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A Pennsylvania motorcyclist apparently suffered a heart attack Wednesday evening before an accident on Littlestown Pike north of Westminster, state police said.Lenny Duane Doan, 37, of Abbottstown in York County was taken to Carroll County General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead soon after the accident, which occurred at 5: 30 p.m., police said.According to a police report, the motorcyclist was traveling north near Bachmans Valley Road when he put his head down on the handlebars of his Yamaha Special 400 and began to lose control of the motorcycle.

POLICE* Union Bridge: A resident of the 200 block of E. Locust St. told state police someone entered his unlocked garage Monday and stole a 1986 Yamaha motorcycle, valued at $800.FIRE* Union Bridge: Units from Union Bridge, New Windsor, Taneytown and New Midway of Frederick County, were dispatched to the 800 block of Otterdale Mill Road for a report of smoke in a house at 10:39 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters cleared away smoke. for the occupant.* Taneytown: Taneytown, Harney and Pleasant Valley engines responded to a barn fire in the 1700 block of Baust Church Road at 6:12 p.m. Monday.

BALTIMORE CITY Southeastern District Theft: Willie Cherry, 42, told police he was sleeping on a bench in the 800 block of S. Broadway early Monday when someone stole a bicycle he had found. Theft: More than $500 worth of baby clothes were stolen Monday from a clothesline in the 1300 block of Bunson Way. Theft: A red Jialing-brand motorized scooter valued at $800 was stolen Monday in the 200 block of S. Ellwood Ave. BALTIMORE COUNTY Cockeysville Precinct Burglary: More than $4,000 was removed from a safe in the bedroom of a house in the 20000 block of Graves Run Road between Friday and Monday.

Police logLaurel area: 8400 block of Old Columbia Road at Rocky Gorge Golf Range: A white 1995 Toyota Camry with Maryland license plates CRD-021 was stolen between 2 p.m. and 2: 30 p.m. Thursday.North Laurel: 9500 block of Sylvan Still: A white 1994 Yamaha motorcycle with Maryland license plates 64687P was stolen between 10: 30 p.m. Wednesday and 7: 30 a.m. Thursday.North Laurel: 9200 block of N. Laurel Road: A 14-year-old boy reported that his bicycle was stolen at gunpoint while he was walking with it recently.

POLICE* Westminster: A resident of Whispering Meadows Court told city police somebody stole her 1990 Buick LaSabre from a church parking lot in the first block of Cranberry Road on Monday. The owner was not able to furnish police with the value of the vehicle.A resident of Brehm Road told city police someone stole the toolbox from his vehicle while he was at a convenience store on East Main Street on Saturday. He estimated the loss at $600.William E. Sealover, 36, of the 2500 block of Hanover Pike was treated at Carroll County General Hospital and released after he fell from a ladder at the State Highway Administration facility in the 100 block of Wyndtryst Drive about 1 p.m. Monday.

Howard County police arrested an 18-year-old Baltimore man Wednesday night and charged him with possession and intent to distribute cocaine.Christopher Karl Johnson of the 1800 block of Yataruba Drive was stopped after driving through a red light at Rogers Avenue and Town & Country Boulevard in Ellicott City, police said.After a brief foot chase, police said, they arrested Mr. Johnson and found 7 grams of crack cocaine, 3 grams of marijuana, $1,250 in cash and a pager on him and in his car.Mr.

A Glen Burnie man was killed yesterday when he lost control of his motorcycle, hit a guardrail and skidded along Reece Road, county police said.Richard Lee Willis, 39, of the 1000 block of Kelso Drive was pronounced dead on the scene.Police said Willis was northbound just north of Severn Road on a 1981 Yamaha 650 about 12: 30 a.m. when he lost control on a curve.The motorcycle hit a guardrail and slid on its side about 100 feet before coming to rest in the northbound lane of Reece Road. Willis was pinned between the motorcycle and the rail.

A Glen Burnie man died Tuesday after his motorcycle drifted off the road and slammed into two trees near Eldersburg, state police said. William Allan Puckett Jr., 38, of the 100 block of Janaelin Drive was heading west on Arrington Road about 10:45 a.m. when his 1979 Yamaha motorcycle struck a tree on the road's north side. The motorcycle came to a stop after striking a second tree about 30 feet off the road. Puckett was taken by helicopter to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where he died at 11:52 a.m. State police said no one witnessed the accident, and the preliminary cause is driver error.

An off-duty state trooper was killed Saturday when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a guardrail near his home in Great Mills in St. Mary's County, state police said.Tfc. Daniel L. Choat, 30, was rounding a sharp curve on Flat Iron Road about 5: 29 p.m. when he lost control of his 1995 Yamaha, crossed the center line and hit a guardrail, police said. He was flown by helicopter to St. Mary's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7: 05 p.m.Choat, assigned to the Leonardtown Barracks, was a decorated eight-year veteran.

Man arrested Thursday on indecent exposure chargeA man was arrested Thursday at the Savage Rocks area of the Little Patuxent River after Howard County police found him wearing nothing but his cap and sandals.Evan Wilder, 25, of Laurel was charged with indecent exposure, police said.He was released on his own recognizance early Friday, police said. No bail was set.Police logNorth Laurel: 9200 Livery Lane: A 1985 Yamaha YZ490 without license plates was stolen from the bed of a pickup truck on Wednesday night or Thursday morning.