No arrest has been made, but the Alexandria Police Department is investigating a connection between a break-in at a restaurant in Potomac Yard and a nearby apartment complex earlier this month.
The incidents occurred in the evening and early morning hours of June 30 and July 1, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.
At around 10 p.m. on June 30, a man wearing a red sleeveless Washington Nationals shirt, dark shorts and sandals allegedly used a rock to break into an apartment building in the 700 block of Seaton Avenue. The suspect allegedly shattered a glass window and stole two dumbbells from the building’s fitness center, according to the search warrant affidavit.
The suspect is a Black male with glasses, a goatee and bald patch on the back of his head. He was videoed wearing a dark backpack with white stripes.
APD identified a suspect but no arrest has been made.
A half mile away at around 2 a.m. on July 1, the manager of &Pizza at 3525 Richmond Highway reported that a suspect broke into the business. The manager said that the suspect, who matched the description of the nearby apartment break-in, stayed in the store for an hour.
Police reviewed the restaurant’s camera footage to reveal the suspect in the office of the business “removing a video monitor from the wall and eating a pizza,” according to the search warrant affidavit. “While in the office the suspect stands directly underneath the camera and stands on a chair to place a yellow Post-it note on the camera.”
Anyone with information on this incident can call the APD non-emergency number at 703-746-4444. Callers can remain anonymous.
