A 16-year old male from Germantown is facing charges for allegedly burglarizing twelve homes in Germantown between March and April 15. Authorities have not released the suspect’s name because he is a juvenile.
Montgomery County Police say on April 15, shortly before 5:00 a.m., the emergency dispatch received a call from a resident of a home on the 17700 block of Cricket Hill Drive reporting a burglary in progress. The resident told officers that he observed a suspect, wearing all dark clothing, walking around the home.
When police arrived at the scene, they saw the suspect walking around the basement. The suspect attempted to flee out the front door but he was arrested. Officers located jewelry on the suspect that detectives later determined was stolen from a package delivered to a home on Stone Hollow Drive.
During the Cricket Hill Drive burglary investigation, officers were notified of an attempted residential burglary that happened around 2:00 a.m. at a nearby home in the 13500 block of Ansel Terrace. The resident of the Ansel Terrace home told officers that security video captured a suspect attempting to enter the home through a rear door. The suspect did not gain entry and fled. The suspect seen on the Ansel Terrace home surveillance video was wearing the same clothing as the arrested teen.
After further investigation, detectives discovered that the suspect committed the following residential burglaries in Germantown:
- March 25 – 18000 block of Wheatridge Drive.
- March 31 – 12900 block of McCubbin Lane.
- March 31 – 18100 block of Stags Leap Terrace.
- April 12 – 13500 block of Ansel Terrace.
- April 14 – 12500 block of Sanderling Place.
- April 15 – three additional burglaries in the 13500 block of Ansel Terrace
- April 15 – 12900 block of Barleycorn Terrace
- April 15 – 17800 block of Marble Hill Place
Police say the suspect was charged as a juvenile with multiple counts of burglary-related offenses and was released to the custody of his mother.
On April 15, a 16yr old male was arrested while committing a residential burglary in Germantown. Detectives determined that since late March, the juvenile had committed 11 additional home burglaries in Germantown.
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— Montgomery County Department of Police (@mcpnews) April 22, 2021
