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by Don Parker, ABC7:With the help of Neighborhood Watch and a social media platform, police have arrested and charged a 19-year-old Alexandria man, Nicholas Cormier, with a series of residential break-ins.
After homeowners in the Hayfield View and Glenwood Mews communities reported numerous burglaries between January 10 and January 15, police worked with Neighborhood Watch and alerted the neighborhoods with “Nextdoor,” a social media platform, according to a release from the Fairfax County Police Department.
One of the homeowners gave police surveillance video from his home and police developed a description of the suspect.
On Sunday evening, January 15, an officer responded to a call about a man acting in a suspicious way in the 5600 block of Glenwood Mews Drive. While talking with the man, who turned out to be Cormier, she noticed he was wearing jewelry similar to items reported stolen in one of the burglaries.
The officer sent photographs of the jewelry to detectives and it was positively identified by one of the burglary victims. [Read Don's report here.]