Several Items Stolen From CVS, Man Robbed: Fredericksburg Blotter

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Police in Fredericksburg responded to a number of calls this week, including the report of a man and woman who stole several items in a shopping cart from a CVS Pharmacy store.

Here's what took place:

On Friday, a man in the 200 block of Hanover Street said he had been forced to transfer money into another person's account around 2:30 a.m.

On Saturday, a woman in the 400 block of Rann Court called police just before 7 a.m. to report her wallet had been stolen.

Also on Saturday, a person in the 100 block of Ashby Street reported an item had been stolen during a private sale around 1:50 p.m.

On Sunday, a man reported items had been stolen from his vehicle in the 2500 block of Carriage Lane around 11 a.m.

Also on Sunday, a man at the Wegmans store in the 2200 block of Carl D. Silver Parkway reported around 7:30 p.m. that his cell phone had been stolen.

On Monday, a CVS Pharmacy store clerk reported a woman had entered the store at 2:22 a.m. and tried to leave with merchandise she had concealed. The woman was asked to leave.

Shortly after, a man came into the store and confronted the store clerk before leaving with a shopping cart full of the same merchandise the woman had tried to steal earlier. Police said some of the stolen items were later found along with the shopping cart on Mary Washington Boulevard.

Police said the man was wearing a puffy blue jacket with green sleeves, light blue jeans with holes in the knees and a black face mask. The woman, police said, was wearing a black baseball-style jacket with white sleeves, dark pants, moccasin-style boots and an orange colored bandana face covering.