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SHOOTING GALLERY — Carroll Co. man takes aim at private security guards outside Mount Airy home Friday, 15 October 2010 04:34 13 MOTIVE FOR FIRING AT SIX INDIVIDUALS NOT CLEAR NO HITS, NO RUNS, NO INJURIES By Kevin Dayhoff  A southern Carroll County man has been arrested and charged with six counts each of first- and second-degree assault plus reckless endangerment after firing a gun in the direction of a group of private security guards outside a home in Mount Airy Md. early Thursday morning. The suspect, identified by Maryland State Police as David A. Ellison, 57, of the 600 block of East Ridgeville Boulevard in Mount Airy, had no apparent motive for the shooting. The events unfolded around 12:30 a.m., shortly after the Westminster state police barracks was called to respond to a report of a possible prowler in the 600 block of East Ridgeville Boulevard in Mount Airy. Comments (1) Read more...

HIGH-JUMP HEIST — Westminster robber leaps over pharmacy counter with gun drawn, steals cash, prescription drugs Friday, 15 October 2010 03:28 13 POLICE QUICKLY APPREHEND 44-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT MINUTES LATER Taneytown officials investigating similar robbery earlier Thursday By Kevin Dayhoff  Quick action by Maryland State Police troopers resulted Thursday in the prompt arrest of an armed suspect after he allegedly robbed a Westminster pharmacy at gunpoint. Timothy P. Krouse, 44, of the 400 block of Taney Drive in Taneytown Md., was quickly arrested and charged with armed robbery, theft of $1,000-$10,000, and first- and second-degree assault. A similar robbery occurred earlier in the morning in Taneytown. According to information obtained by Investigative Voice from the Westminster police scanner as the incident unfolded — later confirmed by police report — area police quickly set up a crime-response perimeter shortly after dispatchers learned that an armed robbery had occurred at the Rite Aid Pharmacy at 22 Carroll Plaza in Westminster. Add your comment Read more...   FAMILY FEUD — Finksburg man kills former neighbor, self, in dispute involving estranged spouse Thursday, 14 October 2010 14:03VICTIM FOUND IN DRIVEWAY NEAR HOME OF EX-NEIGHBOR’S WIFE  Suspect discovered dead nearby in backyard of former residence STATE POLICE:  THE 2 FIRST ASSAULTED EACH OTHER IN 2007 By Kevin Dayhoff  13 A murder-suicide of former neighbors in the Finksburg area of Carroll County northwest of the Baltimore County line early Thursday apparently involved the estranged wife of one of the victims. After shooting his ex-neighbor in the neighbor’s driveway just after midnight, Gregory A. Martin, 51, then returned to his former home around the corner — where his estranged wife still lives — and shot himself in the backyard. Shortly after 12 a.m. Thursday morning, officers responded to 911 calls reporting gunshots in the 1500 block of Pilgrim Lane, near Sandymount Road between Maryland Route 140 and the town of Patapsco. When the troopers arrived on the scene they “found the victim lying in his driveway with what appeared to be gunshot wounds,” according to a police report by Maryland State Police spokesperson Greg Shipley. Add your comment Read more...

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