Man Sentenced to Jail After Pleading Guilty to Grand Theft of Car, Breaking Into Other Cars With Juvenile Accomplice

NORFOLK, Va. — Dorrion Sharay Mobley, 20, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, March 12, to felony grand larceny of an automobile, felony possession of burglarious tools, numerous counts of misdemeanor vandalism, and misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor after he stole a car and, with the help of a 14-year-old, broke into other cars parked in the Ghent area last summer.

In the morning of July 24, 2024, a woman reported to police that her 2024 Honda Accord, in which she had inadvertently left her key fob, had been stolen from where she last parked it off West 24^th Street. Using the Accord’s built-in GPS tracking system, the woman told police that the car was parked in the 600 block of East Virginia Beach Boulevard. There, officers found Mr. Mobley asleep in the driver’s seat of the Accord with the key fob in his lap, and the car had significant front-end damage that was not there before Mr. Mobley had stolen it. The officers arrested Mr. Mobley, they took him before a magistrate and secured a charge against him for grand larceny of an automobile, and the magistrate granted him a secured bond.

While out on bond on Aug. 20, 2024, Mr. Mobley and the teenage co-defendant covered their faces and broke into about a dozen cars parked in the area of Granby and 17^th streets. Police officers responded to the area and arrested the pair. Both were in possession of burglarious tools — including a screwdriver, a pocketknife, an emergency car window breaker, and a chisel — and stolen valuables from the cars, including several cellphones.

Based on the police’s investigation, Mr. Mobley was charged with multiple felonies, including possession of burglarious tools, and numerous misdemeanors, including vandalism and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Upon this arrest, the magistrate ordered Mr. Mobley held without bail, and Mr. Mobley has remained in jail since. The teenager was also charged in connection with that incident and faced sanctions in Norfolk Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.

On March 12, Mr. Mobley agreed to plead guilty and to serve five months in jail for the grand theft of the Accord, possessing burglarious tools, 10 counts of destruction of property, and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Mr. Mobley further agreed to another six years in custody suspended, to complete two years of supervised probation and five years of good behavior following his release, and to pay $7,000 in restitution to the victims. The sentence was above the high end of Mr. Moseley’s sentencing guidelines, which, because of Mr. Mosley’s lack of a prior criminal record, recommended probation. In exchange for his guilty pleas, the Commonwealth agreed to dismiss his additional charges. Judge Joseph C. Lindsey accepted Mr. Mobley’s plea agreement and sentenced him per the agreement.

“People who break into cars are notoriously difficult to identify and arrest,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramin Fatehi. “I am thankful to the owner of the car who used technology to help the police with Mr. Mobley’s first arrest, and I am thankful to the Norfolk Police for catching Mr. Mobley red-handed. Nationally, arrests for car break-ins do not happen often, but when they do we will seek to hold accountable the people who commit these offenses.”

Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Anthony J. Balady prosecuted Mr. Mobley’s cases, and Norfolk Police Sergeant Vincent R. Tocco led the investigation.

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