BLING RING BURGLARS STRIKE AGAIN IN BETHESDA!

3 BETHESDA

HOMES BROKEN INTO,

10 THEFT RAMPAGE

ROCKS NEIGHBORHOODS

Another Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row Exclusive

Just when Bethesda thought it was safe to go on vacation...

After a burglary occurred on Turnberry Drive near Congressional Country Club last Friday, Bethesda homeowners had no idea what the new week had in store.

Then, on Monday, July 23, the Bling Ring burglars struck two more wealthy neighborhoods, breaking into homes in the 6300 block of Lenox Road near Whitman High School, and in the 5100 block of Waukesha Road.  Both burglaries fit the pattern begun by recent break-ins at homes in swanky Kenwood and Spring Valley.

But a theft rampage on the same day only heightened the sense that, after a Pepco-derecho pause, the May-June crime wave could be reigniting in earnest.

SpotCrime data recorded nearly a dozen thefts, including a stolen car, across neighborhoods west of downtown Bethesda.  This included at least two thefts on Fairfax Road in the Edgemoor neighborhood that adjoins the Bethesda Row urban area.

Other neighborhoods getting a theft encore included Green Acres, Spring Hill and Somerset.

Do the Bling Ring burglaries have any relation to the theft rampage the same day/night?  That is unknown for now.

The important thing is to lock your doors and vehicles!

Here's a sampling of Bethesda thefts from Monday, July 23:

Theft.  5100 River Road.

Theft from vehicle.  5300 block of Saratoga Avenue.

Theft.  5400 block of Uppingham Street.

Theft from vehicle.  4800 block of Newport Ave.

Theft from vehicle.  4800 block of Langdrum Lane.

Stolen car.  4900 block of Crescent Street.

Theft from vehicle.  Ericsson Road.

Theft from vehicle.  7400 block of Nevis Road.