Armed man threatened to burn down Parsely’s Pub

Jeff Jones
On December 9, 2022, at approximately 9:00 p.m., officers responded for a report of an assault at Parsley’s Pub, 167 Olen Drive in Glen Burnie.

GLEN BURNIE, MD – A man armed with a bb gun threatened to burn down Parsley’s Pub on Olen Drive in Glen Burnie Friday night.

According to police, 62-year-old Curtiss Franklin Nance was engaged in an incident where staff refused to serve him at the bar.

Police responded to a reported assault at around 9:00 p.m.


According to staff, the suspect entered the pub and was refused service, the Anne Arundel County Police Department reported.

Police alleged Nance threatened, “we will see if any of you make it out alive.”

He was escorted from the establishment by an employee. He later threatened to burn down the establishment while he was in the parking lot.

Police reported a short time later, he returned with a rifle. Nance left the parking lot before AACPD officers arrived but was later located by officers responding to the call.

He was arrested and charged accordingly. It was later determined that the gun he used in the incident was a bb gun.

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