Crime & Safety
Police: K-9 Catches Alleged Burglar
The following information was supplied by the Baltimore County Police Department's Wilkens precinct. In cases where a criminal charge is noted, the information provided does not indicate a conviction.
A police dog helped the Baltimore County Police Department catch a burglary suspect earlier this month.
Mark Stacey Wooten, 44, faces burglary charges after he allegedly went into a garage in Catonsville and stole a Honda lawnmower, according to a report by the Wilkens precinct.
The alleged crime occurred at 11:22 p.m. May 1 in the 600 block of Charing Cross Road, the report states.
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A resident heard a noise near the garage, and saw "a black male walking down the driveway to the garage," according to a police spokeswoman.
A police dog found the lawn mower with Wooten, near the 700 block of Charing Cross Rd, the spokeswoman said in an email.
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"The suspect fled and was apprehended in a small wooded area near Martin Drive and Sedgewood Road," she said.
According to court records, Wooten, a resident of the 1100 block of Sedgewood Road in Catonsville, was charged with second-degree burglary, fourth-degree theft, theft of less than $1,000 and resisting/interfering with arrest.
He is being held in the Baltimore County Detention Center on $7,500 bond.
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