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College Park Men Crossed State Lines To Run $3M Copper Wire Theft Ring Across Virginia: Sheriff College Park Men Crossed State Lines To Run $3M Copper Wire Theft Ring Across Virginia: Sheriff
College Park Men Crossed State Lines To Run $3M Copper Wire Theft Ring Across Virginia: Sheriff More than $3 million in damage. Three suspects from Maryland. Months of theft targeting critical infrastructure in Virginia. That’s the scope of a copper wire theft ring investigators say was orchestrated by three College Park men now facing felony charges after an eight-month investigation in Loudoun County, authorities announced. The sheriff's office said deputies arrested Alexandru Constantin, 43; Cristinel Petrovici, 38; and Robert Ciucur, 29, following a regional probe into repeated copper wire thefts at utility facilities. Investigators said the theft ring caused more than $3 mi…

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$190K Fragrance Theft Ring Busted After Ulta Spree Across DMV: Police $190K Fragrance Theft Ring Busted After Ulta Spree Across DMV: Police
$190K Fragrance Theft Ring Busted After Ulta Spree Across DMV: Police Their scent trail finally ran cold. A high-end fragrance theft crew with ties to Washington, DC is off the streets after law enforcement agencies across Maryland and Virginia linked the suspects to a months-long, $190,000 retail crime spree at Ulta Beauty stores, authorities announced. The three-person crew — including two adults and a 17-year-old suspect — is accused of swiping tens of thousands of dollars in designer perfumes from stores across Fairfax, Montgomery, Prince William, Anne Arundel, and other areas. According to the Fairfax County Police Department, the group struck Ulta loca…

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Maryland Women Charged With Multiple Retail Thefts At Leesburg Premium Outlet Mall Maryland Women Charged With Multiple Retail Thefts At Leesburg Premium Outlet Mall
Maryland Women Charged With Multiple Retail Thefts At Leesburg Premium Outlet Mall Two women from Maryland who crossed state lines are facing serious charges after being busted for multiple retail thefts in Virginia, police say. Loredana Sardaru, 39, and Ilie Anisoara, 31, both of Ellicott City, were arrested this week in connection to a series of reported thefts at the Leesburg Premium Outlet Mall on Fort Evans Road NE. According to the Leesburg Police Department, late in the afternoon on Tuesday, Oct. 15, officers were alerted to a series of reported thefts at Nike, The Children's Place, and Williams-Sonoma, and the pair was subsequently detained with the stolen merchan…

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