{"id":631726,"date":"2026-05-08T22:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/631726\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T22:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:41:10","slug":"lynchburg-police-investigate-breaking-and-entering-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/631726\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynchburg police investigate breaking and entering incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WFXR Roanoke;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfxrtv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WFXR Roanoke\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Fri, May 8, 2026 at 8:22 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"651\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wfxr_roanoke_articles_798\/1b46b355759ee755cd324b0118b3a77d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LYNCHBURG, Va. (WFXR) \u2013 The Lynchburg Police Department (LPD) is searching for a suspect accused of breaking and entering into a residence on May 8.<\/p>\n<p>At around 10 a.m., Lynchburg law enforcement say they responded to the 3600 block of Old Forest Road on reports of breaking and entering.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect allegedly entered the building by damaging a back door and fled the scene before police arrived. No one was harmed, police report.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement say the incident currently appears isolated and there is no public threat. They describe the suspect as a middle-aged black male wearing glasses, a dark-colored graphic t-shirt and a baseball hat.<\/p>\n<p>Those with any information are encouraged to contact 434-455-6102. People can also submit tips anonymously with Crime Stoppers through phone at 888-798-5900 or <a data-ylk=\"slk:website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/p3tips.com\/community\/index.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Those submitting tips can also use the P3 Tips mobile app.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFXRtv.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfxrtv.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFXRtv.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fri, May 8, 2026 at 8:22 PM UTC LYNCHBURG, Va. (WFXR) \u2013 The Lynchburg Police Department (LPD) is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21551,4,450,451,4381,273041,3,101612,452,453,273042],"class_list":["post-631726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-and-entering","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-law-enforcement","tag-lynchburg-police-department","tag-news","tag-police-report","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-wfxr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}