Criminal Burglary Arrest

LOCATION: Pocomoke, Worcester County
CRIME: Burglary First Degree, Theft: $10,000 to Under $100,000         
VICTIM: Christopher Litton and Shagmar Connors
           
ACCUSED:    LeAnder Dynte Ward, Male age 18 from Pocomoke, MD.
   
CHARGES: Burglary First Degree, Burglary Third Degree, Theft: $10,000 to Under $100,000, Theft: $1,000 to Under $10,000, Malicious Destruction of Property Under $500, Conspiracy to Commit Burglary in the First Degree   

NARRATIVE: 
On Tuesday, December 7, 2010, Deputies from the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office were sent to a reported Burglary on Critcher Road, Pocomoke, Maryland. Deputies determined that the suspect(s) had gained entry into the residence by prying one of the exterior doors open. The victim determined that over $43,000 in personal property had been taken. Detectives from the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation were contacted to assist with the investigation.
                         
On Wednesday, December 8, 2010, Troopers from the Maryland State Police were dispatched to Brantley Road, Pocomoke, Maryland. The homeowner had arrived at his residence and observed three black males walking out of his house carrying his wrapped Christmas presents as well as other personal property.
                         
While the victim was on the telephone with the Police, the three suspects fled. Troopers from the Maryland State Police, assisted by Deputies from the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office and officers from the Pocomoke City Police Department searched the area for the suspects.
                           
LeAnder Ward, of Pocomoke, was subsequently located, arrested and charged with these two crimes.            
LeAnder Ward was held on $20,000 bond at the Worcester County Jail