A 17-year-old from Maryland was arrested in connection with a carjacking on Sunrise Valley Drive last week.
On Monday, May 13, police say that a masked suspect pointed a shotgun at a man who was putting air into his car’s tires and demanded the keys.
The suspect drove away in the stolen car, but police caught up with him a short while later.
The teen was caught with the help of the police’s K9 team, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. He was charged with carjacking and the use of a firearm in commission of a felony.
In a separate incident, a man entered a home on the 2600 block of New Concorde Court on Wednesday, May 15 at around 3:50 a.m.
Residents discovered the man in their garage after they heard the garage door open. The man ran away when one resident confronted him.
Nothing was reported missing, police said.
FCPD also reported the following incidents in recent days:
LARCENIES:
11300 block of Chestnut Grove Square, documents from vehicle
2200 block of Quartermaster Lane, bicycle from residence
2600 block of William Short Circle, bicycle from residence
11600 block of Windbluff Court, license plates from vehicle
STOLEN VEHICLES:
2500 block of Brenton Point Drive, 2015 Vespa motorcycle
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