Staff reports, The Examiner
2008-05-14 07:00:00.0
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BALTIMORE -

Cummings sees violence up-close in Baltimore

U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings got a close-up glimpse of violent crime Saturday as he cradled a dying man who had been stabbed.

Carlos Santay-Carillo was getting gas at a station on Baltimore National Pike to take his pregnant wife, Claudia, to the hospital to give birth, when  he was stabbed five times.

“It was just a horrifying event,” Cummings said. “He was really gasping for air.”

Cummings pointed to the spot where he cradled the man. Family members waited to tell the mother her husband had died until after she’d given birth to Carlos Jr. As he held the victim, a recent immigrant from Guatemala, Cummings tried to calm him down, quickly dialing a friend who speaks Spanish.

“I kept saying over and over again, ‘Stay down, it’s going to be all right,” Cummings said. – WJZ-13

Gasoline stolen from Harford car dealership

Harford authorities are investigating the theft of more than $700 worth of gasoline from an Abingdon car dealership.

The Harford sheriff’s office learned Monday that the padlock at Boyle Buick on Emmorton Road was broken between 5 p.m. May 3 and 8 a.m. May 5, giving access to a handle and pump for an outdoor gas storage tank, said sheriff’s office spokesman Sgt. Dave Betz. About 250 gallons of gas was taken. Anyone with information should call 410-692-7880. – Matthew Santoni

Stolen guns, power tools charged to Harford trio

Three Harford residents were arrested in connection with stolen power tools and firearms, authorities said. William F. Weidman III, of Fallston, reported May 10 that a portable band saw, battery charger, several blades and rechargeable batteries were stolen from his home while his son John talked to Stephanie Buscaglia, 24, about buying a gun. James Randall Jordan, 29, and Timothy Lee Jordan, 26, had stolen the tools, while Buscaglia talked to John Weidman, said Harford sheriff’s office spokesman Sgt. Dave Betz. The same day, Baltimore County police arrested Timothy and James Jordan at an Essex hotel, where police recovered 10 weapons believed to have been stolen from a Darlington house May 7. – Matthew Santoni