Crime & Safety
Man Arrested After Bay Weekly Newspaper Robbed
Nearly $6,000 in computer equipment was stolen from the business, including five Apple computers
Police have charged a man in the burglary of a local weekly newspaper.
Annapolis police arrested Donald Genco, 31, of Baltimore as a suspect in the Dec. 5 burglary of the offices of Bay Weekly, located on Spa Road.
Nearly $6,000 in computer equipment was stolen from the business, including five Apple computers, after the front door had been forced open. On Dec. 18, police issued a warrant for Genco's arrest, and found several stolen items at his residence, police said.
Police said Genco was identified as a suspect during the course of their investigation, but offered no additional details.
Genco is charged with felony theft, second-degree burglary, and two counts of fourth-degree burglary. He is being held at the Jennifer Road Detention Center on $7,500 bond.
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