Police Helicopter, K9 Unit Search for Burglar After Garage Entry at 4 AM

FCPD recently switched from weekly crime reports to daily activity reports. The following information was supplied by the Fairfax County Police Department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.

The following items are from the recent daily activity report from the Fair Oaks and Sully police districts of the Fairfax County Police Department.

It's not the kind of thing anyone wants to hear in the middle of the night. But residents on the 12300 block of Falkirk Drive last Saturday awoke to the sound of their garage door opening at 4 a.m. 

A purse was stolen and police searched the area using a helicopter and a K9 team but no one was found, according to Fair Oaks District Police.

No word on how the burglar opened the garage door.

Other crime news this week:

Fair Oaks Police District:

SHOPLIFTNG/TOBACCO, 13000 block of Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, 3/1/13, 4 p.m. Officers observed what they believed to be a drug transaction. They stopped a group of individuals and one juvenile ran away. Officers chased and caught the young man. He was charged with shoplifting and possession of tobacco by a minor.

SULLY DISTRICT STATION

LARCENIES:

14700 block of Basingstoke Loop, cash from vehicle

4300 block of Chantilly Shopping Center, radio from business

4300 block of Chantilly Shopping Center, wallet from business

13900 block of Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, cash from business

14700 block of Stream Pond Drive, cash from vehicle

5900 block of Trinity Parkway, wallet from business