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K9 Tracks Thief Who Plowed Stolen Car Into Lorton Home (Update)

A 32-year-old man who plowed a vehicle into an occupied Fairfax County home while fleeing from officers early Thursday, Sept. 7, was tracked down by a police K9, authorities said.

Nico Anthony Doublet

Nico Anthony Doublet

Photo Credit: Fairfax County PD

Nico Anthony Doublet was being held without bond on charges of Trespassing, Auto Theft, and Hit and Run, county police said.

Officers initially responded to reports of a man entering cars on the 9300 block of Cumbria Valley Drive in Lorton around 4:40 a.m. Officers parked their cruisers and approached the area on foot, eventually finding Doublet inside a 2020 BMW X3. 

Doublet ignored the officers’ commands, backed the car out of the driveway and sped off at a high rate of speed — only to plow the vehicle into an electrical box in the front yard of a home in the 8400 block of Whitehaven Court, police said.

The car became engulfed in flames, which spread to the home. Two adults and three children were able to escape unscathed. Doublet ran from the car to evade officers. 

A K9 officer tracked Doublet to a nearby wood line as he was trying to hide. Doublet refused to follow officers’ directions and was taken into custody with the assistance of a K9. He was taken to the hospital to be treated for a minor injury. No other injuries were.

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