Attackers Jump, Rob Man In Severn.  Anne Arundel County police said they are looking for a group of men that jumped and robbed a man in Severn. Officers were called to the 1800 block of Arwell Court for a report of a robbery around 3:45 a.m. Saturday. Police said a 26-year-old man told him he was approached by four men. He told police three men stood in the roadway, while the fourth brandished a handgun, struck the victim with the handgun and then forced the victim to empty his pockets.

Police: Man Arrested In Brooklyn Park Stabbing.  An argument led to a stabbing that injured one man in Brooklyn Park, police said. Anne Arundel County police officers were called to a home in the 300 block of Arden Road West in Brooklyn Park for a stabbing around 5 p.m. May 13. A witness told police that man she knows came into her home and stabbed a 19-year-old Brooklyn Park man.

Four ‘Johns’ Arrested In Linthicum Prostitution Sting. Four men attempting to buy sexual services were arrested in a prostitution sting in Linthicum, police say on Monday. Anne Arundel County police detectives conducted an undercover prostitution sting in the Linthicum-area hotel district on May 1. Investigators said the operation focused specifically on johns attempting to solicit sexual services from prostitutes on the Internet.

Lockheed Marting Adding Jobs To Combat Hackers. Lockheed Martin said it plans to increase its workforce to combat hackers. The company said it’s looking for network engineers, systems analysts and software developers to work on its cybersecurity unit at its Hanover location. Anyone who is interested in one of the positions should click here.

Police: Glen Burnie Homeowners Confront Burglar. Homeowners alerted police in Anne Arundel County after they confronted a burglar in their Glen Burnie home. Police said officers responded to a home in the 7100 block of Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard around 10:40 a.m. Wednesday and found the burglar walking outside the home.

Man Charged With Arson In Girlfriend’s Apartment Fire. Maryland state fire marshals said police arrested a Joppa man Sunday on accusations that he set two fires inside his girlfriend’s apartment. Ryan Lawerence Spann, 28, was taken into custody without incident. The arrest came after Spann’s girlfriend, who lives in a unit at the Calvert’s Walk Apartments in the 200 block of Foxhall Drive, entered her home at 1 a.m. Sunday to find smoke and an alarm sounding
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Police Ask Public’s Help Finding Vandals. Anne Arundel County police are asking for the public’s help to find vandals who are damaging homes and vehicles. Pictures of persons of interest were released Thursday by police. Police said they’ve responded to numerous complaints of destruction to homes and autos in the Gambrills and Crofton areas in April. Authorities said in several of the incidents vandals threw large landscaping bricks and boulders through car and house windows.

Anne Arundel County Police: 2 Suspected Drug Dealers Arrested. Two suspected drug dealers were arrested after an investigation that spanned two months, Anne Arundel County police said. During April and May, police said investigators learned two people were distributing cocaine in the Glen Burnie and Pasadena areas of Anne Arundel County. Police said detectives conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Route 10 South near Furnace Branch Road around 7 p.m. Monday, where they arrested the pair.

O’Malley Signs Controversial Gun Bill.  Gov. Martin O’Malley signed one of the toughest gun control measures in the country into law Thursday, but even before the ink dries, opponents aim to kill the bill — either through the courts or by referendum. A petition drive is underway to put the law before voters while other groups vow a court battle. ”The (National Rifle Association) is going to choose forum shopping. They are going to look for a conservative right wing leaning judge,” Senate President Mike Miller said.

3 Teens Arrested In Series Of Pasadena Burglaries. Anne Arundel County police said they’ve arrested three teenagers in connection with a series of burglaries in the Pasadena area. Officers told 11 News they were called to a robbery in progress at a home in the 7700 block of Suitt Drive around 1:15 p.m. Monday. When they got there, they searched the home but didn’t find anyone.

Man Sentenced For Repeatedly Raping Teen. A Baltimore man has been sentenced for repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl in a vacant home. A judge has decided to send Alvin Ray Wright Sr. to four life terms, plus 25 years in prison for the attack, which happened in October 2011 at home near the 800 block of North Caroline Street. Police said that’s where Wright beat and sexually assaulted the victim.

Stolen Historic Documents Returned To Baltimore. The FBI and national archive officials are in the process of returning thousands of historical documents to their original owners, including owners in Baltimore. The documents were stolen nearly two years ago by a pair of thieves who were eventually caught red-handed. Barry Landau and Jason Savedoff pleaded guilty to stealing more than 10,000 historical documents. The pair is serving prison time while those documents are making their way back to their rightful owners, including the Maryland Historical Society.

Believe it or not, $10 goes a long way when you are operating on a shoestring like many non-profits are these days.

Today, organizers expect to see an increase in donors as various awards are offered to non-profits throughout the day.

Please consider a small (or large) donation today before the event ends tonight at 7:00pm.

The event is being coordinated by the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (if you are on Facebook, please give them a “like”) and 100% of all proceeds will go directly to the charity chosen by the donor. There are more than 120 choices.

The Department of Health posted signs and the County Department of Public Works cleaned the impacted land area. The waterway closure will remain in effect until further notice. People coming in contact with the affected water are advised to wash well with soap and warm water immediately. Clothing should also be washed.

For updates on the status of the closing, visit the Department’s website, www.aahealth.org or call 410-222-7999

Judge Orders Jail Time For Dwyer In Drunk Boating Case. An Anne Arundel County judge on Tuesday said Delegate Don Dwyer was guilty of drunken boating charges against him, ordering him to go to jail instead of giving him probation before judgment, according to a WBAL Radio tweet. The decision came down Tuesday despite a plea deal in which prosecutors said they would not pursue jail time.

‘House Of Cards’ To Film Second Season In Maryland. It started out as an experiment on Netflix and has turned out to be a huge success, and the best part is that it has Maryland ties. ”House of Cards” is filming its second season in the greater Baltimore area. WBAL-TV 11 News got a backstage look, and the crew and actors, including Kevin Spacey, said they owe some of the success to special incentives they can only find in Maryland.

Tougher Drunk Driving Threshold Proposed. A common benchmark in the United States for determining when a driver is legally drunk is not doing enough to prevent alcohol-related crashes that kill about 10,000 people each year and should be made more restrictive, transportation safety investigators say. The National Transportation Safety Board recommended on Tuesday that all 50 states adopt a blood-alcohol content (BAC) cutoff of 0.05 compared to the 0.08 standard on the books today and used by law enforcement and the courts to prosecute drunk driving.

UPDATE: Dwyer has 48 hours to appeal the sentence.  Absent an appeal, he is to report to jail on Thursday. Dwyer’s lawyer requested a probation before judgment (PBJ) sentence because it was Dwyer’s first offense. The judge refused saying it was a “tragedy in the making.” 

Delegate Don Dwyer has been sentenced to 30 days in prison, fined $1000, and given 1 year supervised probation for the driving a boat under the influence last summer.  At the time, Dwyer’s blood alcohol content was three times the legal limit and the lawmaker admitted that he had been drinking prior to operating his vessel.

More details to follow.

Police: Thief Breaks Into Dozens Of Cars. Anne Arundel County police said they have arrested an auto thief who broke into dozens of vehicles. Officers were called to the area of Arcadia Shores Circle in the Seven Oaks community around 5:30 a.m. Saturday after a witness reported seeing a man in the area rummaging through multiple vehicles.

2 Injured, Several Pets Killed In Glen Burnie Fire. Fire officials in Anne Arundel County are still looking for the cause of a blaze that seriously damaged a Glen Burnie home, injuring two people inside and killing several family pets. Crews were called to the two-story single-family home around 2:45 pm. Sunday in the 900 block of Langley Road, where they found smoke and fire coming from the home.

Officer Pleads Guilty To Sexual Activity While On Duty. A Baltimore County police officer who was accused in late April of engaging in sexual activity while on duty has pleaded guilty to misconduct in office. Aaron Pross, 29, of Newark, Del., pleaded guilty Monday in Baltimore County court. He also resigned from his position in the police department.

Police: Officer Arrested For Human Trafficking. A Baltimore City police officer and a woman have been arrested on criminal charges including prostitution and human trafficking, the Maryland State Police said. Authorities said the Maryland State Police Child Recovery Unit was working their normal proactive child prostitution/human trafficking operation Thursday when they found a young-looking woman posting on an Internet escort website they said advertises for prostitution.

Police Make Drug Arrest In Severn.  A 26-year-old Severn man was arrested on drug-related charges, Anne Arundel County police said. Police said detectives conducted a traffic stop on a man leaving the home for which they had a search warrant. Once the vehicle was stopped, detectives identified the driver as the person listed in the search warrant. At that time, the man was detained and searched, police said.

Farm Helps Bring Neglected Horses Back To Life. The Triple Crown contenders aren’t the only horses worth rooting for. Dozens of horses who were abused and neglected are making a big comeback at a Howard County farm. Many of the horses you’ll find at the Days End Farm Horse Rescue in Woodbine don’t look like they were once victims of animal cruelty. Officials said they arrived in various stages of abuse and neglect, which was most often starvation.