Dive summary:
- Police were staked out at Anne Arundel County landfill after a string of recent thefts and around 3:30 a.m. they saw a man going into the landfill and caught him coming out with batteries from the garbage trucks.
- Daniel Orlando Corona was caught stealing nine batteries that night, was arrested and charged with theft, trespassing and several other charges.
- Corona was bringing the batteries to a nearby wooded area where police found them lined up against a fence that surrounded the property.
From the article:
Detectives say Corona entered the landfill at around 3:30 a.m. and went towards an area were many landfill trucks were parked. Nearly forty-five minutes later, detectives noticed Corona leaving the landfill.
Several patrol officers and a K-9 unit went after Corona on foot, and eventually caught him in a wooded area. ...