Men Charged in Middle River Smash and Grab Burglary

Three men were arrested and charged with burglarizing a Wilson Point convenient store on Dec. 15.

Mark Williford, 27, of Baltimore, and Rodney Harris, 33, and Raul Matthews, 21, both of Reisterstown, were charged with second-degree burglary after police allegedly caught them around 1:45 a.m. burglarizing

Police were called to the store, located on the 1000 block of Wilson Point Road, after a witness observed a man, later identified as Williford, “ducking down near some bushes” near the business, according to charging documents.

Police said officers arrived at the store and found the front register to be smashed and the area around the cash register to be ransacked.

Officers pulled over a vehicle with the three suspects and noticed rolled coins along with a black face mask, white gloves and a tire iron in the car, according to police reports.

After being arrested, Williford allegedly admitted to using a rock to break the window and took cash and 22 cartons of cigarettes, according to police reports.