One of the men accused of posing as a Pepco worker in the slaying of a Bowie laundromat owner this summer is now charged with pretending to be a utilty worker to rob a Glen Burnie woman.
Craig S. Brooks, 49, was charged with murder in the July shooting death of 44-year-old David W. Williams after Prince George’s County police said Brooks and another man posed as Pepco workers to gain entrance to the victim’s home.
This week, police in Anne Arundel County linked Brooks to a similar robbery that happened on May 3.
In that case, a 48-year-old woman reported that a man knocked on the door of her home on the 400 block of Bousch Place at about 10:20, saying he was a utilty worker and checking on a potential gas leak, according to police.
The woman let Brooks inside, where he robbed her at gunpoint, police said.
Anne Arundel detectives began working with Prince George’s police after Williams’ death because the incidents were similar, authorities said. Witnesses then identified Brooks as the culprit in the Glen Burnie case.
In Anne Arundel, Brooks faces charges of armed robbery, burglary, assault and weapons offenses.
Williams was shot to death at his home on the 13200 block of Livingstone Endeavour Drive on July 13 at about 12:45 p.m. Police said they believe robbery was the motive in that case. One man, John F. Haston, was apprehended near the home; Brooks was arrested the next day. A Prince George’s County grand jury indicted him last week on first-degree murder and other charges.
