Montclair, Va. –– Police say a man has been charged in a series of brazen burglaries in Montclair.
Officers in Dinwiddie County, Va. in December stopped a man who was driving a stolen car and was in possession of items that were reported stolen from Prince William County.
The items were connected to a series of burglaries at a home in the 15800 block of Edgewood Drive in Montclair in November and December 2010.
Police said a man entered the home through a garage door and then though an unlocked door that led into the house while the owners were asleep.
During the first burglary, the man took a key to the homeowner’s car which he then used several times over the next month while the owners were asleep, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
While the man was inside the home, he unlocked a window which he then used to get inside the home on subsequent visits, said Perok.
An iPod and camera were taken from the house the last time the intruder was believed to have been inside, as well as a spare key to the car the man was driving when he was stopped in Dinwiddie County, police said.
William Russell Griffin, 23, of 13719 Dumfries Road is charged with one count of burglary and with one count of grand larceny.
Police say he is connected to 17 other burglaries that happened in the Montclair area between June and July 2010. Investigators are expected to file additional charges on Griffin, said Perok.
Another man who is believed to have been working with Griffin was also charged: 24-year-old Tony Micheal Vaccarino of 1417 Harrison Street in Woodbridge faces charges of grand larceny and burglary.
Both men are expected to appear in court March 2.
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