Suspect arrested in seven residential burglaries on Capitol Hill
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Version 0 of 1. A 21-year-old man who police said targeted Capitol Hill homes with unlocked doors or windows has been charged with seven burglaries that occurred between September and December, some at homes where occupants were asleep. The suspect, Anthony Brown of no fixed address, was arrested on a warrant Wednesday. D.C. police described a burglary streak in a wide swath of Capitol Hill, from areas near Eastern Market to Lincoln Park and close to Union Station. Many residents were targeted at night; police reports show that in some instances, people were asleep when the break-ins occurred. One man told police that his family had gone to bed about 10 p.m. Sept. 28 and that he did not realize their home, in the 200 block of G Street NE, had been entered through a rear sliding door until the next morning when he could not find the briefcase containing his laptop. He told police he then realized that his car, cellphone, wallet, house keys and car keys also were gone. Police said his credit card was used to buy a drone. Residents of a house in the 200 block of 13th Street SE also were sleeping when, police said, someone entered the residence and stole phones, clothes, a SmarTrip card, passports, a World Bank identification card and five credit cards. Other burglaries occurred Sept. 5 in the 600 block of A Street SE, Sept. 29 in the 200 block of E Street NE, Oct. 9 in the 600 block of Massachusetts Avenue NE, Nov. 24 in the 1200 block of Walter Street SE and Dec. 23 in the 500 block of A Street SE. In all but one burglary, police said, the intruder entered through unlocked doors or windows. The entry point could not be determined in a seventh break-in. |