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Monday, May 20, 2013

Burglars Enter Unlocked Garages: Crime Roundup

This information was supplied by the Howard County Police Department.

Columbia Residential burglary  Someone entered an open garage door on the 9600 block of Golden Rod Path early the morning of May 18, according to police. The burglar went through the resident’s vehicles and then went inside the home and stole money from a wallet and a purse.  Sometime between 7 p.m. on May 17 and 7 a.m. the next day, someone opened an open garage door on the the 10200 block of Rutland Round Road. The burglar went through the vehicles and stole a wallet with an ID and credit cards. When resident returned home to the 107000 block of Cordage Walk on May 15 at about 11:40 p.m they found their front door open.  Although it looked like someone tried to force the door in, according to police, it didn't appear anyone entered the …

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Police Say Keychain with Address Led Burglar to Home: Crime Roundup

This information was supplied by the Howard County Police Department.

Columbia  Residential burglary A resident of the 7500 block of Broken Staff reported her Apple MacBook was stolen on April 26 between 1 and 5:30 p.m. According to police, there was no sign of forced entry. Police say a resident of the 5400 block of Columbia Road lost his keys sometime between April 27 and May 2. His keychain had his address and phone number on it. On May 2, the resident found his keys on the floor, just inside the front door. He reported several items missing, including cameras, purses, jewelry and a laptop. The alarm was sounding when a resident returned home to the 10900 block of Trotting Ridge Way on May 6 at about 5:30 p.m., according to police. The resident noted that the side door was open, but nothing was missing …

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Police: No Suspects in Columbia Shooting

Police say the victim worked at Maryland Live! Casino.

Police have not identified a suspect in the case of a woman found shot to death in her car in Columbia. At about 9 a.m. on May 4, police said they received a call from someone who said they saw a woman who appeared injured in a car on the 9600 block of Basket Ring Road.  Police said they found the woman, Deborah Castellano, 47, in a Toyota Corolla parked in a parking lot. She had been shot multiple times, according to police. “Police are still investigating possible suspects and motives,” according to police spokesperson Mary Phelan. Castellano had recently moved to the area from central New York, according to Phelan. She was working at Maryland Live! Casino and lived in the apartment building near where she was found dead.  “For those who…

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Alleged Howard County Bloods Gang Members Arrested, Indicted

Federal authorities say the gang members have been operating in Howard County for three years.

Nearly 20 alleged members of the Howard County Bloods gang were indicted Wednesday on federal racketeering charges after 25 search warrants were executed across the county, including in Elkridge,  according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland. Two of the alleged Bloods members and three additional people were also charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. “The indictment unsealed today shows that no community is immune to gang and drug activity, but it also demonstrates our commitment to ridding our neighborhoods of this criminal element,” Howard County Police Chief William J. McMahon said in a statement.  “That’s why I have made our participation in this task force a priority and I am …

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1:15 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

First off, the writer of this story reiterates "according to the indictment" far too many times get a little more creative please. That being said this story (although slightly old news at this point in time) seems a bit overdramatized like everything else in the media. The war on drugs will never be fully conquered. It is nice, I suppose, to hear that our police officials are doing more than …   more ›

Monday, May 6, 2013

Homicide, Burglary in Columbia : Crime Roundup

This information was supplied by the Howard County Police Department.

Columbia Homicide Howard County Police are asking for help after a woman was found shot to death in a car in Columbia Saturday. Deborah Castellano, 47, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in a parking log on the 9600 block of Basket Ring Road. Read more on Columbia Patch. Non-commercial burglary  According to police, someone entered a home on the 8500 block of Greystone Lane between 6 a.m. May 4 and 1:30 the next morning. The burglar entered through an unlocked door, according to police. Nothing was reported stolen. Ellicott City Residential burglary Someone entered a home on the 3500 block of Angus Valley Trail on May 5 and stole a pet squirrel, according to police. Commercial burglary  Sometime between 6 p.m. April 3 and 7 a.m. …

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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Woman Found Shot to Death in Car in Columbia (Update)

Police say the woman had just moved to the area.

Howard County Police are asking for help after a woman was found shot to death in a car in Columbia Saturday, according to a statement released by police.  Someone called police at about 9 a.m. after seeing a woman who “appeared to be injured” in a car on the 9600 block of Basket Ring Road, according to police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn.  When police arrived, they found Deborah Castellano, 47, dead with multiple gunshot wounds in a Toyota Corolla parked in parking lot, according to Llewellyn.  Police say they think Castellano had recently moved to the area and was living in the apartment building near where she was shot. Investigators do not yet have a suspect or a motive and are asking anyone with information to call at 410-313-STOP. …

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10:53 am on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Taxi Driver Choked, Threatened at Gunpoint: Crime Roundup

This information is provided by the Howard County Police Department.

Columbia Robbery On March 1 at about 10:45 p.m. a taxi driver was dispatched to the Owen Brown Village Center where he picked up four male passengers. He was directed to pull over on the 6700 block of Sewells Orchard Drive, when one of the rear passengers began choking him with a belt and the front passenger pointed a handgun at him, threatening to kill him. The driver crashed into a tree. He then was able to flee. Residential burglary/attempted burglary Someone kicked in a basement door to a home on the 6500 block of Carlinda Avenue on March 1 between 5:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. A television was reported stolen.  A resident on the 5400 block of Hesperus Drive noticed pry marks on an outside back door sometime between February 26 and March 2. No …

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Delivery Driver Robbed in Columbia: Howard County Crime Reports

This information is supplied by the Howard County Police Department.

Columbia Robbery Police say on Feb. 23 at about 9:20 p.m. a pizza delivery driver was confronted by two people – one with a gun – on the 6300 block of Windharp Way. The robbers stole cash, a wallet and cell phone, according to police, then assaulted the driver and fled. Ellicott City  Commercial burglary Police say someone entered the main door of the building on 8167 Main Street on Feb. 23 between 6 and 10 p.m. then smashed the glass doorway entrance to Sweet Cascades candy shop. Once inside the business, according to police, the burglar took a cash register, a jar containing money and a laptop computer. Police later arrested the Ellicott City man after he was reported by a real estate agent as having broken into a nearby home. He faces …

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Police Release Video of Exxon Robbery Suspect

Police say the suspect went to the store a few hours before returning to rob it.

Police are looking for a man in connection with the second robbery of the same Howard County gas station in a less than a month.  A reward of up to $500 is being offered for information leading to an arrest. Police responded to a reported robbery at the Exxon gas station on the 8200 block of Snowden River Parkway in Columbia at about 1:45 a.m. on Jan. 19. Investigators say a man entered the business wearing a yellow bandanna covering his face, showed a knife and demanded money. Police say the clerk gave the money to the man, who also took several cartons of cigarettes before leaving, getting into the passenger side of a waiting vehicle. Surveillance footage shows the same man had entered the store about three hours prior to the robbery …

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Columbia Taco Bell Manager Shot by Masked Suspect

More details emerge in the shooting at Taco Bell near Snowden River Parkway.

  The Taco Bell manager who was shot early Sunday morning had left the restaurant with a second employee to investigate a suspicious person outside when two unknown suspects wearing masks appeared near a dumpster and one shot the man multiple times in the torso, according to police. Want to follow updates to this story? Sign up for the Columbia Patch newsletter here and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for instant news updates and community conversations. The manager of the Taco Bell, Gary M. Graham, 42, of Columbia is currently in critical condition at University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, according to police. The employee who walked out with Graham was not injured and ran back inside the restaurant, which is near the 7100 block of…

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