Crime Report for January 5 – 11
Destruction of Property, 200 blk. E Fairfax St., between January 4, 9:30 p.m. and January 5, 7:25 a.m. Unknown person(s) slashed all four tires on two vehicles and shattered the right passenger side window.
Destruction of Property, 1100 blk. Offutt Dr., between January 4, 5:30 p.m. and January 5, 8:24 a.m. Uknown person(s) slashed two tires on the left side of a vehicle.
Larceny, 1000 blk. W Broad St., January 5, 3:41 p.m., unknown person(s) stole victim’s identity and withdrew $9875.00 from the victim’s savings account; and $30,000 from the Money Market account. Incident to the case, suspect(s) also opened an account in the victim’s name using a fake identification.
Larceny from Vehicle, 100 blk. N Washington St., January 5, 10:18 p.m. Unknown person(s) broke out the passenger side window of a vehicle and stole a GPS and cell phone charger from inside the glove department.
Larceny from Vehicle, 100 blk. N Washington St., January 5, between 8:15 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Unknown person(s) smashed the rear driver’s side window of a vehicle and stole a Perry Ellis briefcase containing $400.00 cash.
Destruction of Property, 600 blk. Park Ave., January 5, 11:03 p.m. Unknown person(s) slashed the two tires on the left side of a vehicle.
Larceny from Vehicle, 100 blk. S Maple Ave., January 5, 11:58 p.m. Unknown person(s) smashed the driver’s side window of a vehicle and stole a GPS and (2) IPODS.
Larceny from Vehicle, 100 blk. S Maple Ave., January 6, 12:20 a.m. Unknown person(s) smashed the driver’s side window of a vehicle and stole an IPOD and charger.
Destruction of Property, 1100 blk. Offutt Dr., January 6, 12:38 a.m. Unknown person(s) slashed two tires on the left side of a vehicle.
Destruction of Property, 700 blk. Randolph St., January 6, 7:53 a.m. Unknown person(s) slashed two tires on the left side of a vehicle.
Larceny from Vehicle, 900 blk. W Broad St., between January 4, 12:00 p.m. and January 6, 10:42 a.m. Unknown person(s) cut the catyllic converter off a vehicle.
Destruction of Property, 300 blk. N Virginia Ave., January 6, 10:46 a.m. Unknown person(s) slashed two tires on the left side of a vehicle.
Larceny, Shoplifting, Virginia ABC, 167 Hillwood Ave., January 7, 5:50 p.m. Unknown person(s) entered the establishment and stole a bottle of Brandy valued at $13.50. Suspect #1 is described as a B/M, medium complexion, 5`8″ – 5`10″ tall, 35 – 45 years of age, slender build, with no visible facial hair. He was wearing a dark jacket possibly black, black knit hat, light colored hooded possibly gray, blue jeans and white sneakers. Suspect #2 is described as a B/M, medium complexion, 5`8″ – 5`10″, 35 – 45 years of age, heavy build, with mustache and either a goatee or light beard, and short cropped hair. He was wearing a blue jean jacket, blue jeans, white gloves and dark shoes.
Destruction of Property, 100 blk. Rees Pl., between January 6, 7:00 p.m. and January 7, 7:28 p.m. Unknown person(s) slashed all four tires on a vehicle.
Larceny, Shoplifting, CVS, 134 W Broad St., January 7, 8:09 p.m. Unknown person(s) entered the establishment and stole two 6 packs of Hurricane and a can of Pringles. Suspect #1 is described as a B/M, thin build, 17-18 years old, wearing red and white Nationals top with jeans and dark baseball cap. Suspect #2 is described as a H/M or M/E, thin build, wearing burgundy and gold Redskins sweatshirt with gray hood and jeans.
Destruction of Property, 400 blk. S Maple Ave., January 8, between 1:00 a.m. and 6:34 a.m. Unknown person(s) slashed all four tires on a vehicle.
Destruction of Property, 400 blk. N West St., between January 7, 4:00 p.m. and January 8, 8:13 a.m. Unknown person(s) slashed three tires on a vehicle.
Destruction of Property, 300 blk. N West St., between January 7, 6:00 p.m. and January 8, 8:37 a.m. Unknown person(s) slashed two left tires on a vehicle.
Destruction of Property, 300 blk. Pine St., between January 7, 4:00 p.m. and January 8, 9:30 a.m. Unknown person(s) slashed two left tires on a vehicle.
Destruction of Property, 300 blk., Riley St., between January 7, 6:00 p.m. and January 8, 4:24 p.m. Unknown person(s) slashed all four tires on a vehicle.
Drunkenness, 6700 blk. Wilson Blvd., January 9, 1:38 a.m. Police arrested a 21 year old Arlington resident for DIP.
Driving under the Influence, 6700 blk. Wilson Blvd., January 9, 2:19 a.m. Police arrested a 29 year old Lansdowne resident for DUI.
Drunkenness, 1100 blk. W Broad St., January 9, 2:40 p.m. Police arrested a 48 year old Vienna man for DIP.
Drug/Narcotic Violation, 400 blk. S Maple Ave., January 9, 11:45 p.m. Police arrested a male juvenile for Possession of Marijuana.
Driving under the Influence, 400 blk. Roosevelt Blvd., January 10, 4:18 a.m. Police arrested a 31 year old Fairfax man for DUI.
Larceny from Building, 100 blk. Smallwood Way, between December 28 and January 10. Unknown person(s) stole a delivered package from the front porch of a residence.
By Falls Church Times Staff
January 12, 2010
Wow, this looks like an escalation in the problems with our cars. The reports used to be about tampering with unlocked cars…now windows are being smashed to get in? Locking our cars is not a prevention strategy for this type of crime. Hope the Police are all over this one. This is not consistent with The Little City image, it’s more big city.
The tire slashings and window smashings are very interesting – the majority occurred within a few blocks of W. Broad St., with the outlying crime occurring on Randolph. The crimes occurred in clusters. The first slashing occurred on E. Fairfax and included a window smashing. The other window smashings did not involve slashed tires. Based on the locations of the smashings, one might deduce that State Theater customers were targeted. The slashings look more like someone starting on S. Maple and then walking down Park Avenue and hitting cars at an opportune moment on one night. The other night’s slashings occurred on Randolph and Offut, on opposite sides of Broad, but both off of West. So the question is, same criminal on different days? And why in the middle of Randolph, far away from the other crimes?