Three people were arrested, including a 16-year-old, after nearly 50 vehicles were broken into over several hours on the morning of Christmas Eve in Howard County, according to police.
Police arrested 19-year-old Jan Carlos Arita, 18-year-old Anthony Alvarenga-Barrera, and a 16-year-old — all from Baltimore — and charged them with breaking into 20 vehicles in Ellicott City. They are also suspected of breaking into 30 additional vehicles in Columbia on the same night.
Officers said many of the vehicles were left with shattered windshields and windows…