Crime & Safety
'Banging Noise' Leads Herndon Police to Man Passed Out in Vet Clinic: Police
Police were alerted after hearing a woman, who was also charged, throw rocks at the clinic's window.
HERNDON, VA — A man and a woman are under arrest on drug charges after police say they broke into a vet clinic in downtown.
Police officers heard a "banging noise" in the 700 block of Station Street on Sept. 18 and went to investigate. They found 28-year-old Nicole Brook Davis of Herndon throwing rocks at the window of a closed business, according to the police report.
After investigating further, police found 36-year-old James Rainer Balz, also of Herndon, passed out inside of the business.
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Police arrested both Davis and Balz on burglary and narcotics charges. They are being held at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on $2,500 bond.
Herndon Police Lt. Mike Berg said that the business was Dominion Animal Hospital, a vet clinic located at 795 Station Street.
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Davis was charged because officers had "probable cause to believe she was involved in the burglary also," Berg said.
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