Suspect Arrested In Theft Of $60K Of High-End Goods From Tysons Store

MCLEAN, VA — Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department's Fugitive Tracking and Apprehension Unit located and arrested a 24-year-old Pennsylvania man who they say was involved in swiping $60,000 in high-end merchandise from a Tysons Galleria store in June.

Fairfax detectives tracked Abdullah Robinson to Ohio last Thursday, where they took him into custody with the help of the U.S. Marshals Service and Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Robinson was charged with robbery, larceny with intent to sell, conspiracy to commit larceny, conspiracy to commit retail theft, assault with a caustic substance, destruction of property, and petit larceny. He remains in custody without bond, awaiting extradition to Fairfax County.

During a news conference last week, FCPD briefed the public on its ongoing, multi-state investigation into retail thefts that involved six crews who have stolen more than $170,000 in merchandise from Fairfax retailers.

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Robinson was part of a crew that swiped $60,000 in high-end goods from the Chanel store in the Tysons Galleria on June 25, according to police.

"The crew's M.O. is to bring a fire extinguisher with them, and they discharge the fire extinguisher the moment that they encounter a loss prevention person," Deputy Chief Gregory Fried of the Criminal Investigations Division said last week.

During the robbery, two men and three women grabbed numerous luxury handbags, according to police. One of the men sprayed store security employees with a fire extinguisher to help cover the group's escape. No injuries were reported during the robbery.

Detectives have also identified 27-year-old Martina Lyons of Pennsylvania as a suspect in this case. They have already obtained an arrest warrant for Lyons on the same charges as Robinson, according to police. In addition, investigators are still trying to identify the four people in the following set of photos for their parts in the June 25 robbery.

Anyone with information to share is asked to call detectives at Criminal Investigations at 703-246-7800, option 5.