https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/thief-breaks-into-two-state-department-buildings-steals-phones/2019/01/11/5fc1d67c-15e0-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html
By Carol Morello
The Washington Post
January 11, 2019
The State Department was hit in two separate locations last week by a thief who
got away with dozens of cellphones and electronic equipment.
The department acknowledged that one individual is suspected of slipping into
two of its buildings -- one in Washington and one in Arlington. A suspect was
arrested after he allegedly tried to sell the equipment at a restaurant in
Virginia, and almost all the stolen devices were retrieved.
The suspect was identified by Arlington police as Joel Enriquez-Bueno, 42, with
no known fixed address. He was charged with grand larceny, grand larceny with
intent to sell, breaking and entering, and giving a false identity to police.
It was not clear whether he had retained an attorney. He was being held without
bond in the Arlington County Detention Facility.
It is unclear why someone apparently targeted two different State Department
facilities across the river from each other on the same day, suggesting they
were not chosen at random. It also is unclear whether it is just a coincidence
that the thefts happened during the government shutdown that has furloughed 4
in 10 State Department employees, or whether the thief failed to realize that
Diplomatic Security, which is responsible for protecting property as well as
lives, is fully staffed despite the shutdown.
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