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Thursday, December 27, 2012

A Double Shooting, a ‘Large Jar’ of Marijuana and a Roommate Kidnapping: Top Crime Stories of 2012

Patch rounds up the most-read crime stories of the year on Carroll County Patch sites.

Are you an avid reader of Westminster and Eldersburg Patch sites? Then perhaps you remember many of these stories that made our list of the top-read crime stories of the year from Carroll County, a list mined from Patch analytics. Have a story you think should be among the top Carroll County crime stories of the year? Tell us about it in the comments section. Eldersburg Car Accident Leaves One Dead A 35-year-old man died from injuries sustained when he was ejected from his Jeep during a two-vehicle collision in Eldersburg. Eldersburg Double Shooting Leaves One Dead A double shooting left one person dead at the Harvest Inn on Liberty Road in Eldersburg. Deer Park Road Car Accident Kills 17-Year-Old A car lost control on Deer Park Road in …

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

SPEAK OUT: Is Eldersburg Dangerous?

Two violent acts, a stabbing and a shooting, have people talking about safety in Eldersburg.

  Two violent acts in less than a month in Eldersburg, a place that has been  ranked nationally as one of America’s best small towns, have residents sounding off about the safety of their community, which saw a fatal grocery store stabbing in June and a double shooting Friday that police said left one man dead. “Jeez, bad month for murders in [the] Sykesville/Eldersburg area,” posted Annette Romanowski-Grigore on the Eldersburg Patch Facebook page in response to the Friday shooting. Do you think the recent violence that made headlines in Eldersburg is a sign of increased crime—or are these simply isolated incidents? Tell us in comments. “Fortunately, the fear of crime is far more prevalent than the crime itself—that’s consistent through …

Brad Smith

8:41 am on Saturday, July 21, 2012

Yes that did occur, but there were also kids graduating and going off to college or moving, etc. So that is most likely a wash, or close to it, albeit very hard to quantify. The children would have to be in the driving age and not go off to college to fit within the inclusion window, so I decided to omit that, but it could have a small small impact. Our retail footprint has more than tripled, …   more ›

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