Charles County Sheriff’s officers responded to a residence in the 3000 block of South Hampton Drive in Bryans Road for the report of an attempted burglary at 11 a.m. March 11.
Upon arrival, Officers Benthin and Forbes saw two suspects running from the residence. The officers chased the suspects to Hampton Court, where witnesses reported seeing them enter a residence.
After a search, officers found the suspects hiding in the attic of an adjacent attached residence, which the suspects accessed by forcing their way through a firewall. The suspects were arrested and identified as Winston Joseph Maxwell, 24, and a 17-year-old boy, both of Bryans Road.
Further investigation revealed the accused had attempted to force entry into the South Hampton Drive residence through a rear sliding glass door but were unsuccessful.
They were charged with first-, third- and fourth-degree burglary, destruction of property valued at less than $500, destruction of property valued at more than $500 and resisting arrest.
Maxwell was being held at the Charles County Detention Center pending an appearance before a district court commissioner and the juvenile was held at the Cheltenham Youth Facility.
Charges are pending against them in other burglary investigations.