Archived Press Releases for 2005

December 2005

12.28.05 Police Investigating Non-Fatal Shooting in Columbia

12.26.05 Police Charge Son in Domestic Homicide

12.26.05 Police Investigate Domestic Homicide in Ellicott City

12.22.05 Police Charge Two Suspects in Hate Bias Incidents

12.20.05 Holiday Checkpoint Scheduled as Part of 3-D Campaign

12.20.05 Alcohol & Speed Sends Two to Shock Trauma

12.19.05 Police Charge Driver Who Struck Auxiliary Officer: Foundation Establishes Fund to Aid A/O Lucas

12.15.05 Howard County Child Advocacy Center to Receive First National Accreditation

12.15.05 Police Focus on Holiday Crime, Underage Drinking and Safe Driving

12.12.05 Police Remind Citizens to Lock Doors, Even When at Home

12.09.05 Vice & Narcotics Operation Nets 12 Arrests

12.08.05 Vehicle Runs Red Light and Strikes SUV, Three Sent to Shock Trauma

12.07.05 Police Capture Final Sex Offender Registry Violator; Karen Hammond arrested on Five warrants

12.06.05 Elkridge Resident Killed in Collision

12.06.05 Student Arrested for Bringing BB Gun to School

12.05.05 Collision Closes RT 97, Sends Driver to Shock Trauma

12.05.05 Police to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoint

12.02.05 Police Charge Three with Armed Robbery

12.01.05 Two Seriously Injured in Traffic Collision

12.01.05 Police Investigating Hate-Bias Incidents

November 2005

11.30.05 Police Chief to Open Citizens Advisory Council Meetings

11.23.05 Auxiliary Officer Struck on US Route 40

11.22.05 Crime Statistics Reflect Increases & Decreases Through Third Quarter

11.21.05 Police Investigating Attempted Drug Shooting

11.15.05 Police Locate Sex Offender Wanted For Registry Violation; Three Remain At-Large

11.15.05 Four Sex Offenders Wanted for Registry Violations

11.14.05 Excessive Speed Kills Back Seat Passenger on Route 108

11.10.05 Multi-Jurisdictional Investigation Leads to Four Arrests

11.10.05 Pedestrian Killed on Route 1

11.09.05 Excessive Speed Kills Teenage Motorist

11.03.05 Police Remind Drivers to Turn Off Unattended Vehicles

October 2005

10.31.05 Vehicle Crosses Double Yellow Line, Sends Two to Shock Trauma

10.31.05 Racing Incident Causes Collision, Injures Two

10.29.05 Police Arrest Suspect in Abduction Attempt

10.28.05 Police Searching for Murder Suspect, Offer $5,000 Reward

10.28.05 Police Investigating Abduction Attempt

10.26.05 Police Urge Citizens to Stay Sober, Drive Safe

10.26.05 Howard County Police Prepare for Safe Halloween

10.24.05 Teacher Arrested for Shoplifting

10.21.05 Police Investigating String of Game Store Robberies

10.20.05 Unattended Death Ruled Homicide

10.20.05 Police Release Robbery Photos

10.19.05 Two Charged in Series of Shootings

10.03.05 Police Investigating Report of Sexual Assault

September 2005

9.29.05 Howard County Fire and Police Expo, Oct. 2

9.23.05 Police Searching for Carjacking Suspect

9.23.05 Police Investigate Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash

9.16.05 School Employee Charged with Embezzlement

9.14.05 Driver Shot in Columbia

9.13.05 Drug Investigation Nets 52 Arrests

9.09.05 Police Offer Reward for Information in Stabbing Incident

9.08.05 Police Close Down Illegal Massage Parlor

9.07.05 Police Release Photos of Suspects in Armed Robbery at Columbia Mall

9.06.05 Crime Statistics Reflect Fluctuations in First Half of Year

9.04.05 Howard County Police Investigating Unattended Death

9.02.05 Police Investigating Drowning Death

9.02.05 Police Urge Drivers to Stay Sober, Drive Safe

August 2005

8.22.05 Howard County Police to Focus on Speed Enforcement in School Zones

8.19.05 Columbia Man Charged with Robbery

8.15.05 Unbelted Driver Ejected From Vehicle in Serious Collision

8.10.05 Fatal Collision Kills Motorcycle Driver

8.9.05 Two Juveniles Charged with Arson, Hate Crime

8.9.05 Police Howard County Police Help Sponsor “Maryland’s Strongest Cop” Contest

8.3.05 Police Release Results of Investigation into Sex Offender Registry Compliance

July 2005

7.28.05 Police Arrest Elkridge Man in Domestic Stabbing

7.26.05 Police Searching for Suspects in Store Robbery

7.26.05 Police Department Hosting Overnight Camp for At-Risk Youth

7.26.05 Howard County Police to Host National Night Out Crime-Fighting Event

7.24.05 Police Investigating Columbia Shooting

7.19.05 Laurel Man Charged In Hate-Bias Incident

7.17.05 Four Arrested Following Columbia Shooting

7.15.05 Columbia Man Stabbed in Domestic Dispute

7.13.05 Motorcycle Driver Seriously Injuried In Collision

7.09.05 Police Charge Ellicott City Man with Attempted Murder

7.05.05 Police Arrest Three at Columbia Fireworks

June 2005

6.29.05 Howard County Police to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoints

6.27.05 NBA Player Arrested on Handgun Charge

6.23.05 Comcast's Donna Richardson Named President of Howard County Police Foundation Board

6.22.05 Tractor-Trailer Runs Red Light, Sends One to Shock Trauma

6.21.05 Ground-Based Sparklers Prohibited in Howard County

6.18.05 Police Identify Victim in Fatal Collision

6.18.05 Police Investigate Fatal Collision Involving Motorcycle

6.14.05 Fatal Hit and Run Remains Unsolved, Police Offer $1,000 Reward

6.14.05 Police to Participate in Special Olympics Torch Run

6.12.05 14 Year Old Struck While Walking Along US Rt.1

6.10.05 Arrest Warrant Issued in Indecent Exposure Incident

6.7.05 Police Release Sketch of Suspect in Indecent Exposure

6.7.05 Police Focus on Traffic Enforcement in School Zones

6.3.05 Police Charge Five in Sting at Adult Bookstore

6.3.05 Teen Reports Indecent Exposure

May 2005

5.26.05 Man Charged with Sexually Assaulting Two Young Girls

5.24.05 Police Urge Drivers To Drive Sober Over the Holiday Weekend

5.23.05 Police Remind Motorists: "Click It or Get a Ticket"

5.18.05 Crime Down in First Quarter 2005

5.04.05 Victim in Suspicious Death Identified Police Investigating as Homicide

5.04.05 Police Investigating Suspicious Death

5.02.05 Police Investigating Assault of Ellicott City Man

5.02.05 Police Charge Three Juveniles with Destruction of Property in Multi-Jurisdictional Incident

April 2005

4.27.05 Five Students from Baltimore County Injured in Afternoon Collision

4.26.05 School Bus Involved in Late Afternoon Collision

4.08.05 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week April 10 - 16

4.07.05 Police and Students Join Forces to Encourage Proper Seat Belt Use

4.05.05 Howard County Police Work to Increase Seat Belt Use

March 2005

3.28.05 Residential False Alarm Enforcement Begins April 1

3.18.05 Police Searching for Vehicle Involved in Fatal Hit and Run

3.17.05 Police Charge Suspect in Two Robberies

3.14.05 Howard County Police to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoint

3.14.05 Police Identify Victim in Fatal Hit and Run

3.10.05 Man Charged with Sexual Assault of a Juvenile

3.9.05 Columbia Female Charged in Friend’s Death

3.9.05 Police Release Annual Crime Report

3.3.05 Police Charge Suspect in Two Robberies

3.1.05 School Bus Involved in Late Morning Collision

February 2005

2.25.05 Police Verify Cable Company Contractors

2.19.05 Missing Man Located in Pittsburgh

2.18.05 Police Searching for Missing 74-Year-Old Man

2.14.05 Police Participate in National Child Passenger Safety Week

2.10.05 Police and Office of Consumer Affairs Caution Holiday Peddlers

2.09.05 Howard County Police Name 2004 Prestigious Award Winners

2.09.05 Decrease in Crime in Oakland Mills Revitalization Area

January 2005

1.22.05 Police Investigating Shooting of Fugitive

1.21.05 Police Locate Missing Girl

1.20.05 Police Looking For Missing Girl

1.13.05 Elderly Victim Robbed at Howard County Library

1.11.05 Press Conference Announced 2005 Strategic Traffic Plan

1.10.05 Howard County Police to Announce Youth Driver Safety Initiative

1.3.05 Man Charged with Theft from NFL Players

1.3.05 Escaped Prisoner Remains At-Large