Thursday, February 7, 2013
In a neighborhood where burglaries have risen in the past year, a police captain talks about the investigation and safety.
In one year, there have been more than 30 residential burglaries in the Dunloggin neighborhood, according to Howard County Police Northern District Capt. Daniel Coon. Police are asking for residents’ help, not only to find suspects in some of the open cases, but also to limit some of the preventable crimes. Eight of the 32 burglary cases have been closed by arrest, Coon said Wednesday night at a Saint John's Community Association meeting at First Lutheran Church. Police have suspects in five of the burglaries – “We have a pretty good idea who it is, but are still gathering evidence.” In the remaining 12 – including this Dec. 28 burglary – police do not have suspects, Coon said. Dunloggin is not unique in its recent increase in burglaries…
Monday, January 28, 2013
One 13-year-old, two 14-year-olds and a 17-year-old are believed to be involved with a string of burglaries that began in November, police said.
Four Columbia teens were charged this week in a string of 16 commercial burglaries at Howard County businesses, including a recent jewelry store burglary in which a neighboring business had its wall sledgehammered to gain entry. Of those charged, one is 13-years-old, two are 14, and one is 17, according to police. Police said the juveniles colluded with Charles Rodriguez, a 24-year-old Columbia man, who was charged with selling their stolen merchandise after one of the incidents. Police said they believe the teens are responsible for a Jan. 22 burglary in which the suspects broke a back window at Concentra Urgent Care on Dobbin Road, then sledgehammered through a wall of the business to enter J&D Jewelry, where they stole an undetermined…
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Police said a man believed to be involved in a string of Ellicott City cat burglaries was arrested after attempting to hide in a dumpster on Tamar Drive in Columbia.
Police said a man suspected in a string of Ellicott City cat burglaries was arrested this week hiding in a dumpster on Tamar Drive in Columbia as he attempted to flee the scene of a burglary. Cornelius Antonio McRae, 23, of Baltimore, was charged with multiple counts of burglary, theft and assault, police said. Police said they spotted McRae near the 8100 block of Tamar Drive on Jan. 6, near the site of a burglary that had just been committed. Police said they were in the area after they had located an unoccupied stolen 2013 silver Honda Pilot, which they determined McRae had been driving. Police reported they saw McRae carrying a pink purse, similar to one reported stolen in the Tamar burglary. McRae ran when police approached, but …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Joseph Baumgarten, 40, and Dianna Marketti, 30, are wanted after failing to appear at a bail hearing.
Howard County Police have released the mugshots of the two suspects wanted in a string of door kick-in burglaries throughout Howard County. Joseph Leo Baumgarten, of Pasadena, and Dianna Marketti, of Dundalk, were arrested on Oct. 4 after police said they tracked them down through a set of stolen Batlimore Ravens tickets. The two were charged with 25 counts each related to four daytime door kick-in burglaries and suspected in ten other burglaries that occurred in September, according to police. However, a court commissioner, Oreon W. Pinkston II, set the bail for Marketti and Baumgarten at $15,000 on Oct. 5 and both posted it that day. On Nov. 15, the two suspects failed to appear at a bond hearing scheduled to adjust their bail, …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
A string of kick-in burglaries around Howard County have led police to ask residents to be vigilant.
A string of daytime burglaries in Howard County in which doors have been kicked in has prompted the following police warnings: Use your dead bolt, hide your valuables in unexpected places and report any suspicious activity. The burglaries began on Monday, with seven daytime burglaries at residences in Ellicott City, Columbia and Clarksville, according to police, then continued with one in Elkridge on Tuesday, and two more on Wednesday in Ellicott City and Woodbine. The suspect is believed to first knock on the door of the home to determine if anyone is home, and then kick the door in to gain entry, according to police. Once inside, the suspect reportedly steals jewelry, cash and electronics. Police are urging residents to call 911 and …
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Burglaries happened between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Tuesday in Ellicott City, Columbia and Clarksville.
Howard County Police are investigating the possibility that four burglaries may be connected after they were committed in a similar manner—doors kicked in—within two miles of eachother in Ellicott City. The burglaries occurred in residential developments just off St. Johns Lane between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday while many residents are at work. Three other burglaries with similar methods also took place Monday afternoon in Clarksville and Columbia. "Anytime similarities show up in the same geographical area with the same method of entry [police] do see if there was a link," said Mary Phelan, a police spokesperson. Residences near the following blocks were struck in Ellicott City: In addition to the four burglaries in Ellicott City, …
Friday, September 7, 2012
Howard County Police say the three suspects may be responsible for additional crimes.
Three men face charges related to five burglaries in the western part of the county and Howard County Police are investigating their possible involvement in additional crimes. Howard County Police were conducting a surveillance operation targeting one of the suspects when they allegedly saw him burglarizing a building on the 13000 block of Burntwoods Road in Glenelg. Arrested was Joshua Alexander Santilli, 23, of Woodbine. Police say that during the investigation, they found other stolen property that connected Santilli to two additional suspects and four additional robberies: Charged in the burglaries along with Santilli are Andrew Harrison Harker, 22, of Mt. Airy and William Edward Selby, 49, of West Friendship. Harker faces charges …
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Police report the suspect allegedly stole $40,000 worth of property in multiple robberies throughout Howard County, most of which occurred in Columbia.
A Temple Hills man faces charges for eleven burglaries throughout Howard County on March 2, nine of which occurred in Columbia. Lamar Ali Carroll, 37, of 28th Avenue in Temple Hills, was charged with first, third, and fourth-degree burglary and theft charges, according to Howard County Police. Carroll was arrested on Feb. 28 after Howard County Police observed him committing a possible burglary in Montgomery County, according to police. Police were monitoring Caroll after identifying him as a suspect in multiple burglaries in Howard County. Police arrested Carroll after a brief vehicle pursuit involving Montgomery County, Howard County and Maryland State Police. He is currently being held in the Montgomery Detention Center on $75,000 bond…
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
The following information was supplied by the Howard County Police Department. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
Howard County Police are investigating two weekend burglaries in Ellicott City that occurred about one mile from each other. Just after 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 17, one or more people broke into a house on the 10300 block of Royal Ascot Court, stealing jewelry. The next day, shortly after 6 p.m., one or more people broke into a back door on the 10200 block of Brightstone Place. Police have not reported if anything was stolen. OTHER HOWARD COUNTY CRIME NEWS: Elkridge: Break-In Between 9:45 a.m. and 11:52 p.m. on Dec. 17, an unknown number of suspects entered a residence on the 5700 block of Main Street, stealing a television, video game system and jewelry. Columbia: Vehicle Theft Shortly after 7 a.m. on Dec. 16, a tan Honda Civic was stolen from…
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Craig H.
8:23 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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