Credit Card Thieves Targeting Cars in Parks
Fairfax County police investigate a series of credit card thefts at Burke Lake Park, other rec centers.
Detectives are currently investigating a series of credit card thefts from vehicles parked at area parks. Many of the incidents occurred at Burke Lake Park. However, other crimes have happened at Wakefield and South Run Recreation Center, according to a recent news release from the Fairfax County Police Department. Detectives from the West Springfield Police District Criminal Investigation Section are working with the Financial Crimes Unit to apprehend suspects on more than two dozen related cases that have happened since Thanksgiving — the last six of which have taken place at Burke Lake Park. Police believe the suspects are watching drivers as they prepare to exercise, then entering the vehicles — locked or unlock — and stealing cards …
