MoCO home Invasions update 6-4-08

WashPost

CRIME REPORT

Thursday, June 5, 2008; GZ14

Montgomery County

DISTRICT 1 ROCKVILLE STATION

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

MARYLAND AVE.,600 block, 9:52 a.m. May 12. An attempt was made to enter a residence by force.

RITCHIE PKWY.,400 block, 10:15 a.m. May 13. An attempt was made to enter a residence by force.

DISTRICT 2 BETHESDA STATION

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

TUDOR LANE,5900 block, 10 a.m. May 13. An attempt was made to enter a residence, but the intruder fled when an occupant inside the residence heard the break-in and called out.

DISTRICT 3 SILVER SPRING STATION

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

CRESTHAVEN DR.,1300 block, 11:10 a.m. May 14. A man rang a residence's doorbell, and when an occupant of the home did not answer, he tried to force his way inside the home.

FRANKLIN AVE. E.,800 block, 4:45 to 5:30 a.m. May 14. An attempt was made to enter a residence.

DISTRICT 5 GERMANTOWN STATION

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

BUTLER RD.,7100 block, 3:15 p.m. May 15. A man entered a residence by force, took property and fled.

DISTRICT 6 GAITHERSBURG STATION

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

BROOKES AVE.,200 block, 11 a.m. May 17. A man attempting to enter a residence was confronted by an occupant inside the home. A homeless man, 52, was arrested and charged with attempted burglary.

BRASSIE PL.,19600 block, noon May 15. A man attempted to enter a residence by opening a rear glass sliding door but fled when a resident inside the home started yelling.

ROCKVILLE

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

BURGUNDY DR.,400 block, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 6. Jewelry and four frozen chickens were stolen from a residence entered through a rear door.

-- Compiled by LISA M. BOLTON