Thief breaks into two State Department buildings, steals phones

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/thief-breaks-into-two-state-department-buildings-steals-phones/2019/01/11/5fc1d67c-15e0-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html

By Carol Morello
The Washington Post
January 11, 2019

The State Department was hit in two separate locations last week by a thief who 
got away with dozens of cellphones and electronic equipment.

The department acknowledged that one individual is suspected of slipping into 
two of its buildings -- one in Washington and one in Arlington. A suspect was 
arrested after he allegedly tried to sell the equipment at a restaurant in 
Virginia, and almost all the stolen devices were retrieved.

The suspect was identified by Arlington police as Joel Enriquez-Bueno, 42, with 
no known fixed address. He was charged with grand larceny, grand larceny with 
intent to sell, breaking and entering, and giving a false identity to police. 
It was not clear whether he had retained an attorney. He was being held without 
bond in the Arlington County Detention Facility.

It is unclear why someone apparently targeted two different State Department 
facilities across the river from each other on the same day, suggesting they 
were not chosen at random. It also is unclear whether it is just a coincidence 
that the thefts happened during the government shutdown that has furloughed 4 
in 10 State Department employees, or whether the thief failed to realize that 
Diplomatic Security, which is responsible for protecting property as well as 
lives, is fully staffed despite the shutdown.

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