Man arrested after string of burglaries in Colonial Heights
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COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (WRIC) -- A 27-year-old Petersburg man is facing several charges after multiple homes were broken into across Colonial Heights.
Multiple residential burglaries were reported throughout the south end of the city of Colonial Heights between Aug. 17 and Aug. 19, according to the Colonial Heights Police Department. Detectives investigating these crimes obtained photographs of the suspect.
At about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, officers were called to the 600 block of Boulevard for a suspicious situation. When they arrived, the officers found someone at the scene who reportedly looked like the suspect in the photographs.
That suspect, 27-year-old Eric Lee Baker, Jr. of Petersburg, was arrested without incident. He faces a total of six charges, including:
- Four counts of felony breaking and entering
- One count of felony possession of burglary tools
- One count of felony possession of a Schedule I/II substance
Baker was taken to Riverside Regional Jail, where he remains without bond as of the time of reporting.
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If you have any information on these burglaries, you are asked to contact Master Detective C.M. Velasquez with the Colonial Heights Police Department. You can do so via phone at 804-520-9329 or via email at velasquezc@colonialheightsva.gov.
