Four Armed Robberies, Four Burglaries: Towson Crime

The Baltimore County Police Department provided the following info about recent crimes in Towson.

On the Fourth of July, a person returning home to the 6600 block of Wycombe Way found an acquaintance in the residence. The suspect got in through a front window that had been unlocked, and the individual left before police arrived. The burglary was reported at 10 p.m. on Monday, July 4.

Four armed individuals held up a couple of people walking on Joppa Road. The suspects approached the two victims in the 100 block of East Joppa Road at 10:55 p.m. on Friday, July 1. After one showed a handgun and the others presented knives, the suspects took the victims' cell phones and cash.

Two strangers pointed a handgun at a man in the 8600 block of Loch Raven Boulevard in an attempt to rob him. However, the intended victim yelled at the pair and they ran away; nothing was taken. The attempted armed robbery was reported at 10:09 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28.

A woman arrived home to the 500 block of Chestnut Avenue and found a stranger in her residence, which had been ransacked. The suspect took the victim's jewelry, computer, cell phone and book bag. The burglary occurred at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 25.

Multiple people assaulted and robbed someone who was stopped at a traffic light on Loch Raven Boulevard at Taylor Avenue. The assault happened at 1:02 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21. One of the suspects took the victim's wallet out of his pants and left.

Royal Farms in the 1500 block of East Joppa Road was robbed at gunpoint at 4:32 a.m. on Monday, June 20. The clerk opened the register when the suspect was making a purchase and while the cash drawer was open, the individual showed a handgun and made the clerk empty the drawer.

The 7-Eleven in the 300 block of York Road was robbed at gunpoint at 3:05 a.m. on Saturday, June 18. The suspect left in a vehicle.

A pair of roommates was robbed at gunpoint in the unit block of Oberlin Court. Two strangers entered the apartment, showed a gun and demanded money, drugs and cell phones from the two roommates. The robbery occurred at 8:40 p.m. on Thursday, June 16.

Three pieces of jewelry were stolen from a residence in the 600 block of Woodbine Avenue. The suspect got into the residence through a basement window between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15.

Cash was stolen from an apartment in the unit block of Ecoway Court. The burglary happened between 10 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14, and 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15.

Two people who knew one another got into an argument, then struck each other with their vehicles. The assault happened on York at Chumleigh roads at approximately 1 a.m on Tuesday, June 14.