An early morning burglary attempt in Southeast has been thwarted thanks to the quick response of local police. Last Saturday, just after 5 a.m., Metropolitan Police Department officers arrived at an establishment on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, where they caught a suspect in the act.
The Seventh District officers, responding to the reported break-in, found the suspect unlawfully inside the premises. Despite an attempt to flee, the individual was apprehended by pursuing officers. The morning after the event, a detailed account of the incident was published on the Metropolitan Police Department's official website.
The location of the attempted burglary falls within a stretch of the city where such crimes strike at the heart of the community. With local businesses being integral to the economy and culture of the neighborhood, burglaries resonate beyond the loss of goods. As for the suspect, their identity and the details of what was taken or attempted to be taken were not specified in the MPD release.
