D.C. Police have arrested a man they say broke into a car and stole a bag in Columbia Heights last weekend.
Deon Hardy, 22, was arrested and accused of breaking into a car near the intersection of 13th Street and Otis Place NW around 9:37 a.m. on Sunday.
Police said they received a call that a man was breaking into a car along the block. When officers arrived and tried to approach the man, he ran and hid behind a home. Police lieutenant David Augustine described the following events in an e-mail to the Fourth District’s listserv yesterday evening.
“While officers were setting up a perimeter in the area, another good samaritan called and gave the police the location where he was hiding,” Augustine wrote. “The officers were able to stop the person and conducted an investigation. [which] revealed that the person the police had stopped broken into a vehicle and stole a bag.”
“This arrest resulted because of community members altering the police about suspicious activity in the area,” added Augustine. “This was excellent work between the officers and the community.”
Hardy’s attorney, Elise Haldane, was contacted via e-mail this morning but has not yet replied.
D.C. Police are seeking a suspected thief filmed near U Street last month.
According to police, the man shown in the video is wanted in connection with a theft that occurred on the 2100 block of 14th Street NW on Aug. 14 around 8:57 a.m.
In the video, a man in a white T-shirt and red backpack can be seen walking through a parking garage and opening a door labeled “no trespassing.” The man is then shown leaving the building with what appears to be a bicycle.
Police did not provide more information about the theft when contacted this morning.
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Police are searching for a person in filmed in connection with a theft that occurred in Columbia Heights on June 30 around 5 a.m.
In a video released today by police, that person can be seen quickly walking away from an apartment building near the 1400 block of Clifton Street NW while clutching two full shopping bags.
The person of interest returns to the apartment building less than a minute later, according to the time stamp on the video, then squats down and appears to change shoes.
Police officials had no additional information when contacted earlier today by phone, but they confirmed the incident was related to a first-degree theft, meaning that the property stolen was worth up to or more than $1,000.
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A suspected package thief was caught on camera last week in the Logan Circle neighborhood.
In a video released by D.C. police earlier this morning, a man can be seen walking up to a home and retrieving a package from the doorstep. The man then sits down at a nearby table and waits for approximately 38 seconds before standing up and walking away with the package.
Police confirm a theft was reported at a residence on the 1200 block of S Street NW last Wednesday at approximately 4:24 p.m.
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Anyone who can identify these individuals or who has knowledge of this incident should take no action but call police at (202) 727-9099 or text your tip to the Department’s TEXT TIP LINE to 50411.
Video via MPD
