VaHi Crime Stats Include Residential, Commercial Burglaries

From the Virginia Highland Civic Association team safety reports, here are some Zone 6 crime stats for the weeks of Oct. 13 and 25:

• Aggravated Assault: No reported incidents.
• Auto Theft: No reported incidents.
• Commercial burglary: The under-renovation Briarcliff Summit building on PDL Avenue at North Highland Avenue had a series of construction supply thefts. On Oct. 14 two pressure washers and metal pieces were taken from the back parking lot with two males in a pickup truck seen taking these pieces. On Oct. 15 heavy unchained/unlocked equipment pieces were taken and two more folks were seen looting the basement storeroom of windows and loading them into a U-Haul truck. A neighbor across the alley in the Collonade Condo building called 911 and two arrests were made.
• Residential burglary: A Greenwood Avenue residence was entered with no signs of forced entry with small personal items taken. An Adair Avenue home was entered via a bedroom window with jewelry and small electronics taken.
• Commercial robbery: No reported incidents.
• Residential robbery: No reported incidents.
• Pedestrian robbery: No reported incidents.
• Larceny from vehicle: Vehicles were entered on Bonaventure Avenue, PDL Avenue, North Highland Avenue and Drewry Street.
• Larceny: A bicycle was stolen from PDL Place and power saws were taken from an Adair Avenue residence work site.
• Shoplifting: PDL Avenue Kroger and Publix supermarkets caught four shoplifters.

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