Flat screen TVs targeted in Fairfax
Fairfax County police are battling a rash of thefts of flat screen televisions, WUSA 9 reports.
Burglars have hit 17 homes near the Kingstowne apartments in the last two months. The thieves have thrown blankets over the sets -- like moving men -- and walked out of the homes with items.
Police say they've also taken Xbox and Wii gaming systems and a couple of semi-automatic handguns.
![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=5992f629-9b4b-45b8-8117-fbaa93b2409b)
By
Washington Post editors
| April 29, 2010; 10:10 AM ET
Categories:
Crime and Public Safety, Virginia
| Tags:
Fairfax, Fairfax County, Fairfax County Virginia, Virginia, Xbox
Save & Share:
Previous: Fenty apologizes for PFOX award
Next: Va. lottery winner sought
Posted by: member8 | April 29, 2010 1:00 PM | Report abuse
Yet another reason to keep my "ancient" 5-year old, heavy, round-tubed TV...
Posted by: dionysianmadness | April 29, 2010 1:25 PM | Report abuse
dionysianmadness that is too funny and I love it!!!
Samewhere!!
Posted by: shadon1 | April 29, 2010 3:04 PM | Report abuse
Why in the world do these people have "a couple semi-automatic handguns" in a location blatant enough that someone stealing a TV just picks it up and walks out with it! They should be locked in a gun safe.
Posted by: CMH_FC | April 29, 2010 5:50 PM | Report abuse
According to some, crime don't happen in Fairfax, Virginia, but only in the District of Columbia.
Duh, crime is everywhere in this country.
Posted by: Ward4DC | April 29, 2010 6:32 PM | Report abuse
The comments to this entry are closed.
You could have said semi-manual handguns ... or just handguns. Was the "semi-automatic" really necessary?