Odenton Couple Charged With Business Burglary: Police

ODENTON, MD — An Odenton couple are charged with sawing their way through the back wall of a commercial building, tripping a security alarm early Wednesday morning, police say.

Anne Arundel County Police were called to a string of businesses at 1692 Annapolis Road for a burglar alarm. When officers arrived they began checking the complex and spotted the door to a utility room was slightly ajar. While checking the room, officers found a hole in the wall behind two 6-foot water-holding tanks.

As officers checked the area they stopped a man and a woman who were nearby on Charter Oaks Boulevard near Route 175. Once a manager opened the business, police could see that someone had entered the utility room, squeezed between the two holding tanks and used a sheetrock saw to cut a hole in the wall.

The male suspect reportedly wet drywall on his clothing and shoes that seemed to match with the burglary scene.

John Edward Dixon, 46, and Dawn Marie Laster, 33, both of the 1400 block of Berger Street in Odenton, were charged with burglary.

»Photos of Dawn Laster and John Dixon, courtesy of Anne Arundel County Police