In January, Fairfax County police charged Lovelace Suttles, 34, of 13927 Rockland Village Drive, in Chantilly, with grand larceny.
They believe that Suttles, a three-year employee of the UPS (United Parcel Service) in Chantilly, stole items addressed to other people. And now his case is moving forward in the legal system.
Det. Richard Call detailed the case against Suttles in a Jan. 11 affidavit for a warrant to search his apartment. He wrote that, on Jan. 10, UPS security specialist John Travis reported the theft of three, large, flat-screen television sets and three laptop computers from the Chantilly location. The crime occurred that day in the lobby area where customers pick up their packages.
Suttles was working in the lobby at the time of the theft, wrote Call, and "just after 8 a.m., UPS employees witnessed Suttles assisting an unknown male who was in the lobby. The unknown male did not wait in the line with other customers, and Suttles began to gather packages for [him]."
Call said Suttles actually committed "numerous, suspicious activities" that day — beginning with him coming to work Jan. 10 when he was not scheduled to work. In addition, wrote the detective, "Suttles bypassed all of the security measures of UPS when he released the six packages to the unknown male."
On Jan. 11, police seized a Philips flat-panel TV with remote from Suttles' home and charged him with one count of grand larceny. He appeared April 16 in General District Court and, at that time, Judge Lisa Mayne certified his case to the grand jury for possible indictment.
<tgl>— Bonnie Hobbs