2 Suspects Face Burglary, Theft Charges In Dundalk Cases: Police

DUNDALK, MD — Detectives from the Baltimore County police burglary unit have charged two suspects in a string of overnight burglaries in the Dundalk Precinct. The two arrests helped detectives clear 11 burglary cases that have occurred in the Dundalk area since mid-August.

The first case occurred Aug. 16 when one of the suspects broke the lock on a sliding glass door to enter a home on Westfield Road around 2 a.m. while the residents were sleeping. The last burglary occurred at approximately 6 a.m. Oct. 1 in the 1900 block of Searles Road. Both suspects were arrested later that afternoon, one of whom was in possession of items stolen from the home on Searles Road earlier in the morning.

In all of the cases, the burglars either forced entry or entered homes through unlocked doors or windows and stole personal items, including purses, wallets, cash, jewelry, phones, credit cards and in one case, a camera. During a search and seizure warrant executed at the suspects' residence numerous items belonging to the victims were recovered.

The suspects have been identified as Dakota Lee Barnard, 24, and Brooke Michelle Theis, 24, both of the 1900 block of Eastfield Road. Both are charged with numerous counts of first, third and fourth degree burglary, and misdemeanor and felony theft. Both are held on no bail status pending bail review hearings.