-old Beier, who was named the school's 2001 Teacher of the Year by the senior class, would be charged with several sex offenses stemming from alleged inappropriate contact with two students. Charges include three counts of sexual child abuse, three counts of second-degree assault and three counts of fourth-degree sex offense.