(Manchester, MD) – Maryland State Police arrested a Carroll County man, and a second suspect is in custody in Florida, in connection with several recent residential burglaries that occurred in northern Carroll County.
Jay William Anderson, 18, of the 4600-block of Hay Drive, Manchester, Maryland, has been charged with multiple counts of burglary, theft over $500.00, and malicious destruction of property. He is currently held in the Carroll County Detention Center on $65,000 bond
Phillip Allen Cox, 26, no fixed address, was arrested on May 14, 2009 without incident in Umatilla, Florida, after troopers assigned to Maryland State Police State Apprehension Team developed leads and coordinated their efforts with the Marion County Florida Sheriff’s Office to locate him. He is currently being held at the Marion County Detention Center awaiting extradition to Maryland.
The investigation focused on burglaries that occurred at four homes on Hay Drive and one on Mars Drive in Manchester, Maryland, between April 17 and 21, 2009. In each case unknown suspects entered the residences and various items such as firearms, electronics, jewelry and prescription medications were stolen. The most significant incidents occurred on April 21, when three burglaries occurred within a twelve hour time span.
Investigators received a break in the case on April 24, 2009 when they received a telephone call from the father of Jay Anderson implicating his son and Cox in the rash of recent burglaries that had occurred in the area. The father became concerned after learning Anderson and Cox were arrested by Westminster City Police for breaking into two vehicles on the parking lot of the Westminster Walmart on April 23, 2009. Anderson’s father advised investigators that he found items that may belong to people living in the neighborhood in the bedroom of Cox who had recently moved into the home with he and his son.
Investigators executed a search and seizure warrant on the home where numerous items stolen from homes in the neighborhood were discovered in the bedrooms of Anderson and Cox. Investigators believe Cox fled to Florida upon learning of the warrant for his arrest.
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