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Bystander catches suspect during police manhunt in Broyhill Crest

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Joe Brygger points to the spot where he and his brother tackled the suspect.

During a manhunt through the Broyhill Crest neighborhood in Annandale this morning, a bystander captured a suspect being chased by the police.


Although the incident was originally thought to be connected with the series of burglaries plaguing the area in recent weeks, that is not the case, said crime prevention officer Brendan Murphy with the Mason Police District.
The burglar(s) are still out there, so he urges residents to
continue to be vigilant.

There was a huge police presence at the intersection of Bradley
Circle and Larchmont Drive, with at least a dozen police cruisers,
motorcycles, and a helicopter circling overhead. A resident had called the police to report a suspicious person and the police responded in force because of the recent burglaries.

Brygger at the fence the suspect jumped over.

Joe Brygger was installing new windows on the front of the
house at 7051 Bradley Circle when he saw the police activity and went to the
backyard to tell his partners.

In the backyard, Brygger saw police running after a guy,
with no shirt and lots of tattoos. As he saw the man jump the
fence, he heard an officer shout, “get that guy,” Brygger recalls. “He ran
toward me. I kicked him in the leg. It threw him off balance. He tried to run.
I tackled from the back and got him in a full nelson.” Brygger and his brother,
Sonny, who was also working on the house, held the suspect down until the
police got him.
Joe Brygger is 5’ 9,” and he says the suspect “was a lot
bigger.” He heard that the police had been chasing the guy from Gallows
Road.

The suspect ran from police because there is a misdemeanor warrant for him from another jurisdiction, said a spokesperson from the Fairfax County Police Department.

Murphy provided a few more details: He is wanted by the Culpeper police for “woodchuck” activities, which involves
ripping off homeowners for fraudulent landscaping or home repairs. He
was in the neighborhood visiting his girlfriend. Also, Murphy said, the suspect was white, not Hispanic as originally reported, and was not
armed.

Murphy wants residents to call 911 if they see any suspicious individuals, as the burglars have not been caught. In many of these incidents, someone knocks loudly on the front door during daylight hours, and if no one answers, they break in a back door or window and take prescription drugs, jewelry, and cash.

This story was updated at 6 p.m., Nov. 13.

12 responses to “Bystander catches suspect during police manhunt in Broyhill Crest”

  9. I appreciate all the compliments! I'm just a stand up American that helps out and offers help to those in need! Glad all and everyone involved was ok in the end and the bad guy is behind bars! Thank you all, Joe Brygger

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