Two Charged in Eldersburg Robbery Stopped by Alert Neighbor

Carroll County sheriff's deputies charged a man and woman with burglary Thursday morning after an "alert" resident called police, according to a press release. 

Joseph George Hendricks, 21, of Woodbine and Danielle Nicole Triplett, 18 of Sykesville were charged with burglary, theft and conspiracy.

The sheriff's department said two suspects entered a home through an unlocked door in the 6500 block of Macbeth Way in Eldersburg.  

At approximately 9:30 a.m. Thursday, sheriff's deputies responded to a report from an "alert" resident who observed one of the suspects, later identified as Triplett, walking the perimeter of a neighbor's house before moving to a second home and entering through an unlocked front door, according to the release.

The suspect exited the house a few minutes later and fled the neighborhood in a gray car driven by a man later identified as Hendricks, deputies said.

The vehicle description was broadcast throughout the region and a Baltimore County police officer stopped a similar car for a minor traffic violation along Liberty Road in Randallstown, facilitating the arrests.

Police recovered approximately $1,000 in jewelry that had been taken from the Eldersburg home, along with a small quantity of heroin and syringes, officials said.

Hendricks and Triplett were taken into custody and returned to Carroll County Central Booking Thursday by sheriff’s detectives.

Triplett was released on a $3,000 unsecured bond, and Hendricks, who was found to have two outstanding arrest warrants for unrelated charges, was held at the Carroll County Detention Center on $5,000 bail.  

According to the most recent Crime in Maryland Report, the majority of serious crime in Carroll County is the theft of money, jewelry, purses and power tools or electronic equipment left unattended in open yards and vehicles or removed from open and unlocked homes, garages or sheds.

Anyone with information about this investigation should call Detective Corporal Brian Dayton at 410-386-2572 or the toll free anonymous TIPS Hotline at 1-888-399-8477.