Crime & Safety
Verizon Wireless Store Burglarized For Third Time In 2 Months
Burglars were able to get inside the store by using a key, but this time police were able to get a view of the suspects.
Nearly $15,000 dollars worth of cell phones were stolen from a Verizon Wireless store in the Parkville-Carney area during an overnight burglary on Monday.
Around 3:39 a.m. two men entered the store in the 2000 block of E. Joppa Road by using a key to unlock the front door, police said. The two men walked to a closet, used a crowbar to pry it open and stole cell phones, placing them into a plastic bag, police said.
In total, they stole 13 iPhone 4S, two Samsung Galaxy III, four Samsung Galaxy Note II, an iPhone 5 and an Droid DNA. Police said the total value of the phones is listed as $14,536.
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Police have released a basic description of the suspects: saying only that the crime was committed by two men dressed in black from head-to-toe, wearing black full-faced ski masks and plastic gloves.
The burglary is just the latest in a series of burglaries at Verizon Wireless stores around Baltimore and Harford Counties, including two that occurred at the same store in the 2000 block of E. Joppa Road.
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In all of the burglaries a key was used to get inside the store.
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