Manassas city police beat for 3/6/13

Threatening note left at residence, lawn ornaments broken
The Manassas City Police Department is investigating the latest incident in a series of threatening notes left at the front doors of residences in the Weems neighborhood area.  The most recent note was left at the front door of a residence on the 9500 block of Sumner Lake Boulevard sometime between 4:00PM Saturday, March 2, and 5:00PM Monday, March 4.  The resident reported discovering several of her clay lawn ornaments broken and left in front of her front door, along with a note.  The note was similar to ones left on the previously reported occasions.  As in the previous incidents, this residence has no connection to the person named in the note.  The investigation is ongoing.

Simple Assault
The Manassas City Police Department is investigating an incident in which a man was assaulted while fishing at Sumner Lake at approximately 10:00PM Monday, March 4.  The man, who lives on the 8300 block of Tillett Loop in the Sumner Lake community, said he was approached by an unknown man who repeatedly said “no fishing!” and pushed and poked him in the chest repeatedly while he backed away from the lake. The resident said the man followed him back to Tillett Loop and took pictures of him, then fled toward Sumner Lake Boulevard. The victim described the suspect as an Asian male in his twenties, approximately 5`2” tall, 160 pounds, with black hair, wearing a blue sweater and black pants.

Larceny from Auto
The Manassas City Police Department is investigating the larceny of an iPad from a car on the 8500 block of Liberia Avenue.  A resident reported that while his car was parked in front of his house between 6:00PM and 8:30PM Saturday, March 2, his iPad was taken from the front passenger seat.  The car was left unlocked.

Larceny from back yard
The Manassas City Police Department is investigating the larceny of a washer/dryer combination unit from a back yard on the 9000 block of Portner Avenue.  A resident reported that the item was stolen sometime between 8:00AM and 5:00PM Monday, March 4.  The gate to the fenced backyard was left unlocked.

Anyone with information about these events is encouraged to call the Crime Solvers’ anonymous tip line at (703) 330-0330, or to call the Manassas City Police Department Investigative Services Division at (703) 257-8092. The Manassas City Crime Solvers will pay a cash reward up to $1000 for information that leads to an arrest in these cases.  The confidential 24-hour tip line is (703) 330-0330.