Crime & Safety
Man Charged In 8-Year-Old Fairfax City Law Office Robbery
The suspect, who was already serving time in a Maryland prison, is accused of stealing a safe of valuables from the business.
FAIRFAX CITY, VA — Fairfax City police last week arrested a suspect wanted in connection with an 8-year-old robbery of a local law office. Police arrested 67-year-old Drain Maurice Short Friday on outstanding warrants connected to the February 2011 robbery.
According to police, Short broke into a law office at 4103 Chain Bridge Rd. and stole a safe containing valuables. There was no one in the business at the time of the robbery.
Short was arrested and charged with burglary, grand larceny and credit card theft (18.2-192). He was extradited from Hagerstown Prison in Maryland, where he's been incarcerated for the past eight years on local charges.
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Short is being held without bond at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.
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