Crime & Safety

Police: Cell Phone Stolen in Potomac Mills Robbery

Police are looking for a man who reportedly robbed a Delaware man of his cell phone while he was at Potomac Mills Mall on Aug. 21, Prince William County Police spokesperson Jonathan Perok said. 

Police responded to the mall at 9:05 p.m. for the report of a robbery.

"The victim, a 33-year-old man of Delmar, reported to police that he was leaning up against a wall just outside of the Nordstrom Rack when he was approached by an unknown man," Perok said. "The man struck the victim to his chest causing him to drop his phone. The suspect picked up the phone and fled the mall on foot."

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No one was injured. Police used a K-9 unit while searching for the suspect. The suspect is described as a white, possibly Hispanic man between 17 and 25 years old, about 5-foot-9 in height, weighing about 175 pounds with a muscular build and collar-length curly black hair.

He was last seen wearing a blue shirt that might be a soccer jersey.

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