Investigators from the Maryland State Police-Criminal Enforcement Division-Central South Region were contacted by the Southern Maryland Information Center (SMIC) on February 7 regarding a suspicious pawn shop transaction involving jewelry at Max Point Gold Buyers in Waldorf, Charles County.
A criminal investigation conducted by Troopers assigned to the MSP-Criminal Enforcement Division confirmed that the suspicious pawn transaction was related to a theft involving multiple jurisdictions. Troopers used information from the jewelry to track down the owner. Troopers contacted the owner and inquired about the jewelry. The owner checked and discovered that, unbeknownst to him, the jewelry had been stolen from his home in Lothian, Anne Arundel County.
Through investigation, Troopers revealed that jewelry was stolen from the home and sold at Max Point Gold Buyers in Waldorf, Charles County. Zachary Wayne Burch, 21, of Mechanicsville was identified as a suspect in this crime. Troopers learned that Burch was at the victim’s residence in Lothian approximately two weeks prior, during which he stole the jewelry without the victim realizing it was missing.
On Thursday, February 27, 2014 Burch was located and charged with theft under $1000 in Anne Arundel County.
