An Ellicott City man was arrested Friday in connection with a string of Christmastime burglaries, Howard County police said.
Kenneth William Vollmerhausen, 28, of the 8500 block of High Ridge Road, had been on probation after pleading guilty on Dec. 4 to a Carroll County first-degree burglary when he allegedly broke into several Howard County homes between Dec. 17 and Thursday and stole jewelry, police said.
An investigation linked Vollmerhausen to several burglaries, including watches and jewelry that were stolen from a home in the 7300 block of Kindler Road, Columbia, on Dec. 26 and jewelry stolen from a home in the 8800 block of Old Frederick Road in Ellicott City on Dec. 17. Police said another home in the 8800 block of Old Frederick Road was broken into on Thursday, but nothing was reported stolen.