An Alexandria man has been arrested for allegedly burglarizing a home in the city’s Arlandria neighborhood.
The 23-year-old suspect was arrested May 28 for burglary and released June 5 on an unsecured bond. He was rearrested on June 12 for violating his pretrial bail and released by court order on June 20, according to the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office.
The first incident occurred on Tuesday morning, May 13. At around 1:30 a.m., a woman living in the 3800 block of Russell Road flagged down police to report that an unknown man had entered her apartment through an open kitchen window. The victim later told police she woke up in her bedroom to a man in a black baseball cap and black clothing rifling through her bedside table, that she screamed, and that the suspect fled through the front door. She later discovered that a fanny pack containing $300 had been stolen, along with her passport, iPhone, bank card, Metro card, laundry card, wallet, and two USB drives, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.
The victim reported to police that she had three charges on her bank card at a nearby 7-Eleven store, totaling more than $200.
Also on May 13, at around 3:30 a.m. (two hours later), a woman living in the 3800 block of Executive Avenue reported waking up to a man looking under her bed. The victim said that the suspect crawled in through an open bathroom window, and that she started screaming when she saw the suspect and chased him out of her apartment.
“(The suspect) then began to run out the front door,” police said in the search warrant affidavit. “As he was doing so, (the victim) was punching him in the back of his head and his back. While he was leaving through the front door, she slammed the door on his arm several times. She said that she slammed the door hard enough that it most likely caused bruising or broken bones.”
At around 5 a.m., police captured surveillance video of the suspect parking at the 7-Eleven at 3412 Mount Vernon Avenue. In the video, the suspect is seen walking in and holding his arm, “as if he was injured,” police said, according to the search warrant affidavit.
On Saturday, May 24, a third victim woke up at around 8 a.m. to find that his apartment in the 3800 block of Executive Avenue had been burglarized. The victim told police that an electric scooter, $100 in cash, seven pairs of tennis shoes, and documents were stolen. In surveillance video, police observed a young Hispanic male wearing a black baseball cap, a black ski mask, a gray winter jacket, and carrying a green lighter hanging from his belt, as well as blue Crocs, according to the search warrant affidavit.
At around 11:15 p.m. on May 24, the suspect was arrested one street over in the 3800 block of Russell Road. The suspect was wearing a black baseball cap, gray winter jacket, and blue Crocs. He was arrested four days later (May 28) on an outstanding burglary warrant for the May 24 incident.
The suspect identified himself to police as the man seen in security footage using a stolen debit card at the 7-Eleven on May 13. He also said that he hurt his arm doing bike tricks, according to the search warrant affidavit.
The suspect also admitted to breaking into the apartment on Russell Road, stealing the scooter and cash, and then selling the scooter for $150.
The suspect has been charged with one count of entering a house to commit a burglary, and is going to court on July 24.
