Police seek help identifying burglary suspects

Montgomery County police officer Denise Gill prefaced the following message with these remarks:

This Media Alert is provided to remind and encourage your communities to be diligent in taking appropriate prevention measures to safe guard your homes. If any homeowner would like to have an officer come out to their home to conduct a security survey we would be happy to do that. Please know that our Department is investigating this pattern and are actively working all leads. Should you observe any suspicious activity, please call 301 279-8000 or in an emergency 911.

Kind Regards,

Denise

DEPARTMENT OF POLICE
MEDIA SERVICES DIVISION

2350 RESEARCH BOULEVARD ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20850-3294
240-773-5030

For Immediate Release January 7, 2010
For More Information: Media Services Division, 240-773-5030

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Police Continue to Seek Public’s Help to Identify
Suspect(s) for Daytime Burglaries in Potomac

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police 1st District Investigative Section continue to investigate recent daytime residential burglaries that have occurred in the Potomac and Darnestown areas.

Since November 18 of last year, there have been residential burglaries in several Potomac and Darnestown neighborhoods that are believed to be related. Most of the burglaries have occurred on weekdays during the daylight hours. In all of the burglaries, force was used to gain entry into the house either through a window or a door. In each burglary, jewelry has been the target of the suspect(s).

Residents are reminded to lock their doors and windows and make sure that their garage doors are secure when they are not at home. Residents are also asked to notify their neighbors, and encouraged to have a caretaker stop by the house when they are away for extended periods of time. In addition, residents are encouraged to use timers on their lights, radios, and televisions, and to hold their mail and news subscriptions while they are away. We ask that all residents report any and all alarm calls immediately when alerted of alarm activations at their residence. Officers will immediately be dispatched to check the residence.

Residents should promptly report suspicious activity, vehicles, and individuals to the police by calling the non-emergency number at 301-279-8000. A detailed description of the suspicious person or vehicle is extremely helpful to the responding officers. Descriptors may include race, gender, clothing-type, and hair color. Obtaining the vehicle’s color, make, model, tag number, and direction of travel will also assist responding officers.

Anyone who may have information about these residential burglaries and/or the involved suspect(s) is asked to call the 1st District Investigative Section at 240-773-6084.