At 11:35 p.m. Sept. 26, Charles County Sheriff’s officers responded to a residence in the 4300 block of Smallwood Church Road in Indian Head for a citizen’s report of a wanted person, Walter Anthony Glista, 28, of Indian Head, at the residence.
Officers arrived and were told Glista was hiding in the basement. Officers found a locked door in the basement and after several commands to open the door went unanswered, officers forced it open and a K9 team began searching the room.
They found Glista hiding in a closed-framed bed but he refused to come out. The K9 was deployed and Glista was arrested without further incident.
He was charged with second-degree burglary and theft valued at more than $500 and was being held at the Charles County Detention Center pending an appearance before a district court commissioner. Cpl. J. Hebb investigated.