UPDATE: Suspect Charged in Thefts from Multiple Annapolis Cars

UPDATED at 11:30 a.m.

An Annapolis man was arrested for a string of break-ins to vehicles along several blocks of streets, and police have recovered many stolen items.

Police were called to Forbes Street just before 4 a.m. Wednesday for a report of an iPad stolen from a vehicle. Other vehicles were entered, and some items taken, in the 300 block of Forbes Street, and the unit and 100 block of Tucker Street.

The victim tracked the location of the iPad and gave that information to Annapolis Police. Officers working with a police K-9 and handler located the suspect, Sheldon Tubaya, 61, of Annapolis, hiding in the woods in the unit block of Tucker Street.

Police say the stolen iPad and other property from several thefts from vehicles were found in a backpack with Tubaya. He was charged with three counts of theft, three counts of rogue and vagabond, three counts of fourth-degree burglary, possession of burglary tools, and possession of CDS paraphernalia.

He is being held on $10,000 bond at the Jennifer Road Detention Center.

Three other vehicles in the area were entered and money and a Garmin GPS unit were stolen. The GPS unit was also found in Tubaya’s backpack. Tubaya was also charged with theft of wedding band and engagement ring from a vehicle in the 100 block of Green Street that occurred between July 25 and July 26.

Numerous other vehicles on Forbes Street and Tucker Street appeared to have been entered, but their owners could not be contacted at the time. Detectives are still trying to identify the owners of property recovered from Tubaya.

If you have information contact Detective Jon-Paul Hipsky at 410-260-3439 or jphipsky@annapolis.gov.

»Theft suspect Sheldon Tubaya, courtesy of Annapolis Police