A 28-year-old D.C. man is being held without bond after allegedly breaking into a food truck parked at a storage facility on Eisenhower Avenue last month, according to a recently-released Alexandria Police search warrant affidavit.
The suspect has been held without bond since his arrest in the early morning hours of Monday, March 2. Just before midnight, the Alexandria Police Department responded to a storage facility in the 4900 block of Eisenhower Avenue for a larceny from a vehicle call. The victim told police he could see someone in a construction vest inside his food truck on a surveillance camera, according to the search warrant affidavit.
Police ordered the man to come out and detained him once he left the truck.
“Inside the truck, police found a crowbar and a long screwdriver on the driver’s seat, a green and black mechanics glove on the counter, a cash box on the floor, and a silver Kimber Micro 9mm pistol stolen from 4551 Eisenhower Avenue — four blocks away from the incident,” according to the affidavit.
The owner of the food truck told police that the tools, the glove and the pistol were not his and should not be in the truck.
“[The suspect] stated that this evening he was walking by and located a red-colored food truck,” the search warrant affidavit said. “He stated that he entered the vehicle to get some food. He declined having any knowledge of the tools and the pistol, but confirmed that the green and black mechanic’s glove was his.”
The suspect faces two charges: being a violent felon in possession of a firearm, a Class 6 felony carrying up to five years in prison; and breaking into a vehicle, a Class 1 misdemeanor carrying up to one year in prison and/or a $2,500 fine.
His case has been certified to a grand jury, though no trial date has been set.
