More than $27,000 worth of packages were stolen from the United Parcel Service facility last month on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria.
A man scaled a wall into a secure package area of the facility at 5601 Eisenhower Avenue on Sept. 25 incident, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit. The area is where high-value items are kept.
“It should be noted that there was no roof or other material securing the top of the package area,” an Alexandria Police Department officer said in the search warrant affidavit.
The suspect is described as a Black male between five-feet-11 and six-feet-two inches tall wearing a light-colored sweatshirt, dark pants and light sneakers. The suspect had the hood pulled over his head and covering his neck, according to the search warrant affidavit.
UPS later reported that a man fitting the description of the suspect was seen walking to the secure package area on the following day, Sept. 27, but that he was “startled by other employees working,” and was followed as he ran from the facility to a dark-colored Volvo sedan, according to the search warrant affidavit.
An employee took a video of the suspect fleeing the area and APD Maryland license plate.
On Oct. 6, the suspect was seen entering the facility, climbing the wall into the secure area. He reportedly stole packages from the area, as well as from open trucks, although the estimated value of the packages was not included in the affidavit.
On Nov. 6, APD tracked down the female owner of the Volvo at the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles at 2681 Mill Road — about a mile away form the UPS facility. She and her husband were briefly detained and released. The Volvo was seized by APD, but the couple weren’t charged.
Anyone with information on this incident can contact the APD non-emergency number at 703-746-4444. Callers can remain anonymous.
