Crime Roundup: Police Investigate Bomb Threat at CCBC

April 27: At around 5:30 p.m., police received a report of a burglary at a home on the 600 block of Plymouth Road in Catonsville. At some time since the previous day, an unknown person had opened an unlocked window and took a laptop computer. No other property was taken.

April 29: At 11:30 a.m., police received a report of a bomb threat at Community College of Baltimore County. A call was received at the school’s counseling and advisory office, in which what sounded like a black female voice said, “There’s a bomb ready to go off in CCBC.” The caller sounded upset and hysterical, and repeated the message two more times before hanging up the phone. Security offices searched the building. No bomb or suspicious device was found. The investigation into the call is continuing.

April 29: At around 12:30 p.m., a burglary was reported at a vacant home on the 400 block of Oella Avenue in Oella. At some point since the previous day, an unknown person entered the house and took a weed trimmer.

April 29: At around 11:35 p.m. police received report of an armed robbery at a shopping center on the 6500 block of Baltimore National Pike. After the night manager of Dollar Tree had closed up for the night, he was walking an employee to his car to drive her home. The employee entered the passenger side, and as the night manager was walking around his car to the driver’s side he was approached by two black males who took his wallet and the store’s bank deposit bag. The suspects were described as 25-30 years old and about 5’6”. One was about 150 pounds and the other weighed about 120 pounds. Both men wore a black scarf over the face, black turtleneck shirts, and jeans. Both men carried black guns. After taking the manager’s wallet and the bank deposit bag, the suspects fled on foot into the woods south of Dollar Store. They were not located despite the efforts of K-9 dogs and the aviation unit.

April 30: At 9:45 p.m, police received a report of an attempted burglary at a home on the 600-block of Meyers Drive in Catonsville. The resident had left the home at 2:30 p.m., and upon return home at 9:45 discovered the garage door off the ground and at an odd angle. Police discovered pry marks on the garage door. Nothing was taken from the garage or home.