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POLICE BEAT PASADENA House fire A Pasadena home was damaged Monday night after a chimney caught fire, county Fire Department officials said. At just before 9 p.m., firefighters were called to the 300 block of Bay Front Drive. When they arrived, they found a two-story single-family home with flames coming from the back, said Division Chief Michael Cox, a county Fire Department spokesman. It took 25 firefighters about 15 minutes to get the blaze under control. Two people were home when the fire broke out, Chief Cox said. They were awakened by a "cracking sound" and were able to get out of the home to call for help. The smoke alarms were working, but the two people were outside before the alarms went off. The fire is being called accidental, and firefighters said it started in the chimney. The fire was contained to the outside of the house, and caused an estimated $30,000 in damages. No injuries were reported. SEVERNA PARK 3 arrested at checkpoint County police arrested three people and issued 19 citations at two sobriety checkpoints in Severna Park over the weekend. The checkpoints were the 68th and 69th that the department has conducted in the past 10 years throughout the county. Police set up the first checkpoint on the northbound lanes of Ritchie Highway near Arundel Beach Road from 10 p.m. to midnight. A total of 692 vehicles went through the checkpoint. One driver was charged with impaired driving, eight were charged with having an open container of alcohol, and six were charged with underage possession of alcohol. One was charged with driving without a license. The second checkpoint was set up on southbound Ritchie Highway near McKinsey Road from 12:45 to 1:45 a.m. A total of 138 drivers went through that checkpoint. Two drivers were charged with impaired driving. Two people were charged with open container, and one person was charged with underage possession of alcohol. SEVERN Cabbie robbed A cab driver was robbed after giving a man a ride to Severn Friday night, county police said. The driver had taken a man to the 1800 block of Eagle Court just after 10 p.m. When they arrived, the man told the cab driver he had a weapon and to hand over his money. The man grabbed the cabbie's cash and ran between two homes on the block. Police searched but could not find the robber. The cab driver was not injured. linthicum Restaurant robbed A McDonald's restaurant in Linthicum was robbed by a man with a semi-automatic handgun early Sunday morning, county police said. The robber, wearing a blue ski mask and blue hooded sweatshirt, walked into the restaurant, at 717 Nursery Road, about 9:40 p.m. and waved a black handgun. The man ordered employees to open the safe, then took the cash and ran, police said. He is described as black, about 6-feet tall, and 230 pounds. He was last seen was wearing black pants and carrying a black book bag. Published 03/19/08, Copyright © 2008 Maryland Gazette, Glen Burnie, Md. | ||
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