BALTIMORE, MD—Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has announced that former state employee Shanell Angelia West, 46, of Essex, was sentenced to 18 months in jail for felony theft and insurance fraud. The charges stemmed from her actions during and after her 18-month employment with the Maryland Department of Labor. Judge Robert E. Cahill, Jr., of the Circuit Court for Baltimore […]
JOPPA, MD— Harford County Sheriff’s Office deputies, with the aid of advanced drone technology, have successfully apprehended two juveniles following a series of vehicle break-ins in Abingdon and Joppa. At just after 4:15 a.m. on Monday, November 25, deputies responded to Deep Well Court in Abingdon for reports of thefts from vehicles, discovering that 21 vehicles had been rummaged through. […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Monday announced the indictments of four individuals for their roles in a criminal organization responsible for approximately $800,000 in retail burglaries and thefts across at least six jurisdictions in Maryland. The investigation was led by the Gaithersburg and Montgomery County Police Departments. “Organized retail crimes are not victimless. Stealing hundreds of thousands of […]
BEL AIR, MD—A Harford County man is facing charges after allegedly defrauding senior citizens in the area, offering unnecessary home repairs and presenting forged documents to scare them into paying for his services, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office. David Anthony Desell, 33, of Bel Air, is charged with 12 criminal counts, including passing forged documents, theft scheme under […]
FALLSTON, MD—The Harford County Sheriff’s Office recently utilized a drone to capture a thief in the Fallston area. On Friday morning, November 8, 2024, deputies were dispatched to the 2100-block of Albrook Court for a report of someone trespassing through private property. Authorities say the area had recently been victimized by someone going through vehicles to steal items. In an […]
KINGSVILLE, MD—Police are investigating after a stolen vehicle crashed in the Kingsville area on Thursday night. At around 9 p.m. on October 31, a stolen Infiniti crashed into a Chevrolet Silverado in the area of Belair Road and Jerusalem Road. Two occupants from the Infiniti (a black male and white female) fled into the tree line and have not yet […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A former state employee from Essex has pleaded guilty to insurance fraud and theft charges. Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Thursday announced that Shanell Angelia West, 46, has pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in separate cases involving insurance fraud and felony theft. The charges stemmed from her actions during and after her employment with […]
JOPPA, MD—The Harford County Sheriff’s Office has charged multiple suspects in connection with an attempted theft and assault that occurred in Joppa. At just after midnight on October 23, 2024, a deputy from the Southern Precinct was flagged down by employees of the Royal Farms store located in the 500-block Joppa Farm Road reporting an active robbery, later determined to […]