Loudoun Crime Watch

by Loudoun Extra Staff

Sunday, May 11, 2008

These were among incidents reported by the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office and the Leesburg, Middleburg and Purcellville police departments. For more information, contact your police or sheriff’s department.

Aldie Area

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

LITTLE KREPPS CT., 25000 block, 4 p.m. May 5 to 8 a.m. May 6. Copper pipe was stolen from an air-conditioning unit at a house under construction.

Ashburn Area

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

ASHBURN RD., 20000 block, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. April 30. A purse containing credit cards was stolen from a vehicle, and a window was damaged. The credit cards were used to make several purchases.

SWAMPFOX CT., 43000 block, 5 p.m. May 3 to 3 p.m. May 4. Golf clubs were stolen from a vehicle.

WATSON HEIGHTS CIR., 22000 block, 4 p.m. May 2 to 7:15 a.m. May 5. Two sets of copper wire air-conditioning hookups were stolen from a construction site.

VANDALISM

BELMONT MANOR LANE, 19000 block, 5 p.m. May 3 to 9:30 a.m. May 4. A music festival sign was damaged.

Dulles Area

VANDALISM

DULLES TOWN CIR., 20000 block, 9:25 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 5. A soft top of a vehicle was damaged.

Leesburg Area

ASSAULTS

AYRLEE AVE. NW, 400 block, 9:07 p.m. May 1. An assault at a residence was reported.

DUFF RD. NE, 600 block, 4:39 p.m. May 2. An assault at a residence was reported.

MAYFAIR DR. NE, 200 block, 9:32 p.m. May 4. Telephone harassment at a residence was reported.

MAX CT. SE, 100 block, 9:03 p.m. May 2. An assault at a residence was reported.

INDECENT EXPOSURE

HANCOCK PL. NE, 100 block, 4:05 p.m. May 3. An indecent exposure incident was reported.

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

CATOCTIN CIR. NE, 1 to 100 block, 6:41 p.m. May 1. A cellphone and a cellphone charger were stolen from a vehicle in a parking lot at a grocery store.

CATOCTIN CIR. SE, 1 to 100 block, 2:30 p.m. May 3. A cellphone was stolen from a bowling alley. The phone has been recovered.

CATOCTIN CIR. SE, 200 block, 1:51 p.m. May 2. Credit card fraud at a business was reported.

DELPHINIUM CIR., 42000 block, 8:30 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. May 6. Cash and a multimedia player and accessories were stolen from a residence.

EDWARDS FERRY RD. NE, 900 block, 11:27 p.m. May 2. Shoplifting at a convenience store-service station was reported.

FORT EVANS RD. NE, 200 block, 4:30 p.m. May 4. Shoplifting at an outlet mall was reported.

LILAC AND GOLDEN LARCH TERRACES NE, 5:32 p.m. May 5. Trespassing was reported.

WASHINGTON ST. NE, 100 block, 8:02 p.m. May 2. A Yaesu FT840 ham radio was stolen from a residence.

MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS

HUNTER’S CROSSING, 5 to 10 p.m. April 29. A 1996 Honda Accord was stolen from a parking lot at an apartment complex. The keys had been left inside the vehicle and the doors were unlocked.

VANDALISM

BRIDLE CREST SQ. NE, 300 block, 3:11 a.m. May 4. A vehicle tire was slashed.

FORT EVANS RD. NE, 200 block, 3:13 p.m. May 4. Two vehicle doors were damaged.

Round Hill Area

VANDALISM

WILLIAMS GAP ROAD AND BROOKDALE LANE, 4:30 p.m. May 3 to noon May 4. Five residential mailboxes were damaged.

South Riding Area

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

BRICKETT DR., 24000 block, 12:08 a.m. May 4. A resident confronted a man inside a residence and a struggle ensued. Police arrived, and a 50-year-old man of no fixed address was arrested and charged with burglary, public drunkenness and assault.

Sterling Area

ASSAULTS

REDWOOD ROAD AND GREENTHORN AVENUE, 6:40 p.m. May 3. Deputies responded to a report of an assault on a female. A man was arrested. As police were interviewing the female, the man arrested allegedly damaged a window of a sheriff’s vehicle. The man was charged with felony destruction of property, attempted malicious wounding, hindering a deputy, public drunkenness and resisting an arrest.

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

GRIFFITH PL., 47000 block, 12:01 to 4:45 a.m. May 5. Property and a checkbook were stolen from a vehicle in a garage at a residence. A check was cashed before the account was canceled.

LAKE CENTER PLAZA, 46000 block, 6 p.m. May 3 to 9 a.m. May 5. Cash was stolen from a business.

SILVER RIDGE DR., 300 block, 1 to 10:48 a.m. May 5. A Global Positioning System device, a satellite radio receiver and a cellphone were stolen from a vehicle.

Waterford Area

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

FIRST ST., 40000 block, midnight to 7:30 a.m. May 4. A concrete lion statue was stolen from a yard at a residence. Pieces of the statue were located on a nearby road.

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