Richmond Police and Chesterfield County Police detectives
need the public’s help to identify a man who has committed four burglaries, all
to steal cartons of Newport cigarettes. He can be seen in the attached surveillance
images.
In the city, he is believed to have committed these crimes:
*At approximately 4:30
a.m. on July 19, an unknown male broke into the 48 Hour convenience store at 5091 Forest Hill Ave. and stole
several cartons of Newport cigarettes,
*At approximately 5
a.m. on July 31, an unknown male broke into the Food Lion at 6409 Jahnke Road and stole more than a dozen cartons of
Newport cigarettes,
*At approximately 1
a.m. on Aug. 2, an unknown male broke into the same Food Lion again and
stole numerous packs of Newport cigarettes.
The same man is suspected of burglarizing the Food Lion at 8006 Buford Court in
Chesterfield County within minutes of the Aug. 2 burglary in Richmond. He
stole several cartons of Newport cigarettes from the Chesterfield County store.
The suspect’s vehicle is described as an older-model, green,
four-door sedan, possibly a Toyota Camry or Corolla, with a defective right
front headlight.
Detectives ask anyone with any information about this man’s
identity to call Richmond Police Detective
Harry Brown at (804) 646-1109, Crime Stoppers at 780-1000 or Crime Solvers at
748-0660. Citizens can also text
Crime Stoppers at 274637, using the key word “ITip” followed by your tip.
Both Crime Stoppers and Crime Solvers methods are anonymous.
