GLEN BURNIE, MD – The economy is tight for everyone, but for a man in Glen Burnie last month, he resorted to brandishing a handgun to get a pack of cigarettes from the Atomoco gas station on Furnace Road.
The man entered the store but didn’t have enough money to buy the cigarettes. When confronted by a store employee, he brandished a gun and threatened the clerk.
He fled the area in a white car and was never seen again. That is until, the Anne Arundel Police Department began investigating.
A month later, on Thursday, police identified the armed robber as Andre Thomas, 29, of Glen Burnie and made an arrest. The fugitive task force found a located semi-automatic pistol with a drum magazine. drugs. crack and fentanyl.
He was arrested and charged accordingly.