Arrests in Serial Burglaries

Photo by John Arundel/Local Kicks U.S. Marshalls working with the police burglary task force spotted a sport utility vehicle with two men and a woman inside who fit the description of suspects in the burglaries

ALEXANDRIA, VA - Three suspects have been charged in connection with a series of burglaries targeting gold jewelry held primarily by South Asian families in Fairfax County.  

U.S. Marshalls working with the police burglary task force spotted a sport utility vehicle with two men and a woman inside who fit the description of suspects in the burglaries.  They stopped the vehicle at Moore Road and Clifton Road about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 10.

Subsequent investigation by members of the burglary task force led to nine felony charges against Francisco Gray, 39, of Nassau County, New York; Dagoberto Soto-Ramirez, 27, and his wife, Melinda Soto, 33, both of Queens, New York.

Each is charged with four counts of burglary; four counts of grand larceny; and one count of conspiracy to commit burglary.  They are being held without bond in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.

Fairfax County police executed a search warrant and searched the sport utility vehicle the three suspects were in when they were stopped.

Investigators found a lap top computer, a GPS unit, and a police scanner tuned to Fairfax County police radio channels.

The arrests mark the beginning of a new phase of the investigation that is expected to include multiple jurisdictions in at least two states.  

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text"TIP187" plus your message to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.