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Dundalk Woman Wanted For Door Kick In Burglaries

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Court Commissioner's Office Declines Comment on Suspected Burglars' Bail

Would not say why $15,000 bail was set for suspected door kick-in burglars.

The Howard County District Court Commissioner's office has declined comment on why a $15,000 bail was set for each of two suspected burglars charged in four door kick-in burglaries. The two also are believed linked to 10 other kick-ins. "We don't provide comments to the media," said an official who declined to provide her full name. The $15,000 bail, which some consider too low, was set by Commissioner Oreon W. Pinkston II, according to court documents. Pinkston was not available to comment on why the bail was set. Patch continues to seek a response from Howard County Administrative Commissioner Megan Dickerson. Patch commenters expressed outrage over the suspected burglars' being released on $15,000 bail in a previous story. "The bail set…

Police: Stolen Ravens Tickets Lead to Door Kick-in Burglaries Arrests

Police charged a Dundalk woman and a Pasadena man in the daytime door kick-in burglaries in Howard County.

Police have arrested and charged a man and a woman they said they believe were involved in a string of daytime door kick-in burglaries throughout Howard County after tracking the suspects using a pair of stolen Baltimore Ravens tickets. Police said Joseph Leo Baumgarten, 40, of Pasadena, and Dianna Marketti, 30, of Dundalk, were charged early Friday with committing four burglaries, but police said they may have been involved with 10 additional cases. In each incident, the suspect or suspects would kick in a door, work their way to the master bedroom, ransack it and steal jewelry and other valuables, police said. Baumgarten and Marketti were arrested at a traffic stop Thursday night. They were charged with first-, third- and fourth-degree …

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