Police Believe Two Falls Church Robberies Are Connected

Police are looking for three men believed to be involved in two Sunday night armed robberies in Falls Church that happened 30 minutes apart.

The two incidents are believed to be related, police said.

At about 9:50 p.m. Sunday, three Hispanic men approached their first victim outside the Red, Hot & Blue and robbed the man using a semiautomatic handgun, police said. The men allegedly took some personal items from the man then ran off on foot toward East Broad Street.

In that robbery, the alleged suspects were described as between 16 and 20-years-old. The first alleged suspect is about 5-foot-5 with a moustache and the second alleged suspect, who wore a ski mask during the robbery, is 5-foot-8. The third alleged suspect was about 6 feet tall.

About 30 minutes later another robbery was reported on North Washington Street near Park Avenue. Police said the alleged suspects matched the description of those in the earlier robbery.

Again, the alleged suspects ran off on foot with the victim’s personal items, police said.

No one was injured in either robbery. Susan Finarelli, spokeswoman for the City of Falls Church, said there are no sketches or pictures of the alleged suspects at this time.

Anyone with information about the possible suspects should call the City of Falls Church police at 703-248-5053.

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