Two men from Washington, D.C., have been charged with counts of burglary, theft, and destruction of property because they stole rims and tires from auto dealerships located in Howard County since August, police stated Tuesday.
Dominic Marcel Fowler, 35, of Half Street SW, and Donovan Keith Braxton, 34, of E Street SE, are currently being held without bond — Fowler at Howard County Detention Center and Braxton at Frederick County Detention Center.
On August 23, investigators stated the two men stole six sets of rims and tires worth about $24,000 from vehicles in the parking lot of Koons Chevrolet on Auto Drive located in Clarksville, Maryland. On October 7, investigators said both of them tried to steal rims and tires from 14 vehicles on the lot of Apple Ford on Stanford Boulevard in Columbia. Police responded to that incident and the suspects took off, leaving behind the stolen goods along with a stolen U-Haul truck.
Braxton was arrested December 8 in Frederick County by Thurmont Police; Fowler was arrested by Howard County police on December 18. A number of agencies in the region are probing the men for similar thefts.
