Baltimore Police Blotter

Annapolis police determined Tuesday that the two people found last week at an Annapolis apartment building were shot to death.

The killings were the first of 2008 in Annapolis.

Police are investigating the deaths as a double homicide, but they say they have no motives or any suspects in the killings of Charles Cully Jr., 29, and Cecelia Brown, 51, who were found Friday at 29A Bens Drive.

Police said a woman walked through the open door of Brown’s apartment and saw two people lying on the floor in pools of blood.

They said no sign of forced entry existed. – Carolyn Peirce

Cabbie wrestles knife away from would-be robber

An Annapolis cab driver wrestled a butcher knife from a suspect trying to rob him and used the knife to detain the suspect until police arrived, officials said Tuesday.

Arturo Rojas Lopez, 22, of Annapolis, was charged with armed robbery and first-degree assault, Annapolis police said.

The driver said three suspects approached him at a gas station on Forest Drive and demanded his money at knife-point.

Lopez is at the county’s detention center on a $75,000 bail. – Carolyn Peirce

Father, son accused of insurance fraud

A father and son Tuesday were charged with insurance fraud after falsely reporting stolen a tractor-trailer, according to state police.

Gordon Lee Myers Sr., 62, of Pasadena, also was charged with a false report of motor vehicle theft, felony theft and a false statement to an officer.

Gordon Lee Myers Jr., 43, of Chester, faces the additional charges of conspiracy and attempted felony theft.

A commercial vehicle inspection in October by state police showed the engine of the truck — which Myers Jr. reported stolen this summer — in a truck that Myers Sr. owned.

Later that day, police found the truck tractor — which Myers Sr. reported stolen this summer — at the Myerses’ Baltimore City business.

The police learned Myers Sr. received an insurance check of more than $17,000. – Therese Umerlik