Three Men Convicted Of Federal Charges In Connection With A Series Of Home Burglaries Committed In Maryland & Georgia

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Officials announced that 3 men person been convicted for conspiracy and for proscription of stolen spot taken during a bid of burglaries committed successful Maryland and Georgia.

Thirty-seven-year-old Demar Brown of Paterson, NJ and Winston-Salem, NC, 37-year-old Jahson Fields of Atlanta and 35-year-old Kamar Beckles of Teaneck, NJ, were each convicted pursuing a 10-day trial.

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According to authorities, the trio broke into astatine slightest 20 residences successful Baltimore County and Georgia and stole astatine slightest $850,000 worthy of property.

According to evidence, from Nov. 29, 2017 done Jan. 26, 2018, the defendants comitted a bid of break-ins successful bid to bargain property, including cash, overseas currency, safes, jewelry, decorator purses and clothing, idiosyncratic electronics, collectibles, idiosyncratic individuality documents, and items of sentimental value.

Authorities said the defendants planned to merchantability the stolen spot out-of-state for cash.

Witnesses stated that the suspect wore masks and gloves during the break-ins and communicated with each different utilizing two-way radios and compartment phones. One of them would usually stay successful the getaway car. Officials said the trio would besides rent edifice rooms successful Maryland to store the stolen goods until they were transported retired of state.

Brown and Beckles took the spot to 2 residences successful Winston-Salem that Brown had entree to. The defendants were arrested connected Jan. 26, 2018, adjacent 2 residences that were precocious burglarized.  Brown was arrested aft officers responding to the burglary noticed a acheronian greenish Ford Explorer with North Carolina tags traveling dilatory down the street.

The car was identical to a conveyance seen successful the surveillance video from immoderate of the erstwhile burglaries. 7 After a abbreviated conveyance chase, Brown was yet arrested aft trying to fly from the SUV.

Beckles and Fields were arrested aft being recovered successful a adjacent wooded country — astir a half-mile from 1 of the burglarized homes.

Officials said astatine the clip of his arrest, Beckles was wearing a chiseled overgarment with a reflective emblem connected the backmost that was identical to the insignia disposable successful surveillance video from immoderate of the erstwhile burglaries.

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A consequent hunt of each suspect turned up edifice cardinal cards and 1 of the defendants was carrying implicit $1,000 currency successful his sock. Brown besides had a meal summons from the edifice matching the cardinal paper wherever instrumentality enforcement learned Beckles had rented 2 rooms successful his name.

A hunt warrant for the rented rooms was executed and the 2nd hunt of 1 of the rooms occurred a fewer of days later. During the search, officials recovered jewelry stolen from a residence connected Jan. 25, 2018, spot from homes burglarized successful Milton, Georgia connected Jan. 24, and spot from homes burglarized successful Baltimore County connected Dec. 28, 2017, Dec. 29, 2017, Jan. 9, 2018 and Jan. 10, 2018.

A mask, a brace of gloves, a diamond tester, a standard and a golden investigating kit were besides recovered. In the 2nd room, they recovered Fields’ license, message successful the sanction of Beckles and assorted phones among different things.

On Jan. 27, 2018, officials executed a hunt warrant connected the Ford Explorer driven by Brown the erstwhile day. There, they recovered assorted tools and covering for usage successful transportation with burglaries, including a pry bar, a drill and spread saw, a mallet, 3 chisels, a reciprocating saw, aggregate pairs of gloves, achromatic knit hats, a balaclava benignant mask, two-way radios and flashlights, among different things.

Officials besides recovered galore of the pieces of stolen spot during 2 burglaries the erstwhile day, arsenic good arsenic notes concerning a pawn store and a jewelry store successful North Carolina.

On Jan. 30, 2018, instrumentality enforcement obtained hunt and seizure warrants for Brown’s residences successful Winston-Salem. There they recovered spot from 3 burglaries successful Baltimore County including galore pieces of good jewelry.

Evidence connected the 9 phones seized from the defendants, the SUV, and the defendants’ edifice rooms showed, among different things, Brown and Beckles photographing galore pieces of the jewelry and different items taken during immoderate of the burglaries.

Only immoderate of that stolen spot has been recovered and returned to its owners. However, for a fewer victims, the immense bulk of their spot has yet to beryllium recovered.

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Each suspect faces a maximum condemnation of 5 years successful national situation for the conspiracy and a maximum of 10 years successful national situation for each number of interstate proscription of stolen spot oregon attempted interstate proscription of stolen property.