Metro Police Arrest Suspect in Connection With Saturday Morning Auto Theft
Suspect Isom Cooper, 49, was taken into custody Saturday afternoon by Fairfax County Police at a hotel on Van Dorn Street near the Capital Beltway.
Metro Transit Police have announced the arrest of the suspect in Saturday morning's auto theft. Isom Cooper, 49, was taken into custody Saturday afternoon by Fairfax County Police at a hotel on Van Dorn Street near the Capital Beltway, according to a metro news release. FCPD and Metro Transit Police detectives interviewed Cooper and subsequently arrested him in connection with the car theft. Other charges may be pending. The incident started around 7 a.m. when the suspect stole a black Pontiac from the Addison Road Metro Station, in Capitol Heights, Md. Metro Transit Police were able to track the vehicle to a shopping center parking lot on Van Dorn Street in Kingstowne by using the victim's iPhone, which was left inside the car. The …
Katherine Hogan
8:07 am on Sunday, February 17, 2013
I was also caught up on Van Dorn and saw all the law inforcement, it's scary and community wasn't alerted. Glad they caught him. more ›