Suspected theft reported at Target store, Dumfries VA
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TheftAs discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to a reported theft in progress at a Target store near Fortuna Center Plaza in Dumfries, Virginia. Loss prevention staff reported a suspect wearing a gray hoodie and black pants concealing merchandise and later hiding items in bushes near a blue van in a Chase parking lot. No weapons or injuries were reported.
Audio|Heard on: Prince William VA Law Dispatch Group Calls
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01:38
Transcript:
00:00
Fourteen fifty-eight and fifteen seventy.
00:01
Can I get a few starts? A suspicious person in progress, pending in Bravo fifteen.
00:05
Now a larceny in progress.
00:07
Fourteen five zero eight.
00:08
Fifteen seven zero.
00:10
I should go respond to the Target near Fortuna Center Plaza.
00:15
Loss prevention initially called in reference to a suspect that was seen in the appliance section concealing items.
00:21
Now it's confirmed larceny and the suspect was last seen standing in the middle of the shopper's parking lot.
00:27
Suspect described as wearing a gray hoodie and black pants.
00:31
No weapons, no intoxication, no injuries.
00:34
Fifteen forty-two.
00:35
I can hear the crash.
00:36
Okay, fifteen forty-two.
00:37
Should have responded to the area of Dale and Potomac Center Boulevard.
00:41
Fifteen fifty-four in service early.
00:43
Okay, thirteen fifty-four.
00:45
Prisoner at fifteen fifty-four, the EMR is starting to Target near Fortuna Center Plaza.
00:49
I believe you're going to be closer than those two authorities en route.
00:53
Route?
00:55
Can I just have one unit continue to Target?
00:58
Fifteen seventy.
00:59
Okay, fourteen fifty-eight, I'll hold you clear for now.
01:02
Units responding to Target on foot in the center.
01:04
The suspect was last seen next to a blue van parked in a Chase parking lot, also going back and forth between the bushes.
01:12
The items are in a cart.
01:14
Say they're in a cart?
01:16
He walked out with a cart full of items, hid them in bushes, and was seen walking between a bush and a blue van parked in a Chase parking lot.
01:27
Do we have a tag for that blue van or are they able to get one?
01:31
Loss prevention is unable to see it.
01:33
They think it's a Honda Odyssey, maybe around 2006.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Fortuna Ctr Plz, Dumfries, VA 22025
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