County police arrested a dozen people in a Laurel neighborhood during a double sting operation Thursday in which officers sold phony drugs and posed as prostitutes, county police said. The sting, which began about 4 p. During the sting, some undercover officers sold fake drugs while others stood on street corners, waiting to be solicited. Frances Elsie Griffin, 44, of the first block of Ruth Ave. County police have found plastic lens fragments from a burgundy or brown Oldsmobile Delta 88 or a Buick LeSabre in the same ravine where they found the body of a year-old Gambrills man believed to be the victim of a hit-and-run accident.
Either car would have been a model from between and Police said they are searching for such a car. They believe the victim, Michael R. Smith, was hit from behind as he walked along northbound Route 3. Smith, who attended classes at Anne Arundel Community College and Bowie State University, was last seen at a bar in the block of Route 3 just after 1 a.
April 27 when he told his friends he was going outside to smoke a cigarette. A Baltimore County man was burned on his legs and buttocks Thursday when the gallon tank of sulfuric acid he was cleaning at Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
Joseph North, 31, of the block of Baron Place was listed in good condition at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where he was being treated for burns. Police said North, a BGE employee, was atop the tank about 8 a. Severna Park: Someone broke through a rear door of the Rose of Sharon Church in the first block of Magothy Bridge Road on Wednesday and stole a set of drums, an amplifier and several speakers.
Church officials discovered the burglary about 7 p. Police did not have a value for the items. Deale: A thief stole a television, computer, telephone and soda from a house in the block of Deale Beach Road between 8: 30 a. By Tanoah Morgan. More in News.
