Police Arrest Ellicott City Man in 2 Local Burglaries
Both burglaries occurred less than 7 miles from the home of the accused burglar.
An Ellicott City man was arrested after police say he left one attempted burglary after being caught by the homeowners only to get caught attempting to burglarize another house.
According to police, on Feb. 21 at about 5:15 p.m. the man rang the bell at a home on the 3200 block of St. John’s Lane. When no one answered, he walked to the back of the house and used a crow bar to pry open a back window. The homeowners were in the house, police said, and the suspect left immediately.
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About 45 minutes later, someone reported seeing the same man breaking the back glass window at a house on the 9100 block of East Stayman Drive, according to police.
When officers arrived, they arrested the man, a 25-year-old from Ellicott City who lives less than 7 miles from one of the homes and less than 5 miles from the other.
He faces three counts each of first-, third-, and fourth-degree burglary as well as two counts of malicious destruction of property.
Howard County Police Spokesperson Sherry Llewellyn said police are looking into any possible connections to other residential burglaries.
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B.T.
12:59 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
According to Maryland Judiciary, he no longer lives at the address the police list. The police printed his name on their facebook page. Not sure why not printed here.
Brandie Jefferson
3:31 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
In general I tend not to publish names before an indictment. There are, of course, exceptions.
Wendy Woods
10:57 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
The young man in question has not lived at the address listed on FB for a number of years, and his family has also since moved.
Brandie Jefferson
12:32 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2013
Thanks for updating me about the address, BT and Wendy. I'll update the article once I sort out where he actually lives. Court records show several addresses, so I'll check with State's Attorney on Monday.