Fairfax County Police Department News

Police charged Joseph Hamlett, 21 and Eli Minas, 24 with 11 felony charges each after serving two search warrants in their Manassas homes last night, with the assistance of the Manassas City Police. Detectives will analyze the evidence and trace it to cases around the region.

Charges were all related to grand larceny, intent to sell stolen property, and breaking and entering.

Both men are being held at the Fairfax Adult Detention Center without bond.

 

(6/11/15) Manassas Men Arrested in Area Home Burglaries

 

Two men were apprehended this afternoon after allegedly committing burglaries in homes in the Sully Police District. So far, detectives have linked the suspects to a burglary this morning, another attempted burglary also this morning, two additional burglaries in the Sully District in recent weeks, along with two others in the Fair Oaks Police District. Police will obtain warrants this evening. Detectives are looking into the possibility that the men may be responsible for additional burglaries in recent weeks.

 

Both men are in their 20’s from the Manassas area and were tracked as a result of helpful residents who called police with tips of suspicious people in the Chantilly area this morning.

 

Originally, police responded to a report of a burglary this morning at around 10:00 a.m. in the 15000 block of Oakmere Place. Residents of the home heard a loud crash in their basement area, ran outside, then back in the house and saw two people running away from the home. They discovered their basement door had been kicked in.

Police assets, including K9, patrol, and Fairfax1 responded to the area.

Shortly afterwards, police were called for another attempted burglary nearby, in the 4400 block of Cub Run Road. The homeowners had arrived home and interrupted the suspects who were attempting to get inside their home.

The suspects fled in a vehicle but officers were already in the vicinity, quickly responded, found the men at the intersection of Braddock Road and Pleasant Valley Road. The men were apprehended and taken to the Sully District Police Station for questioning.