Police Say Owings Mills Home Invasion Was Targeted

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A 21-year-old Baltimore man has been charged in the Owings Mills home invasion that sent two older adults to the hospital Thursday with head injuries, Baltimore County police reported.

Wesley John Moore Jr., of the 5100 block of Raintree Way, faces charges of armed robbery, home invasion and other offenses, police said.

Investigators believe the home invasion was a targeted crime, according to police.

• Owings Mills Home Invasion Under Investigation

Police said that at 4:19 p.m. Thursday, a woman in the 9900 block of Middle Mill Drive answered a knock at the door and was hit with what appeared to be a handgun, then pushed into a closet near the front door.

When her husband came to investigate, the suspect hit him in the head several times with the gun and demanded the keys to his Lexus, according to the report.

During the beating, the weapon—a plastic air soft gun—broke, police said.

The suspect took the keys to the vehicle but was unable to start the Lexus and left instead on foot, according to police.

Authorities found a broken air soft gun in a wooded area near the home and a piece of plastic from the gun inside the residence. Moore was also located nearby and identified as the subject, police said.

He is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center.

The 76-year-old victims were taken to the hospital for treatment of head injuries, according to police.

Police are asking citizens to be cautious when someone knocks at the door or rings the doorbell.

“One thing we would really like everyone to remember is not to open your door for people you don’t know or didn’t ask to come to your home,” Corporal John Wachter of the Baltimore County Police Department said.

Said Wachter: “If they won’t go away, call police.”