Police Press Release - August 18, 2021

Western District
Serious Injury Hit & Run Crash / Crofton
21-727371

On August 18, 2021, at approximately 4:27 a.m., Western District officers responded to Crain Highway in the area of Crawford Boulevard for a crash involving a pedestrian.

A pedestrian was in the travel portion of northbound Crain Highway just south of Crawford Boulevard. It appears the pedestrian was struck by the driver-side mirror of a passing vehicle believed to be a Ford truck, which failed to stop. The pedestrian was then struck by other passing vehicles, which also failed to stop.

The pedestrian was transported by Anne Arundel County Fire Department personnel to an area trauma center where she is in critical condition.

Preliminarily, pedestrian error is believed to be the primary cause of this crash. However, the crash is currently under investigation by the Traffic Safety Section. Anyone with any information is asked to call Traffic Safty at 410-222-8573 or the TipLine 410-222-4700 immediately.

Vehicle 1:      

Unknown colored 1999 – 2007 Ford Super-Duty truck/van missing telescoping driver-side mirror.

Pedestrian:

Female, approximately 25 years old, no further information.
 

Northern District
Tampering with Auto (Arrest) / Linthicum Heights
21-727241 & 21-727242

On August 17, 2021, at approximately 7:00 a.m., officers responded to the area of St. Phillips Road in Linthicum for tampering with an auto in progress. The suspect was quickly located a short distance away by officers and was positively identified. He was arrested and charged with tampering and served with an outstanding arrest warrant.

Arrested: 
Brian Johns
37-year-old
100 block of Chalmers Avenue
Glen Burnie, Maryland

Western District
Hit & Run Crash / Crofton
21-727371

INFORMATION WANTED

A press release with crash details will be coming soon, but we are asking you to get this information to your viewers/readers/subscribers as soon as possible. As of this writing, the victim is in critical condition.

We are looking for information from anyone driving on Route 3N / Crawford Boulevard in Crofton around 4:30 a.m. this morning. A pedestrian was struck by potentially multiple vehicles, which all left the scene. Only one vehicle description is known at this time and believed to be a 1999-2007 Ford F-250 with drivers side damage. Anyone with any information is asked to call 410-222-8573 or 410-222-4700 immediately.