December 5, 2008
Police Blotter
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police reports in baltimore city and countyEastern Baltimore
Theft Someone entered the rear yard of a house under renovation in the 3100 block of E. Monument St. over the weekend and stole a 300-gallon oil tank valued at $500.Burglary Police were seeking whoever entered Christ United Methodist Church in the 2000 block of E. Chase St. on Friday after breaking a window with a rock. It was not known whether any property was stolen.
Central Baltimore
Robbery A man forced his way into a woman's apartment in the 1700 block of Park Ave. in Bolton Hill about 6 p.m. Saturday and robbed her of $120 while holding what appeared to be a handgun to her head.Robbery An 18-year-old man was walking in the 100 block of McMechen St. about 11 p.m. Saturday when a man armed with a machete struck him in the head, knocked him to the ground and robbed him of his wallet containing $70.
Robbery A woman, 42, was exiting her car in the 1700 block of Park Ave. about 8 p.m. Friday when a man armed with a sharp weapon robbed her of her purse. During the robbery, the man stabbed the woman in the left wrist, causing a minor injury.
Robbery A man, 55, was standing outside his car in the 300 block of Laurens St. about 9:30 p.m. Friday when a gunman forced him to give up his money. The gunman fled with more than $200.
Southeastern Baltimore
Robbery Police were seeking a gunman who robbed a woman, 25, of her purse containing a cell phone and an ATM card while she walked in the 2400 block of Hudson St. about 1 a.m. Saturday.Shooting A man, 31, was in serious condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital after he was shot multiple times by an unknown assailant in the 2700 block of Pulaski Highway about 2 a.m. Saturday.
Baltimore Co. – Essex
Burglary/arrest An 18-year-old man was arrested early Saturday and charged with stealing two dirt bikes from the side of a house in the 100 block of Dihedral Drive in Middle River. Charged with burglary was John Sauls of the 300 block of Magnolia Terrace. The dirt bikes were recovered and police were seeking at least one other male in connection with the burglary.Baltimore Co. – Pikesville
Robbery Three men, one armed with a shotgun, forced their way into a house in the 3800 block of Byfield Road about 11 p.m. Friday, bound a woman and two men with tape and fled moments later with two laptop computers, $1,500 and jewelry.
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