2 Manassas Men Charged With Airbag Theft In Arlington: Police

ARLINGTON, VA — Two Manassas men were charged Sunday in connection with the theft of airbags from cars along Columbia Pike in Arlington, according to police.

The two men, Yuchen Zhang, 25, and Adisorn Damrongchai, 43, face charges of grand larceny, possession of stolen items with intent to sell and destruction of property, the Arlington County Police Department said.

At about 3 a.m. on Sunday, police were dispatched to the 2100 block of Columbia Pike for the report of men breaking into cars. Upon arrival, police determined that someone had smashed the windows of three vehicles, stole the airbags from two of the vehicles and fled the scene in a white sedan.

Arlington County Police officers found the white sedan at 28th Street S. and 26th Street S. After stopping the vehicle, its two occupants were taken into custody without incident.

One of the men was found with a glass breaking tool, police said. When searching their car, police found burglary tools, a radar detector and airbags.

Arlington has become a popular place for airbag thieves, where they can find a concentration of parked vehicles that allows them to steal many airbags in a short time.

In many cases, airbag thieves are targeting Hondas. The thieves could be stealing newer airbags from Hondas and then selling them to questionable repair shops or unsuspecting online customers at a price far below the $2,000 cost of replacing them, USA Today reported.

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