Crime & Safety

Police Blotter: Reports Show Clusters of First-Degree, Second-Degree Burglaries; PNC Bank Robbers' Descriptions Released

A roundup of incidents in Precinct 3, serving Reisterstown and Owings Mills.

The following information is from incident summary reports provided by the listed by charges sought.

Armed robbery

  • Police have released the descriptions of the two suspects location in at gunpoint on Valentine's Day. The suspect who reportedly threatened the teller with a gun is described as a black male, age 18 to 25, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighing 130 pounds and wore a black jacket with a fur collar and black gloves. The second suspect, who reportedly took the money, is described as a black male, age 18 to 25, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds and wore a black jacket and cargo pants.

First-degree burglaries

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  • An unknown suspect used an unlocked door to let themselves in and stole three Sentry fire safes and an unknown amount of jewelry, including two diamond earrings, from a home on Huntersworth Court in Owings Mills. The incident occurred between 7:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday.
  • A similar incident occurred within the same time period in the same area, where an unknown suspect broke into a home through the front door between 8:20 p.m.  and 10:22 p.m., looked through dresser drawers but did not appear to take anything.
  • An unknown suspect stole a Blackberry cell phone, a Nintendo Wii game system and Wii games with no signs of forced entry from a home on Wolf Avenue in Reisterstown. The incident occurred while the victim was at work, between 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Feb. 17.
  • A similar incident occurred during the same time period in the same area, where an unknown suspect broke in through a basement window and stole an XBox game system, video games, two laptops, a GPS and cash.
  • Two black male suspects were seen stealing a 52" Vizio flatscreen TV through a rear sliding glass door on the 200 block of Erin Way in Reisterstown. One suspect was described as about 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighing 155 pounds. The incident occurred a little after 3:30 p.m. Feb. 17.

Second-degree burglaries

  • An unknown suspect used a rock to break into a shed and stole a porter cable compressor, a Black & Decker table slaw, a DeWalt screw gun, table saw blades and a Skillsaw hand saw. The incident occurred between 4 p.m. Thursday and 3:03 p.m. Friday on the 1100 block of Berrymans Lane in Reisterstown.
  • An unknown suspect broke the lock off a back bedroom window and ripped out copper pipes from the basement ceiling once inside. The incident occurred between 4 p.m. Feb. 14 and about 11:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at the 11000 block of Greenspring Avenue in Owings Mills.
  • A similar incident occurred during the same time period on the same block, where an unknown suspect kicked in the rear door of a residence and stole copper pipes from the basement.

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