Suspected Door Kick-In Burglars Arrested in Florida
The two suspects are wanted for their possible involvement with a string of daytime burglaries in September.
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The two suspects wanted in connection with a string of daytime door kick-in burglaries throughout Howard County were recently arrested in Bay County, Florida.
Jopseh Leo Baumgarten and Dianna Lynn Marketti have been wanted by the Howard County Sheriff’s Office since they skipped a bail hearing on Nov. 15.
Marketti was arrested on an outstanding warrant after police responded to a verbal altercation between her and Baumgarten on Christmas, according to Springfield, FL Police. That day, Baumgarten fled the scene, said Springfield police, but he was later picked up on an outstanding warrant on Jan. 3 and charged with resisting an officer and providing a false name.
Springfield is located on the Florida panhandle, just outside Panama City.
Howard County Police are in the process of extraditing the two back to Maryland, according to the Howard County Sheriff’s Office.
The two were released on $15,000 bail each in October despite being charged with four daytime door kick-in burglaries around the county and suspected in at least 10 others, according to police.
Baumgarten, 40, of Pasadena, and Marketti, 30, of Dundalk, were arrested by Howard County Police in October after being tracked down through stolen Ravens tickets and pawn shop videos, but were released on bail the next day.
Afterward, a hearing was set to adjust their bail on Nov. 15, but neither of the two appeared at the hearing.
Their arrest concludes a two-month search for the suspects by the Howard County Sheriff’s Office that included hitting a dead end at an abandoned foreclosed home in Dundalk.
Police reported Marketti drove a blue Chrysler PT Cruiser that was reportedly seen at the site of at least two of the door kick-in burglaries in the county. Baumgarten was recorded fencing what police said was merchandise stolen from the burglaries in pawnshop surveillance videos.
The suspects were charged with allegedly stealing $22,000 in firearms, jewelry and electronics from four residences in Columbia, Ellicott City and Woodbine.
After being released on bail, Marketti was allegedly attacked by Baumgarten in Baltimore in October. According to a Baltimore County police report, Baumgarten assaulted and kidnapped Marketti in the process of stealing her vehicle near Sparrows Point Country Club in Baltimore.
Even before his alleged involvement in the burglaries, Baumgarten had an extensive record that included violating probation five times after being convicted of burglary for offenses from 1996, 2002 and 2008, according to the Howard County state’s attorney’s office.
Marketti currently has 15 active traffic cases, most for driving on a suspended license, according to court records.
“We are glad they are back in custody,” wrote police spokesperson Sherry Llewellyn in an email. “In general terms, the police department supports the idea of the court system making it more challenging for repeat offenders to get back on the street, so they cannot victimize more people.”
The daytime door kick-in burglaries became so prevalent in September that police issued a warning asking residents to hide valuables after 10 residences in Columbia, Ellicott City, Clarksville, Elkridge and Woodbine were struck in a matter of three days. Police said the burglar would knock on a door and then, if unanswered, kick-in the door, go to the master bedroom, ransack it and steal valuables.
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Cola MD
4:23 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
“We are glad they are back in custody,” wrote police spokesperson Sherry Llewellyn in an email. “In general terms, the police department supports the idea of the court system making it more challenging for repeat offenders to get back on the street, so they cannot victimize more people.”
Gee, I'm so glad to hear the HoCo Police are such strong supporters (NOT) of keeping career criminals off the street. Why are the Police being so darn "polite" about all this? Whose reputations are they trying to protect (to say nothing of whose property they should be acting to protect)? Their friends in the courts? If their statement were any milder it would be an outright compliment...
Colliemom
4:28 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
We can only hope they aren't released on bond again!
JJ
4:36 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Hope you enjoyed your vacation.
LG
4:44 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
I thought it particularly odd that they were released on just $15K bail; given that they both had records as long as your arm, and no verifiable address. Glad they weren't smart enough to remain on the lose for long.
Bernie Trenary
4:48 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Please keep them in Florida . . . maybe they have enough sense down there to keep them incarcerated!
Lorraine Kelly
5:09 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Well, I am very pleased that they are in custody again. I wonder how many folks they robbed or perhaps even hurt during their escape.
Someone definitely is protecting someone. NO ONE, NO ONE has responded to our repeated requests to understand how this folks could have been left out on such a ridiculously low bail!
I find it quite amazing that no one has gotten back to us. Ken Ulman gave no response either.
How much more money is also being spent to get these criminal back from Florida! What a royal mess HOCO. We all make mistakes, but one should own up to them and explain what happened and what was being done to correct it. It is called corrective action. I am very disappointed in our government that allowed this to happen and are unwilling to find those accountable accountable!
Sanchez
5:54 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
"Well, I am very pleased that they are in custody again."
Any bets how fast they are back on the streets?
Dianna Lynn Marketti has quite the set of records, mostly traffic. Possibly more than 1 page if the birth dates are incorrect. The personal descriptions are the same.
Cost to Maryland taxpayers? Safe to say at least $1,000,000?
k
9:01 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Ulman needs to "man-up" and explain why they were released for pennies by an obviously unqualified politically appointed bail clerk. He won't get support for his political ambitions if he can't even manage his current employees.
Sanchez
5:45 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Whodathunk scum like this could be snow birds as the wealthier among them?
Seems crime may pay after all.
Sanchez
6:10 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
PLEASE go to the Md Judiciary site and put in the name Baumgarten, Joseph Leo.
3 different related names show up with at least 35 line items among them. Looks like father/son. How much does this cost us taxpayers? How often should one be charged and charged and charged and still on the streets?
YOU and I are guilty of 13 MPH over the speed limit. No questions asked.
Plea bargains they get you and I don't. .
Lisa Markovitz
8:08 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
There isn't really a question of who was at fault letting them go. It was the judge who set their bail, period. Other people in Howard County government, the police, the district attorney's office, etc., they are not to blame, they tried to get the decision overturned. The judge is where the fault lies, it was the judge's decision at the bail hearing, to do that.
Lorraine Kelly
11:43 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
I do agree with you Lisa, but I would think our county executive would at least be concerned and look into who set the bail, and what is being done to correct it.
Dave A.
8:48 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Alas someone with half a brain commented on this in realistic terms! Thanks Lisa! The person to blame is our Governor, who appoints people like the commissioners, doesn't build adequate facilities to maintain criminals. The county can only afford so much! Good job by the PD in Florida and by Howard Co. PD.