Crime & Safety
Armed Teen Arrested Near Columbia Library: Police
The 16-year-old boy was carrying a BB gun on Cradlerock Way, the Howard County Police Department reported.
A Columbia teen was arrested after causing alarm near the East Columbia library recently, according to the Howard County Police Department.
At 4:15 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, officers responded to the 6600 block of Cradlerock Way for a possibly armed individual on a pathway behind the East Columbia branch of the Howard County Public Library, police reported.
Within minutes, pathway patrol officers found a 16-year-old boy armed with a BB gun, according to police.
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Officials said the teen, who lives in Columbia, was taken into custody,
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