Neighborhood Break-in Attempted
On Saturday September 1, 2007 at approximately 4:00 pm a young man attempted to break into our home at 4022 Ellicott Street in Alexandria, VA. Fortunately we were home, managed to interrupt his plans and get him to leave our property.
The attempted break-in took place yesterday afternoon. The man entered the back of our property, through our gate, and was seen as he walked across our deck. He first looked into our kitchen windows and then tried to open one of our back doors. Fortunately Deborah and I were home, saw him and confronted him. When asked what he was doing he mumbled something about “looking for Ron”. He calmly and quickly left our property through the back gate and walked into Ft. Ward Park moving in the direction of the foot bridge that leads to the children’s play area and the picnic grounds.
The man was an African-American male approximately 19 to 22 years old. He was 5’6” to 5’8” tall, solidly built and weighed about 185-195 pounds. He was wearing a black shirt, pants and do-rag (a piece of cloth) on his head.
We called the Alexandria Police Department and they responded within 15 minutes. The two police officers took a report, case # 07-143130, and searched the park for the man. At this time we do not believe they have found him.
Officer Oliver Dunn of the police department indicated that these types of daylight break-ins are the most common. He said that criminals like to break into homes during the day, especially during weekdays when many people are working.
If you would like to talk about how we might organize ourselves to be able to communicate more effectively when situations like this occur please contact me at 703-845-8947 or by e-mail at: glenn_eugster@comcast.net
I’m sorry to share this news on a holiday weekend but my wife and I were stunned when this happened to us and worried about other families that border Ft. Ward Park.
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