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Crime Solvers

December 4, 2007 12:35 am

Spotsylvania Crime Solvers is seeking information on the following crimes:

The Sheriff's Office is attempting to identify a man involved in the theft and fraudulent use of a credit card Sept. 14. A stolen credit card was used at Target to make a purchase of electronics. The suspect, described as a black man with a blue-and-white cap, blue shirt and black pants, drove off in a 2001 blue Oldsmobile minivan with Maryland tags (07-152996).

The Partlow Market was burglarized between 10:20 and 11:40 p.m. on Nov. 24. Surveillance tape shows a white man entering the business after smashing the door. Bottles of alcohol were reported stolen (07-151583).

A home located on Wakeman Drive was burglarized between 5 and 10 p.m. Nov. 24. The victim found a broken window. Missing were a Dell laptop computer, a Dell desktop computer and a white jewelry box (07-151469).

A section of fiber-optic cable was stolen from a telephone pole outside the Fredericksburg Area Builders Association on Lafayette Boulevard during the night of Nov. 25. Surveillance video shows a light-colored Ford Explorer (or similar car) pulling into the parking lot. A man is seen getting out of the passenger-side door and then seen again on camera closing the trunk of the car, then the car drives off (07-152035).

Between Nov. 22 and Nov. 24, at least three vehicles parked in Maple Grove subdivision were entered by thieves. Stolen were a stereo faceplate, Pioneer CD player, iPod, cologne bottles, a Sirius satellite radio and a Magellan GPS unit (07-150798, 07-151081, 07-151272).

In the early morning hours of Nov. 25, at least two vehicles were broken into in the Salem Fields subdivision and an iPod power cord and CD player were reported stolen. Also in Salem Fields, between Nov. 6 and Nov. 15, several cars were rifled through, and a Honda Accord was stolen. The Accord was recovered six days later in Fairfax County (07-151602, 07-151669, 07-147349, 07-148325, 07-143812).

Two wheelchairs have been reported stolen.

The first was from a burglary reported on Nov. 10 in the 6000 block of Smith Station Road. A black wheelchair was reported stolen from the home.

The second theft occurred during the night of Nov. 24 at a residence on Albany Street in The Timbers subdivision. A Quickie XLI brand wheelchair, valued at $2,500, was reported stolen from the victim's driveway. This wheelchair was later recovered by a good Samaritan who found it in the middle of the roadway on Cherry Road. (07-148222, 07-151563).

During the night of Nov. 23, the interior of Fairview Baptist Church, which is currently under construction on Tidewater Trail, was vandalized. The vandals caused $8,000 in damage to walls, doors, lights and building materials (07-151205).

On Nov. 28 at 2 p.m., an employee of Century 21 ADventures on Courthouse Road in the Breezewood Shopping Center, saw someone steal 10 6-foot yellow aluminum posts from the business shed. The employee saw the man get out of an older-model primer-black Ford pickup truck and drive off with the posts, valued at $500. Incidents of theft of aluminum, copper and other metal are a continuing problem statewide (07-152996).

wanted

Marlon Lainez, also known as Marlon Noel Lainez or Juan Berrera, 22 to 26 years old, whose last known address was in Spotsylvania or Lenoir, N.C., is wanted on charges of aggravated sexual battery of a child. He may have fled back to Honduras. He is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 175 pounds, with brown eyes, black hair and several tattoos covering chest, back, neck and hand.

owes child support

Daniel Dale Taylor, 41, whose last known address was in Ponchatoula, La., is wanted on family desertion charges and owes $11,445 in back child support. He is described as a white man, 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 130 pounds, with brown and green eyes.