Suspect Tries to Elude Police in Briar Patch

HANOVER, MD — A Baltimore man ran into a briar patch to escape officers hunting him for breaking into vehicles in Hanover, according to Anne Arundel County Police.

A resident in the area of Rotherham Drive at Calderdale Court in Hanover reported about 2:20 a.m. Saturday that a man was pulling on door handles and entering vehicles without consent.

During a search of the area, officers saw the suspect – later identified as Stuart Wesley Schuster, 47, from Cumberland Street in Baltimore – who ran into a briar-filled ditch. A perimeter was established and officers entered the woods line/briar patch to arrest the suspect. Police say Schuster at first resisted, but after a brief struggle he was placed into custody.

The witness identified Schuster as the person entering four unlocked vehicles.

Due to the scrapes and minor injuries from the struggle with officers, paramedics took Schuster to Baltimore Washington Medical Center for treatment.

He was released a short time later and was charged with four counts of rogue and vagabond.

»Photo of suspect Stuart Schuster, courtesy of Anne Arundel County Police