Two people have been arrested in connection with a string of home burglaries in Harford and Cecil counties, Maryland State Police said yesterday. Police said that Robert Dean Sheetz, 31, of Darlington and Kimberly Ann Hamm, 24, of Elkton were arrested Tuesday after a three-hour burglary spree that started in Street and ended near Colora in Cecil County. Police said that three houses were burglarized and that a dog deterred a burglary at another residence. Authorities said that the pair were arrested after being stopped on Interstate 95. State police, along with sheriff's deputies from Cecil and Harford counties, said they seized numerous pieces of property reported stolen, including jewelry and electronics. from Sheetz' home and car. Sheetz and Hamm were taken to the Cecil County Detention Center. Hamm is being held on $10,000 bond. She has been charged with two counts of burglary, theft and conspiracy to commit theft. Sheetz is being held on $15,000 bond and has also been charged with two counts of burglary, theft and conspiracy to commit theft.
Crime & Courts
CRIME & COURTS
David Kohn
Mother indicted on charge of attempted murder
The Calvert County woman suspected in the deaths of her two adopted daughters was indicted this week on attempted murder charges in the abuse of a third child, according to online court records. Renee Bowman, 43, also faces assault and child abuse charges after her 7-year-old adopted daughter was found battered and bruised by neighbors in Lusby last month. Bowman was arrested, and police say she admitted losing her temper and beating the girl with a hard-soled shoe. The girl told a neighbor that she had been locked in her bedroom and that she jumped out of a window to escape. Police said they believe that remains subsequently found encased in a freezer at Bowman's home are those of her other two adopted daughters, and that Bowman admitted storing their bodies there after she moved to Rockville in February. Montgomery County police have not charged Bowman in those deaths but are continuing to investigate. She is being held without bond.
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City homicide suspect arrested at Va. gun store
NORFOLK, VA. : A Southwest Baltimore man was arrested in Norfolk on Tuesday after he tried to purchase a gun and the background check turned up an outstanding homicide warrant in Maryland. Barry Cleveland Roberts, 46, of the unit block of Cobber Lane, Irvington, is awaiting extradition to Maryland. A Baltimore police spokesman said Roberts is a suspect in the fatal shooting of Baltimore County resident Darius Burton, 18, on Oct. 12 in the 4300 block of Davis Ave., Southwest Baltimore. Virginia State Police Sgt. Michelle Cotten said Roberts filled out an application Tuesday to purchase a gun at Bob's Gun and Tackle. The background check by the State Police Firearms Transaction Center in Richmond turned up the outstanding warrant in Maryland. Cotten said state troopers and a Norfolk police officer arranged to be at the store when Roberts returned.
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