Davidsonville Woman Hits Panic Alarm; Robber Flees

A quick-thinking Davidsonville woman pushed the panic alarm on her car fob to chase away a would-be robber Monday night.

Anne Arundel County Police were called to the 3300 block of Riva Road in Davidsonville about 6:08 p.m. The 35-year-old female victim told police she pulled into her driveway up to her garage and got out of her vehicle. As she did so, she dropped an envelope, bent over to pick it up and felt someone pulling on the strap of her purse over her right shoulder. The victim stood up and was confronted by a male suspect, who pushed her up against her car and demanded her purse.

Fearing for her safety, the woman pushed the car panic alarm on her key fob, and the assailant let go of the victim and fled on foot behind the garage into the woods. Through prior contacts and evidence collected, police identified the suspect as Adrian Lionel Dorsey Jr., 24, of no fixed address.

At about 8:04 p.m., officers found Dorsey at the McDonald’s in the 100 block of Mitchells Chance Road in Edgewater.

Dorsey was charged with robbery, second-degree assault, and theft.