Theft

[Howard Hartman]

	City of Takoma Park Police Department 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2012	Public Information Office              301/891.7142 or 240/338.2901

Theft

On January 31, 2012, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Takoma Park Police responded to unit block of Lee Avenue for a report of a theft that occurred earlier.

A suspect knocked on the victim’s door identifying himself as a Comcast technician and that he was checking for outages in the area. The victim allowed the suspect into the home where he checked the Comcast cable box and indicated the victim needed a new one. The suspect removed the Comcast cable box and told her he would be back and he left the home. The suspect never returned. The victim telephoned Comcast and was informed that the suspect was in fact not a Comcast technician.

Suspect Still at Large

The suspect is described as a black male, 5’10, clean-shaven, last seen wearing a black t-shirt and black pants with some sort of ID hanging from his belt.

Investigation continues under case #12005094. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to please call us at 301.270.1100.

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Unit block of Lee Avenue in Takoma Park