13-Year-Old Charged with Attempted Robbery, Assault

An Owings Mills teen was charged in an incident that sent an 18-year-old Baltimore man to the hospital.

A 13-year-old Owings Mills boy is charged with attempted robbery and assault after he hospitalized an 18-year-old. The teen pulled a knife on the 18-year-old in an attempt to rob him on Friday, May 10, at 4:14 p.m., behind the Giant store at 9730 Groffs Mill Drive. After putting the knife away, the boy assaulted him. The man was sent to Sinai Hospital for non-life-threatening facial injuries, said Lt. Stephen Doarnberger, assistant commander of the Baltimore County Police’s Franklin precinct. The 13-year-old was charged with attempted armed robbery and first- and second-degree assault. “The victim actually went [behind the store] with his friend because they were engaged in a fight, and during this fight, this suspect…allegedly pulled the …

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Man Charged With Assaulting Church Worker

The suspect and the victim were both hospitalized after a scuffle that involved a baseball bat.

A 24-year-old man is charged with assault after he struck a maintenance worker at Sacred Heart Church with a baseball bat. Shawn Alan Parks, 24, is charged with first-degree assault in the incident, which occurred at 5:40 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 1, according to Baltimore County Police. When the worker arrived at the church, Parks was waiting for him with a baseball bat. After being struck several times, the worker got the bat away from Parks and hit him with it, police said. Both men were taken to Sinai Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and Parks was charged upon his release, police said.

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Juvenile Arrested After Punching Victim in Front of Police

Police were at an Owings Mills apartment trying to figure out what was going on when a teen punched a 24-year-old in front of them.

A 16-year-old Baltimore resident was charged with second-degree assault and third-degree burglary after punching a victim in front of police officers. Police responded to an apartment in the unit block of Stonemark Court in Owings Mills around 10:43 p.m. on Dec. 26. “The suspect was at the door and police were trying to find out what was happening,” said Lt. Stephen Doarnberger, assistant commander of the Baltimore County Police’s Franklin Precinct. When the victim opened the door, the suspect pushed it open and punched the victim, Doarnberger said. The teen was arrested on the spot.

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Owings Mills Man Charged in New Year’s Fight

Mark Kevin Green, 24, was charged with burglary and assault after allegedly forcing his way into an apartment and assaulting victims he had argued with earlier in the night.

A 24-year-old Owings Mills man is charged with third-degree burglary and second-degree assault after charging his way into an apartment and assaulting people inside early on New Year’s Day, police say. Mark Kevin Green, of the unit block of N. Ritters Lane, was arrested around 1:44 a.m. after police were called to the unit block of Woodhollow Court in Owings Mills for the second time that night. "It started at 12:30 a.m. on the same day when we went there for a fight call," said Lt. Stephen Doarnberger, assistant commander of the Baltimore County Police’s Franklin Precinct. "This suspect, Green, was involved in that as well. We got everybody separated and settled and we took Green to his house, and then he returned." Police arrested Green …

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Man Charged with Strangling Woman

The following information was supplied by the Baltimore County Police Department. In cases where a criminal charge is noted, the information provided does not indicate a conviction.

An argument between friends turned into a crime after the man allegedly put both hands around her neck. According to a report from Baltimore County police, at 4:15 a.m. Sunday, during a verbal altercation, the man allegedly went into the woman's bedroom, allegedly grabbed her off the bed and threw her against the wall. Her head allegedly struck the wall at her home in the 8300 block of Township Dr. in Owings Mills. "The suspect then placed both his hands around the victim's neck and began choking her," the report states. He allegedly threatened to kill the victim if she called police. Police know who the suspect is and have issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of first- and second-degree assaut, the report states.

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Man Beaten, Bruised at Work During Argument Over Microwave

Charges are pending in alleged assault at Owings Mills Walmart.

An argument between coworkers over a microwave in the employee break room left a man bruised, swollen and in need of stitches. The incident began at about 2:10 a.m. Saturday at Walmart, 9720 Reisterstown Road, in Owings Mills. The coworkers argued. One employee allegedly threw an unopened can of soda that hit her coworker's head. The woman then allegedly punched her male coworker in the head and face, causing bruises and swelling, according to a police report on the incident. The victim had to get nine stitches to his upper lip, and his dentures were broken, the report states. Charges are pending, according to the report.

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