Police blotter: CVS held up; man arrested after Huntley Meadows robbery

CVS storefront and parking lot

The CVS at the corner of Lockheed Boulevard and Richmond Highway was robbed Friday afternoon. (Google Maps image)

There were two robberies within a mile of each other Friday afternoon in the Hybla Valley area, according to Monday’s Fairfax County Police blotter. 

The first robbery was at the CVS located at the corner of Lockheed Boulevard and Richmond Highway (see map). A man walked into the store a little after 1 p.m., pulled out a handgun and demanded money from an employee, police said. The assailant took and undisclosed amount of cash and fled the scene, according to police.

No injuries were reported.

Police said the suspect was a tall black male, with short hair and a goatee.

Later that afternoon there was an attempted robbery on the other end of Lockheed Boulevard in Huntley Meadows Park, but in this case police were able to arrest a suspect.

Jose Ines Cabellero Morales, 21, of no fixed address, faces a robbery charge after allegedly grabbing a person in the park from behind during a strong-arm robbery attempt around 4:15 p.m.

Police did not say if the victim was injured. 

Other incidents reported in Monday’s blotter from the Mount Vernon police district:

Robbery: Sunday evening around 7:25 p.m. police say the received a call from a person in the 7500 block of Milway Drive saying he had been forced to enter his home by a man with a gun. Unspecified property was taken from the home, police said, and they believe the incident is “related to narcotics.”

DWI/Traffic pursuit: Police say a driver failed to stop after an officer observed a traffic infraction near the intersection of Audubon Avenue and Pelican Place around 11:55 p.m. Saturday night. The driver eventually stopped, and Victor Geovani Contreras Perez, 38, of Alexandria, was arrested and charged with DWI–2nd in ten years, providing false identification, and multiple traffic charges, police said.

Larceny: 1500 block of Belle View Boulevard, liquor from business
Larceny: 1500 block of Belle View Boulevard, merchandise from business
Larceny: 1600 block of Belle View Boulevard, merchandise from business
Larceny: 3100 block of Lockheed Boulevard, beer from business
Larceny: 7600 block of Richmond Highway, shoes from business
Larceny: 7700 block of Richmond Highway, merchandise from business
Larceny: 6300 block of South Kings Highway, beer from business