Crime & Safety
Man Arrested for Home Invasion Robberies
He broke in to two homes and stole items, police say.
Gaithersburg Police have charged a city man in connection with a string of break-ins on Rock Lodge Drive, officials said today.
Luis M. Aguilera, 19, of the 400 block of Girard Street, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree burglary, two counts of theft over $1,000, two counts of malicious destruction of property and one count of possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
Police say on April 25 and again on June 8, someone broke into homes in the 500 block of Rock Lodge Drive by taking an object from the backyard and smashing through a sliding glass door.
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Property was taken in both burglaries.
Detectives developed Aguilera as a suspect and today made an arrest.
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Bond information and a mugshot were not immediately available.
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