Crime & Safety

Burglary Suspect Arrested By Howard County Police

Howard County Police have arrested a Severna Park woman in connection to two daytime burglaries committed in Ellicott City.

ELLICOTT CITY, MD — Howard County Police have arrested the suspected wanted in two burglaries carried out in Ellicott City.

The burglaries happened in the 5200 block of Kerger Road on Sept. 17 and another in the 3600 block of Blue Hill Court on Sept. 10.

Shannon Gough, 43, of Severna Park, has been charged with multiple counts of burglary, theft and destruction of property. On Sept. 26, Anne Arundel County Police and Howard County Police executed a search warrant at a home in Glen Burnie and on Gough's vehicle. Authorities confirmed that they found "several items of evidentiary value" during those searches.

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Gough also has been linked to a burglary in Anne Arundel County, and one Baltimore County resident believes she may have targeted her home a few months ago, according to police. The homeowner told FOX45 via email that the suspect broke into her house, threw a concrete block through a window, stole laptops and trashed the house.

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