Crime Roundup: Homeowner Finds Three Strangers Inside House

Updated at 9:45 a.m. — Corrects the area for the home’s location. 

A homeowner near Reston found three unknown men standing in the home last Thursday (Feb. 28), according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

Police say the homeowner heard a noise coming from the back of the home in the 1400 block of Wynhurst Lane around 6:06 p.m. The three men “ran away after being startled by the homeowner,” the report says.

“All three males were dressed in dark clothing with hoods pulled over their heads,” according to the report.

No property was taken, according to the report.

The Fairfax County Police Department’s Reston District Station reported the following incidents in recent days:

LARCENIES:

2300 block of Hunters Woods Plaza, beer from business

STOLEN VEHICLES:

1800 block of Wiehle Avenue, 2016 Ford Explorer

Herndon police arrested and charged a 27-year-old Herndon man with burglary after they found him locked inside of a store in the 1000 block of Elden Street attempting to steal a case of beer on Friday (March 1).

The man told officers that he fell asleep in the bathroom before the store closed and was planning on leaving the store with the beer, according to the report. He was transported to the Fairfax Adult Detention Center where he was held without bond.

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