Two uniforms stolen from a US Army soldier’s car Tuesday morning led to an alert to law enforcement in the Washington area though authorities said it “was not a targeted theft,” according to a copy of the alert obtained by CNN and Anne Arundel County Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Kam Cooke.
The alert was sent out of an abundance of caution due to the security precautions surrounding Wednesday’s inaugural, according to the notification.
The Anne Arundel County Police sent out the “criminal intel alert” describing the soldier’s Army fatigue and military dress uniforms that were lifted out of his unlocked car in the Washington suburb.
Cooke emphasized to CNN that the theft “was not targeted.” Cooke said that other vehicles on the block were also broken into, including the victim’s mother’s car.
“Someone was going down the street shaking the handles of vehicles and got into a few of them,” Cooke told CNN.
This week, the FBI warned other law enforcement agencies that QAnon adherents discussed acting as National Guard soldiers in Washington to try and infiltrate President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, according to a report in the Washington Post.
The alert also comes on the heels of hundreds of pro-Trump extremists that invaded the US Capitol earlier this month in an attempt to stop the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s election win.
The unidentified soldier’s credentialed clothing was inside a suitcase that was inside his car that he happened to leave unlocked, Cooke said. Cooke did not confirm the soldier’s name, if his or her name was sewed onto the stolen articles of clothing, or if the soldier was involved with security at the US Capitol.
As a part of protocol, Cooke said, this matter was passed along to Maryland’s Fusion Center and to the Anne Arundel County intelligence officers to handle the ongoing investigation.
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