Police: Man Charged in Church Burglary

Police Monday night charged an Ocean Pines man with breaking into an Annapolis church.

Police responded to an alarm at 11:54 p.m. in the 900 block of Cedar Park Road. Officers heard a door slamming and saw a man walking away from the front doors. 

Police found that the doors were broken and four window screens were ripped. A wallet was found near a stairwell to the church, according to police.

Police charged the man who owned the wallet with fourth-degree burglary and destruction of property.

In a separate incident, a handicap placard was taken from an unlocked vehicle in the 900 block of Bay Ridge Road between 2 and 2:40 p.m. Monday. Anyone with information is asked to call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.