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Maryland reality TV star and husband arrested on false burglary report [View all]
Maryland reality TV star and husband arrested on false burglary report
Ciara Wells | ciara.wells@wtop.com
October 10, 2025, 6:45 PM
Wendy Osefo attends DIRECTV Plot Twist - Featuring Bravo on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, at The Perch in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)(Charles Sykes/Invision/AP/Charles Sykes)
Wendy Osefo, a star on Bravo TV’s “The Real Housewives of Potomac,” and her husband were arrested and indicted Thursday in Carroll County, Maryland, for allegedly making a false burglary report.
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According to police, Osefo and her husband Edward claimed someone broke into their Finksburg home in April 2024 and stole dozens of items with a total value over $200,000. … The couple alleged they had returned from a vacation in Jamaica and found their home had been broken into and items, including designer handbags and jewelry, missing.
Carroll County Sheriff Jim DeWees said at a news conference Friday that their home had surveillance camera inside and outside and police had not detected any “suspicious activity outside of the residence during the time the Osefos were away from the residence.” He said they also found no signs of forced entry, though a bedroom upstairs was “ransacked.”
“Weeks after the alleged burglary, detectives discovered Mrs. Osefo had posted photos on social media wearing jewelry that matched items she had reported stolen, specifically a diamond anniversary band,” DeWees said. … E-mailed receipts of the items were also found to be false after police gained access to the Osefos email addresses. … DeWees said during the couple’s arrest on Thursday, 15 other items that were reported stolen were found during a search of their home.
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Ciara Wells
Ciara Wells is the Evening Digital Editor at WTOP. She is a graduate of American University where she studied journalism and Spanish. Before joining WTOP, she was the opinion team editor at a student publication and a content specialist at an HBCU in Detroit.
ciara.wells@wtop.com
Ciara Wells | ciara.wells@wtop.com
October 10, 2025, 6:45 PM
Wendy Osefo attends DIRECTV Plot Twist - Featuring Bravo on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, at The Perch in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)(Charles Sykes/Invision/AP/Charles Sykes)
Wendy Osefo, a star on Bravo TV’s “The Real Housewives of Potomac,” and her husband were arrested and indicted Thursday in Carroll County, Maryland, for allegedly making a false burglary report.
{snip}
According to police, Osefo and her husband Edward claimed someone broke into their Finksburg home in April 2024 and stole dozens of items with a total value over $200,000. … The couple alleged they had returned from a vacation in Jamaica and found their home had been broken into and items, including designer handbags and jewelry, missing.
Carroll County Sheriff Jim DeWees said at a news conference Friday that their home had surveillance camera inside and outside and police had not detected any “suspicious activity outside of the residence during the time the Osefos were away from the residence.” He said they also found no signs of forced entry, though a bedroom upstairs was “ransacked.”
“Weeks after the alleged burglary, detectives discovered Mrs. Osefo had posted photos on social media wearing jewelry that matched items she had reported stolen, specifically a diamond anniversary band,” DeWees said. … E-mailed receipts of the items were also found to be false after police gained access to the Osefos email addresses. … DeWees said during the couple’s arrest on Thursday, 15 other items that were reported stolen were found during a search of their home.
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Ciara Wells
Ciara Wells is the Evening Digital Editor at WTOP. She is a graduate of American University where she studied journalism and Spanish. Before joining WTOP, she was the opinion team editor at a student publication and a content specialist at an HBCU in Detroit.
ciara.wells@wtop.com
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