MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — After thieves have been targeting cars parked at apartment complexes in Richmond’s Manchester neighborhood, suspects have been caught on camera 16 miles east in Midlothian.
Surveillance video first captured one suspect doing a walk-by. Then a second suspect is seen checking door handles hoping to make entry into vehicles in the parking lot.
“About three in the morning I was able to go back and discover two suspects doing some car pulls in the back of the condos,” neighbor Rodney Miles explained.
The apartment complex where he lives is located next to the American Family Fitness on Midlothian, which is a parking lot often targeted by thieves. As a result, neighbors said they were not surprised someone was trying to get into their cars.
Miles is one of a few people living at the complex who wants their community to see the surveillance video, so they know what to watch out for.
They are urging vigilance in the neighborhood, which is only a year old.
“We are kind of an old-school neighborhood where we just watch out for everybody else,” Miles said.