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Police Close Mission Place Pharmacy Robbery Case

HCPD DAILY CRIME BULLETIN – THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Robbery arrest update
Police have made an arrest in the Feb. 1 robbery of Mission Place Pharmacy in Jessup. Bernard Green, 33, of no fixed address, is charged with robbery, theft, and assault. A pharmacy employee reported that at approximately 1:10 p.m., the suspect entered the store in the 8100 block of Washington Boulevard, assaulted the employee, and stole prescription medication before fleeing. No one was injured. Through investigation, police identified Green as the suspect and arrested him.

Commercial burglary
Jessup, 20794:
7200 block of Dorsey Run Road, Feb. 22 2:12 a.m.
Police discovered a suspicious vehicle at a construction site and located a male subject who was bleeding, with fresh cuts on his hands. When the man was approached by police, he fled in the vehicle. A short pursuit ensued and the subject, later identified as Mohammed Jennai, 35, of Baltimore, traveled into Anne Arundel County, where he struck a tree and was killed. Through investigation, police believe he had broken a window to gain entry to a trailer at the construction site and stole tools. Anne Arundel County Police responded to the scene of the collision: http://www.aacounty.org/news…/…/police-press-release-2222018

Theft from vehicle/vehicle break-in
Laurel, 20723:
10600 block of Hesperian Drive, Feb. 21 9:10 a.m., multiple vehicles: unclear if anything was stolen

Jessup, 20794: 8900 block of Carroll Heights Avenue, Feb. 21 2:27 p.m., handicap placard

Columbia, 21044: 5000 block of Cedar Lane, Feb. 21 3:01 p.m., unclear if anything was stolen

Columbia, 21046: 9600 block of Broken Land Parkway, Feb. 21 3:39 p.m., multiple vehicles: unclear if anything was stolen

Columbia, 21045:
7300 block of Carved Stone, Feb. 21 9:35 p.m., tags

Vehicle theft
Columbia, 21044:
5400 block of Lynx Lane, Feb. 21 3:20 p.m.
2015 Nissan Altima, tags MD/9CY5093

Overdose
Police responded to a suspected overdose death Wednesday night.

2018 YTD Overdoses:
Fatal: 6*
Non-Fatal: 27

*In fatal cases, some deaths are pending autopsy results for opioids and/or other substances. Numbers may fluctuate.

If you or someone you know in Howard County needs help with an opioid issue, call 800-422-0009, 24-hours a day. #HoCoHelp