Crime & Safety
Crime Roundup: Toilet Set on Fire at Catonsville Middle School
The following information is provided by the Baltimore County Police Department. Arrests do not indicate convictions.

The following are summaries of incidents from police reports from of the Baltimore County Police Department.
First-degree arson: An unknown suspect set a toilet on fire at Catonsville Middle School a little after 1 p.m. Wednesday. Police reported no injuries, but the toilet was damaged.
Destruction of property: The reported that a bullet may have caused a dent in the window frame of its location sometime between 9 a.m. Jan. 12 and 9:30 Monday, March 19. Police said the crime lab recovered several metal fragments that could be from a bullet.
Robbery: Police are searching for two suspects after they stole $75, a coffee and a soda from in Ellicott City between 6:25 p.m. and 6:31 p.m. Wednesday. The first suspect walked around the counter, tried to force the cash register open, demanded the cashier open it and threatened to kill her. He took the money and he and the second suspect fled on foot.
First-degree burglary: An unknown suspect entered a home on the 900-block of Elm Ridge Ave. through an unlocked kitchen window and stole a wallet and house and car keys sometime between 11 p.m. Monday, March 19, and 5 a.m. Tuesday, March 20.
First-degree burglary: An unknown suspect used an open second-story window to enter a home on the 200-block of Brookside Avenue and stole a 46-inch LG TV sometime between 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday.
First-degree burglary: An unknown suspect broke in through the back door of a home on the 2800-block of Westchester Ave. and stole a large amount of jewelry sometime between 7:40 a.m. and 6:13 p.m. Friday.
Second-degree burglary: An unknown suspect broke the padlock of a garage on the 400-block of Wilkens Ave. and stole four black Lexani tires and chrome Panther rims sometime between 4 p.m. Tuesday and 5 p.m. Thursday.
Fourth-degree burglary: Police arrested Frank Okafor, 43, of Washington D.C., after he was found removing tires from a container at on Route 40 at 10:34 p.m. Monday, March 19. Police recovered 44 tires.
Fourth-degree burglary: An unknown suspect stole a blue bicycle from the backyard of a home on the 120-block of Academy Road sometime between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, March 17.
Editor's note: This article has been corrected to reflect a toilet was set on fire at Catonsville Middle School, not elementary school.