Four youths arrested in series of burglaries in Lanham homes

Resident came home during break-in Feb. 18, police said

by Andrea Noble | Staff Writer Gazette.Net

Prince George's County police have arrested and charged four individuals, including three juveniles, with a series of home burglaries that span back three months in a Lanham neighborhood.

Three Washington, D.C., juveniles under the age of 16 and one 18-year-old who lived in the Seabrook neighborhood where the burglaries were being committed have been charged with first-, third- and fourth-degree burglary in at least seven break-ins, police said Monday.

The juveniles, who were not named because they are under the age of 18, and Marvis Patrick Harris, 18, of the 9400 block of Washington Boulevard in Lanham were arrested last week after a homeowner in the latest burglary came home in the middle of the break-in and surprised the group, police said.

Police were responding to a residential alarm that went off in the 6000 block of Emack Avenue in Lanham on Feb. 18. When they arrived at the home, the homeowner said he had come home after being notified that his alarm went off and restrained one of the teenagers he found in his home, said Lt. Joe Hoffman. The other two juveniles ran away and were caught by police officers in the neighborhood. Harris was arrested a short time later after police investigation, he said.

The burglaries that investigators believe the four are responsible for all the break-ins that occurred in the same Lanham neighborhood during a three-month period. Police did not provide the addresses of each of the burglaries under investigation. In each of the break-ins, video games and computer equipment were taken and windows were smashed out to gain entry to the home, Hoffman said. Investigators are looking into the individuals' role in additional burglaries, police said.

Harris also is currently awaiting trial for the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in a separate incident. A hearing for him in the burglary case will be held March 19 in Prince George's County District Court. Harris was released from the county correctional facility on bond Saturday.

No attorney information was available for Harris, and a telephone number for Harris could not be located.

Anyone with additional information can call the Prince George's County Police Department's District 2 Investigative Section at 301-390-2101. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-8477.

E-mail Andrea Noble at anoble@gazette.net.

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