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Queen Anne’s County Adds Charges for Suspect in Multi-County Home Burglaries

Public tips from widely shared surveillance video helped link the March Chester break-in to the suspect now held without bail.

Overview

  • Authorities said Shannon Gough, 43, of Severna Park was arrested on Sept. 29 and on Thursday was charged in Queen Anne’s County for a March residential burglary in Chester.
  • Gough remains held without bail at the Jennifer Road Detention Center in Annapolis under orders not to contact victims, with preliminary hearings set for Oct. 29 in Anne Arundel County and Oct. 30 in Howard County.
  • Charging documents describe a repeated method of entry through rear or basement windows, brief ransacks, and thefts of electronics, jewelry, power tools, and a security camera worth more than $3,500 in total.
  • Police say identification stemmed from surveillance footage circulated on social media and tips, including from people who knew Gough, and a search warrant at a Glen Burnie property yielded evidence tying her to multiple incidents.
  • Reports differ on the total counts now filed across the three counties, with 19 charges listed by the Baltimore Sun and 15 cited by WBAL, and the first-degree burglary counts carry a potential sentence of up to 80 years if convicted.