Annapolis City Crime
Chicken Mugged Outside Of Metropolitan
We knew it would happen. Once you let the riff-raff into town, crime naturally follows! Several months ago, the City was all aflutter about allowing chickens in the back yards of residents. After countless hours (and puns), the legislation passed and now chickens are legal to raise in the City of Annapolis. The issue was [...]
Navy Goat Stolen From Navy-Indiana Game
Fear The Goat! Well, someone apparently didn’t. Cadets from West Point have been known to kidnap Bill, the Navy’s mascot leading into the annual Army-Navy game. This time, the Cadets are probably off the hook, but police are investigating the theft of a life sized stuffed goat from parking lot of the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium [...]
Annapolis Police Seek Help Identifying Armed Robber
The Annapolis Police Department is seeking information on the identity of the subject pictured below in reference to an armed robbery that occurred on October 17, 2012 at Tienda Latin Emmanuel, 1407 Forest Drive in Annapolis. The suspect displayed a knife and demanded money from the cash register. The victim described the suspect as a white [...]
Annapolis Man Charged With Setting Car On Fire
On October 14, 2012 at 7:52 p.m. the Annapolis Fire Department was dispatched to a vehicle fire at 1005 Timber Creek Dr. The fire was extinguished and the Fire and Explosive Services Unit was dispatched to the scene for origin and cause investigation on the vehicle that was not in operation at the time of the [...]
Annapolis Police Seeking Help In Identifying Suspect
The Annapolis Police Department is seeking information on the identity of the subject pictured below in reference to a theft that occurred on September 27, 2012 at Return to Oz , 2011 West Street in Annapolis. The suspect stole a purse containing credit cards. These credit cards were then used at multiple locations at the [...]
Annapolis Mayor Convenes Meeting To Address Safety In Eastport
Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen, Ward Six Alderman Kenneth A. Kirby and Ward Eight Alderman Ross H. Arnett are jointly hosting a public meeting to have an open dialog about safety concerns in Eastport. “Eastport has made huge strides in the past few years,” Mayor Cohen said. “When you think back just a few years ago [...]
Annapolis Mayor Responds To Eastport Residents’ Safety Concerns
In response to the recent calls for more security at the Eastport Community Center during the election, Annapolis Mayor Josh Cohen has called a meeting of residents. From an email received by a few Eastport residents: RECALLED: We were advised that this meeting was not a public meeting for residents who were concerned but for [...]
Aldermanic Candidate’s Wife Charged With Burglary
Nichol A Conley, of Galesville, was arrested by the Annapolis Police Department last night after she attempted to enter a residence on Prince George Street in the City’s Historic District. The resident discovered Conley with the top half of her body inside the kitchen of the residence, leaning through a window which had been closed, but [...]
2 People Shot In Eastport Community
UPDATE 6:06am, September 10, 2012: According to Deputy Chief John Mennassa of the Annapolis Fire Department, the call was received at 11:39 pm for two people shot. One 22 year-old male found on Medgar Evers St with a gunshot wound to the head and back was flown by helicopter to shock-trauma. A 27 year-old male was [...]
BREAKING: Multiple Stabbings In Annapolis
Annapolis Police, Fire, and EMS are on the scene of a multiple stabbing in the City’s Newtowne 20 public housing development. Initial reports were of a single patient–an 18 year-old female with a single serious stab wound to her torso. As she was being treated, Multiple calls began to come into the communications center of another patient [...]
Glen Burnie Man Arrested For Threatening State Officials
On Friday, August 10, 2012, detectives with the Annapolis Police Department arrested James Armstead, 37, of Glen Burnie with threatening to injure a State official and two counts of phone misuse. These charges stemmed from phone calls made by Armstead to the Anne Arundel County Office of Child Support Enforcement. On August 7, 2012 James [...]
Annapolis Drug Bust Nets Drugs, Cash, Guns
Yesterday, Annapolis Police executed a major drug bust netting $17,000 in cash, several hundred grams of illegal narcotics including heroin, cocaine, and marijuana. In addition, police recovered two stolen hand guns. Simultaneous raids were executed in the Clay Street neighborhood. At 112 West Washington Street, 143.5 grams of heroin, 2 stolen and loaded 9mm handguns, [...]
Home Invasion In Annapolis
The Annapolis Police Department is reporting a home invasion on July 11th in the 1100 Block of Madison Avenue in the City’s Eastport section. Two men broke in and pistol whipped one male victim sending him to the hospital. The adult male and female residents answered a knock at their door and two unknown male [...]
Eastport Shooting Claims The Life Of Annapolis Man
Gunfire erupted along Madison Avenue in Eastport early Saturday morning claiming the life of an Annapolis man. According to a police report, on June 23, 2012 at about 1:15am, the Annapolis Police Department received multiple calls for shots fired in the 1100 block of Madison St. When officers arrived they observed the victim, identified as 29 year [...]
Annapolis Police Report Rape Arrest
The Annapolis Police Department released this statement on a recent arrest in connection with an alleged rape that occurred last Saturday. Merle Court – 6/16/12 – The parents of a 13 year old female reported that their daughter was raped by an acquaintance while at his house. Alexander Lara, 34 years old, was arrested and [...]
Annapolis Police Seek Public Help In Solving Recent Sexual Assault
The Annapolis Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit is releasing photos and video of a man seen in the area of the sexual assault that occurred on May 19 in the 100 block of Duke of Gloucester Street. On May 19 at 1:30am a 21 year old female was walking home when she noticed an unknown [...]
$32,000 In Watches Stolen From Car In Carwash
According to the Annapolis Police Department, John Lane, 46, of Annapolis stole a bag of watches valued at more than $30,000 from a car while it was being washed. The incident occurred at the West Street Car Wash near the intersection of West and Chinquapin Round Roads. The theft was discovered immediately and Lane, an employee of [...]
Annapolis Police Win Award
On May 30, 2012 Annapolis Police Department received the 2011 Maryland Law Enforcement Challenge Award from the Maryland Law Enforcement Challenge (LEC). Annapolis Police won first place among municipalities with 100 or more police officers. The Maryland LEC focuses on three areas of traffic safety: seatbelt enforcement, aggressive driving, and impaired driving. The LEC considers department’s educational and media [...]
Annapolis Police Make Another Large Drug Bust
On Thursday, May 31, 2012 Annapolis police officer Tonia Miller stopped a vehicle operated by Benjamin P. Freeman, 27, at South Cherry Grove and West Street. During the traffic stop she recovered over 3/4 of a pound of marijuana from Freeman’s vehicle. The marijuana has an estimated street value of over $5,800.00. As the investigation [...]
Sexual Assault Reported In Annapolis
A 21-year old woman was sexually assaulted early Saturday morning along Duke of Gloucester Street in Annapolis. According to the Annapolis Polie Department, the woman was walking along Duke of Gloucester Street near Church Circle at 1:30am when she was accosted. An unknown male subject grabbed her and pulled her into an alley way where [...]
Home Invasion In Annapolis
Yesterday morning, two suspects kicked in a door on Julianna Circle in Annapolis and robbed a woman of her cell phone at gunpoint. The following is from the police report which classified it as a robbery. Burglary – 201200002423 – Unit block of Julianna Cir E – 05/10 at 8:05am: Two suspects kicked open the front [...]
Annapolis Police Seek Help Identifying Bank Robbery Suspect
On May 7, 2012 at 10:45 a.m. Annapolis police officers responded for a report of a bank robbery at Severn Savings Bank, located at 1917 West Street. Upon arrival officers discovered that a bank robbery had occurred. The suspect is described as an African American male in his mid 50s (age range could be younger), [...]
