POCOMOKE CITY and SNOW HILL, Md.– Police in Worcester County have arrested three men in connection with a series of burglaries that occurred in Pocomoke City and Snow Hill.
The Worcester County Sheriff's Office said that on May 18 deputies responded to a burglary in progress in the 3000 block of Brantley Road in Pocomoke City. According to police, the victim described the suspects as two males driving a gold Honda 4-door with a large scratch on the back bumper.
Police found a vehicle matching this description occupied by three men, traveling northbound on Route 113. Authorities said the trio evaded deputies and attempted to exit the vehicle, but were arrested and detained until additional police units arrived.
Police said the victim was brought to the scene and positively identified both the vehicle and two of the suspects. All three suspects were then transported to the Sheriff's Office for questioning.
Authorities said all three suspects denied any involvement in the burglaries, and refused to cooperate with police during interviews. During a search of the suspects' vehicle, deputies said they recovered all of the initial victim's stolen property, as well as a large amount of jewelry, electronics, baseball cards, coins and other valuables. Police said that in addition, three pairs of gloves and burglary tools were also recovered.
Police said a check with local pawn shops showed that Manley had pawned a large amount of jewelry on Thursday, May 17. After obtaining descriptions and photographs of the jewelry, it was positively identified as the property that was stolen in another recent burglary that occurred on the 6000 block of Worcester Highway in Snow Hill.
Brian Keith Waters, 30, of Bivalve, Md.; Marco Phillip Lee, 32, of Quantico; and Zachary John Manley, 24, of Saylorsburg, Pa., were each charged identically for the burglaries on the 3000 block of Brantley Road and the 6000 block of Worcester Highway. All three were also charged with theft, burglary, and malicious destruction of property in connection with a home break-in that occurred on the 3100 block of Brantley Road in Pocomoke City.
Lee and Manley were held on $25,000 in each case, and Waters was held without bond due to an active arrest warrant in Wicomico County.
Brian Keith Waters
Marco Phillip Lee
Zachary John Manley
