Fairfax County Police Department News

Our Christmas Anti-Theft Team (CATT) is back on the hunt. Every year around the holidays officers from our CATT hit area malls looking for thieves and other criminal activity. Over the 2016 holiday season, our teams collectively recovered over $315,000 in stolen property and seized assets. Our teams are already off to another strong start this season with the CATT at Tysons Corner Center arresting four women from New York over the weekend who had over $29,000 in fraudulently obtained property from at least 13 different stores in their possession. These crimes lead to 23 felony charges and three misdemeanor charges. Further investigation revealed these women are part of an organized retail crime group hitting stores across the country.

Our uniformed and plain clothes teams are relentlessly roaming Tysons Corner Center, Tysons Galleria, Fair Oaks Mall and the Springfield Town Center trying to catch those deceiving our retailers. Last year, a team of 23 officers working in the McLean area arrested 194 people for nearly 500 criminal offenses, primarily in the Tysons Corner area. The amount of stolen property recovered from their operations totaled around $110,000. The Fair Oaks CATT recovered over $100,000 in merchandise and cash during the 2016 holiday season. In our Franconia District there were 573 arrests. The team was able to recover $39,000 in stolen merchandise, as well as $68,925 in seized money and vehicles.

Our Christmas Anti-Theft Teams are already busy again this year ensuring a safe shopping environment so everyone can have a happy holiday season.

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