Hole Cut through Wall in Enchanted Forest Burglary: Howard County Crime Reports

Ellicott City

Commercial burglary

Cash was stolen from a safe inside Enchanted Forest Wine & Spirits after someone cut a hole through an adjoining building to gain entry to the liquor store. The person pried open a rear door at the adjoining Kimco building, then a cut a hole through the wall to gain access to the store. The incident happened overnight on April 19-20.

Columbia

Indecent Exposure

A female was walking in an area between Green Meadow Drive and Little Patuxent Parkway when she saw a man exposing himself around 10:45 a.m. on April 19. Police described the man as a white male in his early 30s, about 6-foot-4, 200 pounds, wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans.

Residential burglary

A video game system and a gold ring were stolen from a residence in the 6400 block of Tauler Court after someone made entry through a laundry room window between April 17 and April 19.

Residential burglary

Someone entered a house in the 5400 block of Mystic Court through an unlocked rear sliding door and took a pair of shoes, a laptop and assorted jewelry in the evening of April 19.

Elkridge

Residential burglary

Someone broke into a house under construction in the 5800 block of Marbuck Way overnight on April 17-18 by prying open the rear basement door. Copper wire from the refigerator was cut but not taken. Police reported nothing was stolen.

Suspicous Activity

A 20-year-old Gywnn Oak man was arrested and charged with fourth-degree burglary after a neighbor saw the man looking into a nearby house, ringing the doorbell, then walking around the side of the house and entering the yard through a locked fence gate. The neighbor called police who found the man around 1 p.m. on April 19 attempting to hide behind a fence and trees in the backyard of the residence located in the 5900 block of Bonnie View Lane.