Vandals

Three minibuses were destroyed in an arson fire and another 13 vehicles were damaged by vandals over the weekend at a transportation company parking lot in Southeast Baltimore, according to the Maryland Transit Administration and state fire marshal's office. The three buses are owned by the MTA, but stored at a lot in the 4500 block of Curtis Ave. that belongs to MV Transportation Mobility Service. The company is under contract to provide transit services for the disabled under the MTA's Mobility program.

Aberdeen Forshaye Deshawn, 21, of the 100 block of Holloway Road, was charged Monday with being a fugitive from Virginia. Shona L. Murray, 42, of the 4900 block of Villa Point Drive, was charged Monday with failing to appear in court for a case in which she was charged with second-degree assault, violating a protective order and theft less than $100. Aberdeen police report: A theft was reported Tuesday in the 200 block of Angus Drive. Multiple shots were fired Tuesday in the 900 block of Edmund Street.

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. Park Drive, 100 block, Feb. 2, between 6:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Glass broken out of side door window of residence. Three jewelry boxes, laptop, television, drill, hammer, two screw drivers and pliers stolen. Lucky Leaf Circle, 600 block, Jan. 30, between 2 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. Cash stolen from residence.

More than 240,000 gallons of sewage has spilled in Gunpowder Falls State Park as of Monday afternoon after someone vandalized a manhole, Baltimore County public works officials say. Officials said the sewer overflow was discovered Sunday afternoon near Jennifer Branch - a tributary to the Gunpowder Falls - in a heavily wooded area of the park that is east of Harford Road and south of Gunpowder Falls. A resident alerted the county to the problem, officials said. Crews have been working to contain the overflow, but the waste is being discharged at a rate of about 10,000 gallons per hour, according to the public works department.

Vandals hit 18 different cars in a Fountain Green neighborhood Thursday night. Between about midnight last Wednesday and 6 a.m. Thursday, tires were punctured on at least 18 vehicles in the 1400 and 1500 block of Redfield Road off Route 543, according to Monica Worrell, spokesperson for the Harford County Sheriff's Office. They also stole sunglasses, a GPS and a case of Gatorade from one vehicle. Police have no suspect information. Anyone with information can call the tipline, 410-836-7788, or the southern precinct, 410-612-1717.

Vandals ransacked the Spanish room of Magothy River Middle School Sunday morning, throwing papers on the floor, breaking pencils and urinating on a textbook, county police said.Eastern District Officer Neil McKee went to the school around 10:30 a.m. to investigate the alarm sounding. He found an exterior door ajar.Police said the vandals got into the school through an unlocked outer door. Also found unlocked were the door to the Spanish room and an interior hallway door that would have prevented the culprits from getting into the school, police said.

Howard County police are trying to determine who shot out the windows of about 20 cars during the weekend in three different parts of the county.There was no pattern to the vandalism, which occurred between late Friday night and early Sunday morning, mostly in Ellicott City, police said. Vandals may have used a BB gun to shatter the windows, police said.The vandals damaged cars in the 13800 block of Frederick Road; 8600 block of Frederick Road; 8700 block of Frederick Road; 11700 block of Triadelphia Road; 11900 block of Triadelphia Road; 3900 block of Shady Lane and the 3000 block of Evergreen Way.Cars also were damaged on Ten Mills Road; the 10800 block of Beechwood Drive; High Hay Drive and the 5000 block of Ten Mills Road in Columbia, police said.

Someone vandalized three mailboxes in a Crownsville neighborhood Friday, causing $70 worth of damage, county police said.State's Attorney Frank Weathersbee called police just after midnight Friday when he heard a loud banging coming from HTC outside his home in the 800 block of Valentine View.When Weathersbee went outside, he saw three men get into a white Mazda RX7 and drive off. He did not get a tag number, police said.Police investigated and found three mailboxes in that block had been knocked off metal posts or pulled out of the ground.

Vandals spray-painted several vehicles and houses in New Windsor in an overnight spree that left residents wondering how they can prevent more incidents, the mayor and several residents said."

Vandals believed to be teen-agers used a chocolate bar to smear a swastika on the garage window of a Jewish family's home in Columbia about 2 a.m. Sunday, Howard County police said.No arrests have been made in the incident, which occurred on Sweet Hours Way.Pub Date: 9/03/96

Baltimore County officials say a sewer overflow that discharged an estimated 16,800 gallons of waste into a tributary of White Marsh Run was discovered this past week. County health department officials said the tributary flows to the Bird River, and that said the overflow resulted from a vandalized eight-inch sewer line. County utility crews contained the overflow with a pump, but officials said that due to it occurring in a wooded area, between Gunpowder Crossing Lane and Pulaski Highway, the overflow went undetected for two weeks.

Perched on a wooded bluff in rural southeastern Carroll County, the old Henryton State Hospital bears silent witness to the ravages of decades of neglect and vandalism. First opened in 1923, the 18-building complex that once housed the sick and handicapped now appears beyond hope of recovery itself. Windows gape. Trees reach to the sky through roofs that have caved in or burned. Graffiti and vines cover stucco and brick walls. Broken glass and beer cans litter the ground, along with debris from the crumbling structures.

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. Park Drive, 100 block, Feb. 2, between 6:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Glass broken out of side door window of residence. Three jewelry boxes, laptop, television, drill, hammer, two screw drivers and pliers stolen. Lucky Leaf Circle, 600 block, Jan. 30, between 2 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. Cash stolen from residence.

As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, December 27, 1962: Harford Countians awoke to beautifully snow-covered grounds on Christmas morning. Snow began falling before daybreak early in the morning, making it truly a White Christmas. Safe crackers made off with more than $1,000 in cash and merchandise from the Livezey Lumber Company on Route 40 in Aberdeen. The thieves entered the building by breaking two windows in the rear of the building. They proceeded to the second floor where they broke into four different safes.

State Sen. Bill Ferguson's car was vandalized overnight, and he said he suspects political enemies are to blame. Ferguson, a first-term Democratic senator representing south and southeast Baltimore, posted a picture on his Facebook page this morning, showing his car badly damaged from what he called "acid. " "Heard I had an opponent next election. Pretty clear its going to be same type of election as last time," Ferguson wrote on his Facebook page. "Last time this happened it was 2 weeks before election day. Not a fun way to start the day, and this time they used acid to destroy my car. " Ferguson said that in 2010, someone dumped food and horse manure on his car. This time, there was also manure on the hood of the car.  Ferguson lives in Canton, and said the incident has rattled his family.

The historic Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum in Baltimore, which lost its longtime curator and was shuttered in September amid an operational reorganization, has in the last month been defaced by graffiti and robbed of its wooden front steps, according to those involved in the museum's revitalization. City officials said they are aware of the damage and recently repainted the museum door, which had been scrawled with mostly illegible writings in marker. They also said they regularly check on the museum and respond to any complaints about its condition.

Vandals spray-painted graffito on a wall around the State House and at least five other locations in the Annapolis historic district, Annapolis police said.The graffito -- including racial slurs and white 3-foot-high "KKK" letters -- were discovered Tuesday morning on several houses, the First Church of Christ Scientist, benches outside the James Senate Office Building and the Legislative Services Building, police said.

Vandals overturned 130 tombstones at a Jewish cemetery in Halethorpe, causing property damage estimated at $50,000, according to Baltimore County police.W. Leroy Acree, who has been caretaker of United Hebrew Cemetery in the3900 block of Washington Boulevard for 14 years, said it was the seventh time he could recall that vandals had damaged the 40-acre cemetery."It's one of those things that happen with all cemeteries," Mr. Acree said. "You can't stop it unless you put canines out there around-the-clock, and you can't do that with the public visiting the cemetery."

Five teenagers have been arrested in a weeks-long Carroll County "vandalism spree" that caused $20,000 worth of damage to 129 cars and saw more than $5,000 worth of portable electronics, jewelry and other valuables stolen, according to the Carroll County Sheriff's Office. "The only explanation given for this is a case of youthful mischief," said Major Phil Kasten, a sheriff's office spokesman. Police said the teens, all North Carroll High School students between the ages of 14 and 17, began their crime spree on Aug. 4, spending the night shattering car windshields, bending antennas and removing nearly $1,500 worth of valuables and prescription drugs from vehicles parked in residential driveways.

The vehicle of a Cherry Hill activist and pastor was defaced with a threatening message on Thursday, and city police say they are investigating. It's the second time Cleoda Walker says she has been threatened since she started looking into complaints from residents about what they say are over-aggressive security officers in the Cherry Hill neighborhood. And the most recent incident comes as papers were served on officers being sued in a class-action filing by Walker and 20 other residents, according to attorney Tonya Bana, of the Murphy Firm.