Overview
- Officers met Jalen Godard outside a 7-Eleven in Howard County after he called to report his truck missing, and he was detained during that contact.
- Police had responded minutes earlier to a break-in at a nearby Verizon store and found a broken window with blood at the scene.
- An officer noted blood on Godard’s hands that matched the scene and used body-worn camera video and store surveillance to link him to the burglary.
- Howard County Police released the bodycam and surveillance clips on X, praised PFC Buchanan for connecting the incidents, and charged Godard with burglary, theft and destruction of property.
- The investigation continues because authorities have not released any information identifying who took Godard’s truck, and the public footage has prompted social-media reaction to the arrest.