Police arrested a man on Wednesday after he allegedly stole a woman's purse along Philadelphia Road in White Marsh.
William Allan Schultz, 41, a resident of the 11600 block of Jerome Avenue in White Marsh, was charged with theft of less than $100 and acting as a rogue and vagabond, Lt. Ron Brooks of the White Marsh police precinct said.
According to police, at about 10:44 a.m. on Oct. 31, a woman parked outside the 7-Eleven in the 11600 block of Philadelphia Road and entered the store. Customers then told the woman that a man had entered her vehicle and stolen her purse. The woman left the store, approached the man and demanded her purse back. The man gave the purse back and ran away, according to a police report.
Another woman near the 7-Eleven, who claimed that the man was her boyfriend, told police that he was homeless and had just gotten out of jail. A police helicopter and unit of police dogs responded and found the man in a backyard near Allender Road and Jerome Avenue, according to a police report.
Schultz was arrested on the scene. He told police, "I'm just trying to survive and this is a bad day," the police report showed.
Jobs, now that is another thing! We just turned a corner on an election that will increase crime and until the jobs machine starts up crime will continue to be the easiest way to "earn" a living. Those who leave their possessions out and unprotected are subject to the whims of the jobless Rogues and Vagabonds who know you are at work. When our society completely turns from "makers to takers" things will get even worse. Jobs are the answer and until the businesses have government taxes and regulation off of their backs they will not commit to more hiring however if government does reign itself in, America will see a higher demand for their products and services that requires more workers, until then our society will just bump along and see a small percentage of "criminal takers" come at it from all sides. Reform starts a renewed effort to establish and maintain nuclear families (fathers and mothers in the same homes), secondary education taught by real subject matter experts and not teachers with basic education degrees, critical thinking skills, trades training - not college for all - and a rebirth in thinking that all work is honorable. Until that time the "makers" should be vigilant.