WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Metropolitan Police Department announced the arrest of a suspect connected to a residential burglary, a business burglary, and twelve theft offenses across the District’s Northwest quadrant.
Detectives from the Second and Third Districts determined that the string of offenses occurred between March 9, 2026, and October 15, 2026. The incidents involved property stolen from residential exteriors, forced entry into a residence and a commercial business, and the theft of a secured scooter after a lock was damaged.
Investigators linked the same suspect to multiple Northwest locations spanning Adams Morgan, Woodley Park, Dupont Circle, and surrounding corridors, including incidents on Lanier Place, Woodley Road, U Street, Calvert Street, Porter Street, Lamont Street, 10th Street, O Street, 16th Street, 17th Street, New Hampshire Avenue, and 39th Street.
On Wednesday, October 28, 2026, officers arrested 62-year-old Rinaldo Jones of Northwest, D.C. Jones has been charged with First Degree Burglary, Second Degree Burglary, First Degree Theft, and multiple counts of Second Degree Theft.
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