well isn't this just great. seems there is an incident as least once a week in that area and now with the holiday season gearing up it could get worse.

however i am glad the lady and her children are okay.

Good for that woman!!! I would NEVER let anyone get my car if I had my daughter already strapped in...I hope they find that guy...How dare he!

Keep the scum away by doing away with all the public transportation that is all around us. Shut it down. Plain and simple

What the heck is going on around here???

Keep this story in mind if you go to The Avenue Tree Lighting tonight...keep them eyes open.

but surely this cannot be related to the bus stop across the street. and now let the comments roll in...

This area is sinking like a stone!

It's unknown if this case was related to bus passengers, but I think that we should have 100% video taping of passengers getting on and off the public transportation, and no one is allowed on unless the camera can get a full face shot. At least it would help deal with violence on the bus itself.

Good on the people who came to this woman's aid.

I am glad that I can get this kind of information from here! Thank you! All of the incidents that happen in the White Marsh/Perry Hall area are never on the news. It helps keep us informed as to what is going on around here. Scary story as I have small children.

this thug will be in the news again within a few days, be vigilant.

Now that the courts have ruled that Maryland has to stop violating our most basic right of self defense, maybe we're on our way to stopping this stuff. The criminal-loving democrats who run this state will wait to the last second to appeal, they'll lose again, they'll appeal again in a last attempt to continue protecting criminals, they'll lose a final time, and then we will gain back the right that almost all the other states already have. Once these thugs start getting shot they'll reconsider coming out here.

mixed bag of nuts today

Get off your high horses. The politics are over. Let's just be grateful the woman and her family are ok. You can't blame public transportation for anything. In my eyes of you use the bus you are more motivated than alot of people. How many don't work because they don't have a car? Would you? So many people complain complain complain but do nothing to help society. O, wait, don't tell me, you voted, right? Unfortunate things happen anywhere and everywhere. Would you expect millionaires to embezzle money, take advantage of the poor and leave families without income? Don't judge people by their color, clothes, income, nor means of transportation. Love people instead.

Chris Harris sounds like one of those forced contribution/redistribution types. no idea why you sympathize with the thugs that "don't have a car" and that we should "love people" that mug women but thanks to this thread I've learned from comments the fact that crime is much lower away from the bus stops - I did not realize that when I moved to PH. Now I'll look for stores that have no bus stops nearby. Starting to feel like the muggings in this vicinity are increasing. 50 million people in America on food stamps and growing.

I know I sound like a broken record people. But, the White Marsh Mall area is no longer safe. I have refused to go there for quite some time, and haven't done any Christmas shopping there in several years. In fact, all of my Christmas shopping is now done online.

After our Thanksgiving weekend excursion to The Avenue, a couple of years ago, to take in the holiday evening ambiance, there is no way that we would ever go to that Christmas Tree Lighting. I'd love to. But, maybe I'll be able to do those kinds of things in our next neighborhood. We fled Baltimore City 25+ years ago, and now we will be spending the money we have saved for retirement to flee Baltimore County. Leaving Perry Hall is a no brainer, but the whole county has become a dump, with the exception of a few high income areas that are completely surrounded by dumps.

I've got a solution, let the citizen arm and protect themselves. Criminals will move tot where the pickin' is easy.

Sounds good until they start shooting the wrong person.

I hope someone shoots him

To all of you who believe in the "Right To Carry"....let me put this in perspective.
Maryland is the East Coast " California "....let that sink in.

Maryland will NEVER be a "Shall Carry" state........N-E-V-E-R!!!!!

I suggest you "Carry" Bear Spray!! Nasty stuff. Personally, I carry Bear Spray and a folding knife. I refuse to be a victim.

Do the buses run all day and night?
Maybe they should limit the bus schedules to commuter times only. Maybe 6am to 6 or 7pm. Maybe that would help with the night time crime.
I went to the avenue a few years ago to see a movie with family. The mobs of foul mouthed people loitering in that area has kept me from returning.
I agree that the breakdown of the family unit has caused many of these issues.
But what can be done about it? As long as the government rewards people for negative behavior, these issues will only get worse.
Social Security payments and other entitlements are given to drug addicts because they are unable or unwilling to work. Many unmarried women have children in order to increase the amount of government assistance.
Where do we draw the line on entitlements?

More black crime. I am not a racist but it seems more and more like the crime here is done by black people both male and femaile. We do need to shut down the public transportation or have a video camera inside buses that can see the faces of everyone who enters. We need to track them so if they commit a crime we can find them easier. Dude is lucky i was not there because he would never had gotten away. Shoot first ask questions later. If you don't like my comment to bad.

I also believe that a lot of the crime in this area increased when 43 was opened up. The hard working people of the Essex/Middle River area have seen their neighborhoods overtaken by thugs and addicts over the past 15-20 years. I was truly concerned when 43 was opened up because I knew it would become an easy access, for the thugs, into the Perry Hall/White Marsh area. And, I believe that fear has come to life. Look to the East, and look to the South. That is our future in just a very short time.

We really need to track these thugs down and then do something. Not just slap their hands and let them go. I am sick of this crime in our area....

I am so Thankful to hear that on watchers heard her yelling and came to her aid because we could be reading a total different story. I am very happy all are safe & well.

I visit and shop quite a lot in Delaware around Rehoboth Beach and have NEVER felt afraid. I have even left my car unlocked (by mistake) full of purchases and never had anything stolen. Yet, I am always looking over my shoulder and feel uneasy when I shop in Baltimore County or when I rarely go into Baltimore City. Truth be told, crime is UP in Baltimore County and so are murders. I feel in 10 years, this side of Baltimore County will be as bad as Randallstown. I am looking to leave Md because I feel nothing is going to change with the political climate in Md. I have given up.

Seems like most crimes are committed by males. We should run all of the men out of the county, and leave the women alone to shop and dine in peace.
Get real people. Crime happens EVERYWHERE! Bad people are EVERYWHERE! The world is not the same place we grew up in. Get over it. Be vigilant, and know what to do when something does happen, like the woman in the story.

Hey Smart Guy...what country are YOU living in??? If you feel so safe, take your children to White Marsh Mall on a Saturday evening...or better yet, go downtown and walk around at night and see how safe you feel. And about all parents raising their children to live a good life and not expect handouts...again...what country are YOU living in? Sounds like you wear rose colored glasses.

teech...I feel for you since you can't leave your house for fear of random crime. Like Heather indicated crime does not have a race, color, sex, or location. I don't go around anywhere thinking I WILL be the victim of a crime. I actually have no problem walking around and supporting our local businesses any time of day or night that they are open. We actually went downtown to eat yesterday at Chazz and felt safe enough to walk around the neighborhood and believe it or not nothing happened.

I don't know what country you live in, but in the country I've given service to and love with all my heart; parents teach their children they are owed nothing but an opportunity. Parents teach that education is the key to unlocking opportunity. Parents hope that their children will be more successful than themselves. This bond of teaching children these lessons stretches across all socioeconomic sectors and races. I'm sorry that you appear to know or have heard of stories of parents that teach differently.

For every one story of bad parenting, there are thousands of parents that teach the lessons above. Please open you mind and realize that bad people are in smaller numbers than you think and most people just want to live their lives and support their families. Just like you and I do.

Smart guy....I speak from experience having been an educator...hence the name "teech". I taught in Baltimore County for almost 30 years and I agree that many parents do teach their children to respect education. But too many do not.
The statistics support this factually. Check the high school drop out rate in the city.
Check the food stamp program, welfare recipients, crime rate etc. in the city. And going to Chazz downtown does not give a true indication of city life or your bravery. Why don't you go take your family on a walk through Leakin Park (they have nice new trails there), night or day and see how safe you are. (You may end up in Loudon Park.) Parents "teach by example". And their examples demonstrate a life of no morals, blame the other guy, government handouts and the like. In fact, just drive through the city and observe the trashy neighborhoods. I live in America, and love this country as much as you do. BUT America has and continues to change. And we are well on the way to socialism where we are controlled by the gov't. But that is another sad, dangerous issue. And by the way...I too support my local business and actually do go out of my home on occasion. I wear my body armour covered of course by my bio-hazard suit. Wake up and take off your rose colored specs. CHAZZ.....really.....safe.......hahahahahahahahahaha!

The entitlements .... Have made it ok to provide no correction for bad behavior, no disincentive to make babies that you teach nothing to involving everything from morality, respect for human life , integrity, work ethic and the list goes on. If the powers that be say it is "unethical" to pass judgement on those who are running "baby farms" to get more in their check, then all I can say is, they don't care anything about kids. The person who tried to hijack a car was only a short time ago a little kid. He wasn't born to be a criminal, he had plenty to eat growing up, probably a home , but what he didn't have was any sort if guidance in life. That's what this wonderful world of entitlements has done. Kept people's lives in squalor, maybe not in the hungry and cold sense, but in having any meaning or purpose or contributing one good thing to society. This person will most certainly be a "drain" on more taxpayer resources as we pay for his defense or pay for his rehab or methadone for the rest if his life. I work at a job where I can say for sure if there are not changes this whole area will be over run by this sort of criminal activity.

I have lived in white marsh my entire life and it's sad how much it has changed in the past 10-15 years. it's gone down hill so much. the mall is trashy and the people are just not as nice as they used to be. it used to be that white marsh was more middle class then it is now. and if you tell people your from white marsh they act as if your white trash. its so sad. do away with the bus stops because i honestly agree that those are part of the problem. it allows people from the city, edgewood and other places to come whenever they please. I used to go to the mall at least once a week. i tend to only go to the harford mall now. makes me feel safer especially being a female in my 20's