Crime Scene: Fairfax


Posted at 06:59 PM ET, 01/25/2012

Man killed in Tuesday night Leesburg Pike crash
By Justin Jouvenal
Michael Clawson, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  06:59 PM ET, 01/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Traffic Accidents

Posted at 10:35 AM ET, 01/25/2012

Fairfax County records no fire deaths in 2011 — a first
By Justin Jouvenal
Officials credited a “multi-pronged effort.”

By Justin Jouvenal  |  10:35 AM ET, 01/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fires & Fire Safety

Posted at 02:57 PM ET, 01/24/2012

Plea deal for Fairfax pastor accused of sex abuse
By Justin Jouvenal
Tommy R. Shelton could face as much as 20 years in prison.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  02:57 PM ET, 01/24/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, From the Courthouse

Posted at 01:53 PM ET, 01/13/2012

Alfredo Prieto death sentences in Fairfax upheld
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax jury and judge imposed two death sentences for the rape and murder of a young couple outside Reston in 1988.

By Tom Jackman  |  01:53 PM ET, 01/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Tom Jackman, Homicide | Tags:  Alfredo Prieto, Virginia

Posted at 06:00 PM ET, 12/13/2011

Vienna father charged with abuse in connection with 2-month-old’s death
By Justin Jouvenal
A Vienna man was charged with child abuse in connection with injuries sustained by his 2-month-old daughter, who died Monday.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  06:00 PM ET, 12/13/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 09:27 AM ET, 12/13/2011

Police identify man killed in Reston shooting
By Justin Jouvenal
Colvin Morris, 34, was shot around 4:15 p.m. Monday and later died at a nearby hospital, Fairfax County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  09:27 AM ET, 12/13/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 05:52 PM ET, 12/12/2011

Va. man’s July disappearance now called ‘suspicious’
By Justin Jouvenal
Police say there is new evidence in the disappearance of Oscar Velasco Montano, 30, last seen in Tysons Corner.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  05:52 PM ET, 12/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Missing Persons

Posted at 01:02 PM ET, 12/06/2011

Fire at home of federal judge under investigation
By Justin Jouvenal
The Monday evening blaze caused about $300,000 worth of damage to the McLean home of U.S. District Court Judge Liam O’Grady, Fairfax County fire officials said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  01:02 PM ET, 12/06/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fires & Fire Safety

Posted at 03:19 PM ET, 12/01/2011

Retail crime, police activity jumps during holidays
By Allison Klein
An alert Tysons Corner mall clerk helped police catch a man wanted in Prince George’s County.

By Allison Klein  |  03:19 PM ET, 12/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Allison Klein, Fairfax

Posted at 02:50 PM ET, 11/30/2011

Woman wanted in carjackings and robberies arrested
By Allison Klein
Stephanie Schwab, 26, was taken into custody in Montgomery County.

By Allison Klein  |  02:50 PM ET, 11/30/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Allison Klein, Fairfax

Posted at 02:42 PM ET, 11/29/2011

Man charged with Fairfax Station bank robbery
By Justin Jouvenal
A 22-year-old man was arrested in the Richmond area Friday for allegedly robbing a BB&T bank in Fairfax Station on Nov. 21, Fairfax County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  02:42 PM ET, 11/29/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 05:51 PM ET, 11/28/2011

Man electrocuted in Centreville accident
By Justin Jouvenal
A 35-year-old man was electrocuted outside a Centreville home Monday when a ladder he was moving came in contact with a power line, Fairfax County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  05:51 PM ET, 11/28/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fires & Fire Safety

Posted at 07:14 PM ET, 11/22/2011

Tysons carjacking suspect also wanted in robbery
By David Marino-Nachison
Fairfax County police said they have obtained a warrant for Stephanie Lynn Schwab, 26, of Manassas in connection with the carjacking of a silver 2003 Acura.

By David Marino-Nachison  |  07:14 PM ET, 11/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  David P. Marino-Nachison, Fairfax, Pr. William

Posted at 12:19 PM ET, 11/02/2011

Police: Man tried to grab girl walking to school in Mt. Vernon
By Justin Jouvenal
A man attempted to grab a 14-year-old girl as she walked to school Friday morning in Mount Vernon, but the teen was able to fight him off and escape, Fairfax County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  12:19 PM ET, 11/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 05:52 PM ET, 10/26/2011

Authorities: MS-13 gang leader ran underage prostitution ring
By Justin Jouvenal
Rances Ulices Amaya, 23, also known as “Blue” or “Murder,” was charged with sex trafficking.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  05:52 PM ET, 10/26/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Gangs

Posted at 04:59 PM ET, 10/26/2011

Police: Man impersonated officer, sexually assaulted women
By Justin Jouvenal
Thomas C. Kim, 31, used the same technique in both assaults and there could be additional victims who have not reported crimes yet, police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  04:59 PM ET, 10/26/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 01:28 PM ET, 10/18/2011

Jury issues $456K award in legal malpractice case
By Justin Jouvenal
A jury has ordered a Fairfax attorney to pay more than $456,000 in damages after it found he negligently represented a woman in her 2009 divorce settlement, according to court documents.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  01:28 PM ET, 10/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 01:46 PM ET, 10/13/2011

Police: Slain business man was victim of targeted robbery
By Justin Jouvenal
Yong Suk Yun was found dead inside his upscale Fairfax Station home last year. Detectives released new details in the case to try to generate fresh leads.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  01:46 PM ET, 10/13/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Homicide

Posted at 05:12 PM ET, 10/12/2011

Man attempts to abduct teen girl in Oakton
By Justin Jouvenal
A man tried to force a 16-year-old girl into his car as she was walking to school in Oakton Tuesday morning, Fairfax County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  05:12 PM ET, 10/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 06:21 PM ET, 10/11/2011

Alexandria man guilty of voluntary manslaughter in killing
By Justin Jouvenal
A Fairfax County jury has found an Alexandria man guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced him to two-and-a-half years in prison for killing an acquaintance in January.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  06:21 PM ET, 10/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Alexandria, Fairfax, Homicide

Posted at 01:15 PM ET, 10/10/2011

Wedding party’s purses stolen during wedding in Va. church
By Mary Pat Flaherty
While the bridal party was upstairs, police say, a thief ripped off the purses left in a downstairs church hall.

By Mary Pat Flaherty  |  01:15 PM ET, 10/10/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Mary Pat Flaherty, Fairfax

Posted at 06:13 PM ET, 09/29/2011

Man who killed woman not guilty due to insanity
By Justin Jouvenal
A Fairfax County jury has found a man not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2009 killing of a Bailey’s Crossroads woman and the stabbing of a 2-year-old girl.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  06:13 PM ET, 09/29/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Homicide

Posted at 04:14 PM ET, 09/29/2011

Doctors: Carmela Dela Rosa suffered from major depression
By Justin Jouvenal
The Fairfax County woman accused of dropping her granddaughter off a 44-foot walkway at a mall was mentally ill and tried to commit suicide, witnesses testified Thursday.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  04:14 PM ET, 09/29/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Homicide

Posted at 05:42 PM ET, 09/28/2011

Fairfax police officer arrested after fight
By Justin Jouvenal
A 21-year veteran of the Fairfax County police force was charged with assault and battery after he allegedly fought with an acquaintance in Bristow last week, Prince William County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  05:42 PM ET, 09/28/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Pr. William

Posted at 08:50 PM ET, 09/25/2011

Grandmother pleads insanity in toddler killing
By Justin Jouvenal
Authorities allege that Carmela Dela Rosa calmly went to the edge of a five-story walkway at Tysons Corner Center last November and sent her two-year granddaughter plunging over the edge.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  08:50 PM ET, 09/25/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Homicide

Posted at 06:19 PM ET, 09/20/2011

Man wanted on sex assault charges arrested at Dulles
By the Associated Press
Customs agents at Dulles Airport have arrested a Maryland man wanted on charges of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.

By the Associated Press  |  06:19 PM ET, 09/20/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Maryland, Fairfax

Posted at 01:24 PM ET, 09/19/2011

Police: Woman made up abduction story
By Justin Jouvenal
A woman who reported being abducted by men in a white van as she walked down a Merrifield area street last week made the story up, Fairfax County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  01:24 PM ET, 09/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 04:52 PM ET, 09/16/2011

Police: Men in van abduct woman from Merrifield street
By Justin Jouvenal
Three men in a white van abducted a woman from a Merrifield street on Monday night, assaulted her, and then pushed her out of the vehicle after she fought back, Fairfax County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  04:52 PM ET, 09/16/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 06:35 PM ET, 09/15/2011

2 arrested in burglary of McLean home
By Justin Jouvenal
Two people have been charged for allegedly breaking into a McLean home, demanding money from the occupants and then striking a woman in her 70s, Fairfax County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  06:35 PM ET, 09/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 04:48 PM ET, 09/14/2011

Burglars rob McLean couple in home
By Justin Jouvenal
Two burglars broke into a couple’s McLean home Wednesday morning and then demanded money and struck a woman in her 70s, Fairfax County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  04:48 PM ET, 09/14/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 05:38 PM ET, 09/09/2011

5 years for Chantilly woman in counterfeiting case
By Erica W. Morrison
A Chantilly woman was sentenced to five years in prison for selling counterfeit computer networking equipment, laundering money and fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship, authorities said Friday.

By Erica W. Morrison  |  05:38 PM ET, 09/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  From the Courthouse, Fairfax

Posted at 08:25 AM ET, 09/07/2011

Herndon police chief to take new job
By Justin Jouvenal
Herndon’s police chief announced he will step down in November to take the top law enforcement position for a city in eastern North Carolina.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  08:25 AM ET, 09/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 06:43 PM ET, 09/06/2011

Md. man pleads guilty to charges in fatal home invasion
By Justin Jouvenal
A Prince George’s County man pleaded guilty in federal court in connection with a 2008 home invasion that left three people dead in Springfield, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  06:43 PM ET, 09/06/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Homicide, Fairfax

Posted at 02:30 PM ET, 09/06/2011

Prosecutor: Band director thought he was soliciting student
By Justin Jouvenal
A band director with Fairfax County schools charged with soliciting a child online was corresponding with an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old boy from his school, prosecutors said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  02:30 PM ET, 09/06/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 08:32 PM ET, 08/30/2011

Fairfax County officers cleared in fatal shooting
By Justin Jouvenal
Two Fairfax County police officers have been cleared in the fatal shooting of a Centreville-area man, who approached them holding a shotgun and refused to drop the weapon, police said Tuesday.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  08:32 PM ET, 08/30/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Police Shootings

Posted at 03:38 PM ET, 08/29/2011

Police find scene in Springfield girl’s assault
By Justin Jouvenal
Fairfax County police said they have found the scene where a 5-year-old girl was assaulted after being abducted from a bed in her Springfield home early Saturday.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  03:38 PM ET, 08/29/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Crime Scene, Fairfax

Posted at 12:43 PM ET, 08/02/2011

Fairfax woman in fatal two-vehicle crash charged
By June Q. Wu

By June Q. Wu  |  12:43 PM ET, 08/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Traffic Accidents

Posted at 11:01 AM ET, 08/02/2011

Sixth victim in mall slashings comes forward
By June Q. Wu
A 21-year-old woman has come forward in what police say is the sixth reported attack on young women and teenage girls at Fairfax County shopping malls since February. 

By June Q. Wu  |  11:01 AM ET, 08/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 10:07 AM ET, 08/01/2011

Sketch of suspect released in family abduction
By Justin Jouvenal
Police have released a sketch of a suspect they say abducted a family from their Herndon apartment, robbed them and left them in a secluded area of Fairfax County last Thursday.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  10:07 AM ET, 08/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 09:49 AM ET, 07/21/2011

Springfield man arrested in slaying of his father
By Justin Jouvenal
Police and U.S. Marshals arrested Richard Hanson, 53, in Scranton, Pa. shortly after midnight, police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  09:49 AM ET, 07/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Homicide, Fairfax

Posted at 06:28 AM ET, 07/21/2011

Police fatally shoot armed man in Centreville
By Justin Jouvenal
The man refused orders to drop his weapon and began approaching officers, authorities said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  06:28 AM ET, 07/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Homicide

Posted at 11:45 AM ET, 07/20/2011

1 killed, 5 hurt in Fairfax crash
By Justin Jouvenal
A truck driver was killed and five people were injured Tuesday when a truck crossed the median on a busy Fairfax road and caused a multi-vehicle pileup, police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  11:45 AM ET, 07/20/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Traffic Accidents

Posted at 03:40 PM ET, 07/08/2011

Manslaughter charge for Md. man in Fairfax County crash
By June Q. Wu
A Maryland man police said was driving under the influence has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in a June 5 two-vehicle crash on Columbia Pike, police said Friday.

By June Q. Wu  |  03:40 PM ET, 07/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Traffic Accidents

Posted at 02:40 PM ET, 07/08/2011

Child pornography charges for Herndon man
By June Q. Wu
A Herndon man has been arrested and charged with possessing and producing child pornography, police said Friday.

By June Q. Wu  |  02:40 PM ET, 07/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 04:44 PM ET, 07/05/2011

Police: Woman, 21, dies when brother’s car hits tree
By June Q. Wu
A 27-year-old Burke man was driving under the influence early Monday lost control of his car and killed his sister, who was in the back seat, Fairfax County police said.

By June Q. Wu  |  04:44 PM ET, 07/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Traffic Accidents

Posted at 09:27 AM ET, 07/05/2011

Police: Great Falls man charged with father’s slaying
By Justin Jouvenal
Officers discovered the body of Lawrence Emmer, 62, after a report of a break-in and a stabbing in the 1200 block of Colvin Meadows Lane, according to police.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  09:27 AM ET, 07/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Homicide, Fairfax

Posted at 04:36 PM ET, 06/30/2011

Deadly cat virus strikes Fairfax County
By June Q. Wu
Every cat in the Fairfax County Animal Shelter was euthanized Wednesday night to contain the spread of a highly contagious virus, Fairfax County police said Thursday. 

By June Q. Wu  |  04:36 PM ET, 06/30/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Animal Stories, Fairfax

Posted at 09:06 AM ET, 06/30/2011

Motorcyclist killed in McLean crash
By David Marino-Nachison
A Hyattsville man was killed in McLean when his motorcycle was hit head-on, Fairfax County police said Thursday.

By David Marino-Nachison  |  09:06 AM ET, 06/30/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  David P. Marino-Nachison, Traffic Accidents, Fairfax

Posted at 01:37 PM ET, 06/23/2011

Death penalty for Va. man in woman’s killing
By Victor Zapana
A Fairfax County man who bludgeoned a woman with a hammer and sexually assaulted her as she lay dying was sentenced to death Thursday.

By Victor Zapana  |  01:37 PM ET, 06/23/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, From the Courthouse

Posted at 08:27 AM ET, 06/23/2011

Pedestrian, 60, killed in Hybla Valley
By Justin Jouvenal
A 60-year-old man was struck and killed by an SUV Wednesday night as he crossed Richmond Highway in Hybla Valley, Fairfax County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  08:27 AM ET, 06/23/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Traffic Accidents

Posted at 06:04 PM ET, 06/22/2011

Sources: Marine reservist linked to area shootings
By Washington Post Staff
The Marine Reservist and Fairfax County resident whose overnight presence at Arlington National Cemetery sparked an aggressive police response Friday may also be connected to the series of shootings at area military sites late last year, law enforcement sources said.

By Washington Post Staff  |  06:04 PM ET, 06/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Updates, Arlington, Fairfax, Pr. William

Posted at 09:16 AM ET, 06/21/2011

Thief thwarts planned tribute to soldiers’ sacrifice
By Justin Jouvenal
Adorned with images of Purple Hearts, a soldier’s purple Harley was to be a unique rolling tribute to those who have been wounded or killed in the nation’s service. But a thief has put those plans on hold.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  09:16 AM ET, 06/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 02:15 PM ET, 06/09/2011

Motorcyclist dies in Huntington-area crash
By Justin Jouvenal
A motorcyclist died Wednesday evening in the Huntington area after he struck a car and was thrown from his bike, according to Fairfax County police.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  02:15 PM ET, 06/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Traffic Accidents

Posted at 08:10 AM ET, 06/09/2011

Victim identified in Centreville fatal stabbing
By Justin Jouvenal
Mihwa Kim, 49, was fatally stabbed during a domestic dispute Monday that left two others injured, police say.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  08:10 AM ET, 06/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Updates

Posted at 11:13 AM ET, 06/07/2011

Sketch: Intruder accused of sex assault
By Justin Jouvenal
Police have released a composite sketch of a man they say broke into a woman’s apartment in the Herndon area and sexually assaulted her.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  11:13 AM ET, 06/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Sex Crimes

Posted at 10:31 AM ET, 06/06/2011

1 dead, 2 injured in Centreville stabbing
By Justin Jouvenal
One woman is dead following an apparent domestic dispute in Centreville that turned violent, Fairfax County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  10:31 AM ET, 06/06/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 10:01 AM ET, 05/31/2011

Redskins’ Albert Haynesworth settles Va. assault charge
By Tom Jackman
An assault charge against Redskins lineman Albert Haynesworth was dismissed Tuesday morning under a Virginia law which allows for a defendant to make "accord and satisfaction" with the victim.

By Tom Jackman  |  10:01 AM ET, 05/31/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Celebrities, Fairfax

Posted at 06:40 AM ET, 05/31/2011

Haynesworth may settle road-rage case
By Associated Press
Washington Redskins defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth has a court date in Fairfax County amid efforts to settle a criminal charge that he assaulted a motorist in a road-rage case.

By Associated Press  |  06:40 AM ET, 05/31/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Celebrities, Fairfax

Posted at 11:49 AM ET, 05/28/2011

Man, 18, charged with murder in father’s death
By David Nakamura
Fairfax County police have arrested an 18-year-old and charged him with fatally stabbing his father.

By David Nakamura  |  11:49 AM ET, 05/28/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Homicide

Posted at 10:14 AM ET, 05/26/2011

Albert Haynesworth Va. trial postponed
By Tom Jackman
The misdemeanor assault trial of Redskins lineman Albert Haynesworth, set for Thursday morning in Fairfax County General District Court, was postponed until next week.

By Tom Jackman  |  10:14 AM ET, 05/26/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Celebrities, Fairfax, Tom Jackman

Posted at 07:11 AM ET, 05/16/2011

Teen killed while pushing car in Fairfax County
By Justin Jouvenal
A 19-year-old man has died after a car slammed into the disabled vehicle he was pushing along Route 7 in the Herndon area, Fairfax County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  07:11 AM ET, 05/16/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Traffic Accidents

Posted at 10:49 AM ET, 05/12/2011

Manslaughter charge for Va. man after deadly crash
By Justin Jouvenal
An Alexandria man faces charges following a crash in Franconia that killed a passenger in his car, police said Thursday. The man was allegedly driving under the influence.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  10:49 AM ET, 05/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Traffic Accidents

Posted at 08:35 AM ET, 05/11/2011

Arrest made in fatal Lorton accident
By Justin Jouvenal
A Woodbrige man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with a February car crash that killed a woman in the Lorton area, according to Fairfax County police.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  08:35 AM ET, 05/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Traffic Accidents

Posted at 09:37 AM ET, 04/25/2011

Man, 22, killed after Sunday Fairfax crash
By
A 22-year-old Reston man was killed Sunday after he lost control of the car he was driving and crashed into a back yard off the Fairfax County Parkway.

By  |  09:37 AM ET, 04/25/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Traffic Accidents, Fairfax

Posted at 09:52 AM ET, 04/15/2011

Police: Woman, 62, sexually assaulted in Franconia
By Justin Jouvenal
Police are searching for a suspect after a 62-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in Franconia Tuesday, Fairfax County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  09:52 AM ET, 04/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Sex Crimes

Posted at 11:26 AM ET, 04/13/2011

Police ID man who died in crash
By Allison Klein
Fairfax County Police have identified a man who died when his speeding car struck a tree the afternoon of March 29.

By Allison Klein  |  11:26 AM ET, 04/13/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Allison Klein, Fairfax, Traffic Accidents

Posted at 10:17 AM ET, 04/11/2011

Herndon woman charged after 27 dead cats found in home
By Justin Jouvenal
A Herndon woman has been a charged with animal cruelty and other offenses in a case where 27 cats died in her home, Fairfax County police said.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  10:17 AM ET, 04/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Animal Stories, Fairfax

Posted at 10:34 AM ET, 04/07/2011

Police find owner of Va. home where 20 to 30 dead cats were found
By Justin Jouvenal
The remains of 20 to 30 dead cats were discovered Tuesday in her Herndon home.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  10:34 AM ET, 04/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Animal Stories, Fairfax, Fairfax

Posted at 05:44 PM ET, 04/05/2011

Suspended jail sentence for day-care worker who slapped child
By Justin Jouvenal
An Alexandria day-care provider lost an appeal Tuesday to have her conviction for slapping a 4-year-old overturned, her attorney said

By Justin Jouvenal  |  05:44 PM ET, 04/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  From the Courthouse, Fairfax, Unsolved

Posted at 08:32 AM ET, 03/23/2011

Va. dance teacher stole from students
By Allison Klein
A dance teacher pleaded guilty to theft and fraud for stealing credit cards from his students’ purses during class time at Born 2 Dance studio in Vienna, police said.

By Allison Klein  |  08:32 AM ET, 03/23/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Allison Klein, Fairfax, From the Courthouse

Posted at 11:05 AM ET, 03/22/2011

Fairfax County bus caused fatal Rt. 1 crash: Police
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax County Fastran bus started a chain reaction crash that killed a Fort Belvoir man on Route 1 Monday afternoon, when the bus failed to stop for traffic that had slowed for a red light, Fairfax police said Tuesday.

By Tom Jackman  |  11:05 AM ET, 03/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Tom Jackman, Traffic Accidents, Fairfax

Posted at 09:46 AM ET, 03/03/2011

Woman killed in McLean crash
By Allison Klein
A Leesburg woman was killed Wednesday after her car ran a stop sign in McLean and was hit by an oncoming SUV, according to Fairfax County police. Sow-Hoong Hon was driving a 1999 Honda Accord north on Bellview Road around...

By Allison Klein  |  09:46 AM ET, 03/03/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Allison Klein, Fairfax, Traffic Accidents

Posted at 07:35 AM ET, 03/01/2011

August double murder trial for Va. man
By Associated Press
An August trial is set for a Virginia man charged with killing a West Virginia woman and her 3-year-old son. Media outlets report that 34-year-old Antonio Prophet of Lorton, Va., pleaded not guilty Monday in Berkeley County Circuit Court....

By Associated Press  |  07:35 AM ET, 03/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Around the Nation, Fairfax, From the Courthouse, Updates

Posted at 12:45 PM ET, 02/28/2011

Plea halted in "goth" slaying case
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax County woman entered a plea Monday morning in the slaying of a well-known District nightlife figure last year, but the hearing broke down as the woman's lawyer tried to build a case for the future dismissal of all...

By Tom Jackman  |  12:45 PM ET, 02/28/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Homicide, Tom Jackman

Posted at 02:44 PM ET, 01/19/2011

Bank robbery in Mount Vernon
By Elizabeth Flock
A bank robbery occurred at a Mount Vernon Wachovia Bank Tuesday morning. A man entered the bank at 7706 Richmond Highway in Hybla Valley around 10:50 a.m. and passed a note to a teller. The teller complied with the suspect's demands and the suspect fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash. There were no injuries.

By Elizabeth Flock  |  02:44 PM ET, 01/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 09:13 AM ET, 01/04/2011

Tax charges for Fairfax City restaurateur
By Elizabeth Flock
The owner of a Fairfax Cit restaurant has been charged with embezzlement for allegedly failing to pay meals tax collections totaling nearly $26,000, police said. Police said that Cindi Azzouz, 35, owner of Pizzarama, failed to pay meals taxes collected at the restaurant over five six-month periods between December 2006 and June 2010.

By Elizabeth Flock  |  09:13 AM ET, 01/04/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax

Posted at 09:28 AM ET, 01/03/2011

Man found on I-66 on-ramp dies
By Elizabeth Flock
The Virginia State Police have opened a homicide investigation after the 20-year-old man found on an Interstate 66 on-ramp in Fairfax County Dec. 27 died, authorities said. The man, Jabrill Y. Mara, of Springfield, died Wednesday, according to police. His...

By Elizabeth Flock  |  09:28 AM ET, 01/03/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax

Posted at 04:36 PM ET, 12/27/2010

Man critical after I-66 ramp incident
By David P. Marino-Nachison
Police are seeking the public's help as they investigate an incident that left a man in a hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was found on an I-66 on-ramp early Monday. Police were notified of a man on the Nutley...

By David P. Marino-Nachison  |  04:36 PM ET, 12/27/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:30 PM ET, 12/17/2010

Suspected serial burglar indicted
By Dan Morse and Tom Jackman
Brad K. Edmonds, suspected in more than 110 burglaries or attempted break-ins Fairfax County, was indicted on seven counts in Montgomery County, where he was captured last month, authorities said Friday. A grand jury in Montgomery handed up the...

By Dan Morse and Tom Jackman  |  04:30 PM ET, 12/17/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax

Posted at 10:40 AM ET, 12/16/2010

Arrest in 6 N. Va. bank robberies
By Caitlin Gibson
A West Virginia man has been charged with six bank robberies across Northern Virginia in October and November, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. Benjamin L. Sebastian, 32, of Inwood, was arrested Saturday in West Virginia on felony charges...

By Caitlin Gibson  |  10:40 AM ET, 12/16/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax

Posted at 05:19 PM ET, 12/10/2010

Teacher accused of molesting student
By Tom Jackman
A teacher at Centreville High School has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a student in 2007 and 2008, Fairfax County police said Friday. Brian White, 32, of Haymarket, was arrested Thursday and charged with four counts of indecent liberties with a child under his supervision. He is being held without bond in the Fairfax jail.

By Tom Jackman  |  05:19 PM ET, 12/10/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:31 PM ET, 12/08/2010

Crime commission endorses new police pursuit rules inspired by Fairfax case
By Washington Post Editors
The Virginia Crime Commission has endorsed a proposed law designed to ensure that police pursuits don't endanger other drivers on the road, The Post's Roz Helderman reports on the Virginia Politics blog. The bill would require emergency vehicles passing through...

By Washington Post Editors  |  02:31 PM ET, 12/08/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax

Posted at 03:13 PM ET, 11/06/2010

Pedestrian killed in Fairfax County
By Paul Duggan
An unidentified pedestrian died Friday night after being struck by two vehicles in Fairfax County, police said. The victim, described as a Latino man with black hair and a mustache, in his mid-30s to early 40s, was killed shortly after...

By Paul Duggan  |  03:13 PM ET, 11/06/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax

Posted at 10:55 AM ET, 11/03/2010

Serial burglars strike again?
By Washington Post editors
Police are investigating more cases that may involve the serial burglary suspects in northern Virginia, WUSA reports. Fairfax County Police are investigating several attempted burglaries, including one that was reported at about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 10700 block of Riverscape Run.

By Washington Post editors  |  10:55 AM ET, 11/03/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 02:56 PM ET, 10/25/2010

Motorcyclist killed in Fairfax accident
By Tom Jackman
A Prince George's County man was killed Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle crashed into a sport-utility vehicle in the Annandale area of Fairfax County, Fairfax police said Monday.

By Tom Jackman  |  02:56 PM ET, 10/25/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:22 PM ET, 10/22/2010

Woman slain in Chantilly, husband charged
By Washington Post Editors
update 4:13 p.m. Fairfax police identified the victim as Kathleen Tran, 44, of the 13800-block of Rembrandt Way, and said she was shot in the upper body. Her husband, Tony Tong, 43, has been charged with muder. Police said Tong...

By Washington Post Editors  |  04:22 PM ET, 10/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 12:14 PM ET, 10/22/2010

Body recovered in Occoquan Reservoir
By Maria Glod
A woman's body was found near the shoreline of the Occoquan Reservoir in Fairfax County, where authorities had been searching for a woman who went missing Oct. 16 while rowing. The missing woman, Julia Shew, 64, of Lorton, left the...

By Maria Glod  |  12:14 PM ET, 10/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax

Posted at 09:08 AM ET, 10/19/2010

Search continues for missing boater
By Maria Glod
Fairfax County police said they are continuing a search for a 64-year-old Lorton woman who went rowing Saturday in the Occoquan Reservoir and didn't return. The woman, Julia Shew, is a member of the Occoquan Boat Club, friends said....

By Maria Glod  |  09:08 AM ET, 10/19/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax

Posted at 01:27 AM ET, 10/13/2010

Man found dead in Va. home after fire
By Washington Post Editors
A Fairfax City man was found dead in his home Tuesday morning after a fire that investigators think may have been sparked by a smoldering cigarette. The man’s name was not released pending notification of his family....

By Washington Post Editors  |  01:27 AM ET, 10/13/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax

Posted at 04:59 PM ET, 10/12/2010

More break-ins linked to Fairfax burglar
By Mary Pat Flaherty
Fairfax County Police officers went door-to-door Tuesday notifying residents in the Hunter Mill Road area of an overnight burglary and an attempted burglary detectives believe may be related to 87 other incidents that have occurred throughout the county since August,...

By Mary Pat Flaherty  |  04:59 PM ET, 10/12/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax

Posted at 08:52 PM ET, 10/06/2010

Woman, 37, killed in Va. restaurant
By Washington Post Editors
A 37-year-old woman was attacked and killed in a Springfield-area restaurant Wednesday night by a man she knew, Fairfax County police said. Police who were called to the 5T Bar and Grill, in a strip mall in the 7000 block...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:52 PM ET, 10/06/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax

Posted at 05:05 PM ET, 10/01/2010

Serial burglar strikes again
By Washington Post editors
The serial burglar who has struck all over Fairfax County hit three more homes late Thursday and early Friday, bringing the total to 87 incidents, police said. Fairfax County police said the same person or group is now responsible for...

By Washington Post editors  |  05:05 PM ET, 10/01/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax

Posted at 11:55 AM ET, 09/27/2010

Teen hit by car in Va. dies
By Washington Post Editors
A 15-year-old Centreville area boy died Sunday after he was hit by a car Saturday night, Fairfax County police said.

By Washington Post Editors  |  11:55 AM ET, 09/27/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:06 PM ET, 09/21/2010

Second guilty plea in Va. gold heists
By Mary Pat Flaherty
The husband in a couple that targeted South Asian families in Northern Virginia for break-ins pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to steal at least $500,000 worth of gold and other valuables in 37 burglaries. Dagoberto Soto-Ramirez, 27, of New York...

By Mary Pat Flaherty  |  01:06 PM ET, 09/21/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax

Posted at 03:50 PM ET, 09/16/2010

Alleged speed hump killer's trial postponed
By Tom Jackman
The neighborhood dispute between David A. Patton and Stephen A. Carr in Springfield, over placing a speed hump in front of Carr's house on Field Master Drive, first erupted in June, when the men had a physical argument in Carr's driveway which also ended in Patton's arrest. The misdemeanor assault trial for Patton was set for Thursday. But with the complaining witness, Carr, now dead, prosecutors asked a Fairfax County judge to postpone the case for two months. The trial was rescheduled by Fairfax General District Court Judge William Minor for Nov. 16.

By Tom Jackman  |  03:50 PM ET, 09/16/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:50 PM ET, 09/16/2010

Lawyer arrested again on child porn charges
By Tom Jackman
A lawyer from Fairfax County, who was arrested last month for allegedly paying a teenaged girl to have sex with him while he photographed the encounter, was arrested again Thursday and charged with ten more counts of possessing child pornography. Joshua J. Gessler, 41, was an associate with the prominent Washington law firm of Arnold & Porter in its Tysons Corner office. He was arrested Aug. 9 after a Fairfax woman contacted police and reported that her 15-year-old daughter was engaged in prostitution. Court records showed that Fairfax detectives used the girl's e-mail account to track down Gessler, and that he allegedly sent numerous sexually explicit photos of the girl to her.

By Tom Jackman  |  02:50 PM ET, 09/16/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 06:02 PM ET, 09/15/2010

Revolver seized in speed-hump killing
By Tom Jackman
The backpack taken from a man accused of killing a Fairfax County man over a speed hump Sunday night contained a Smith & Wesson .38-caliber revolver with one shot fired, court records filed Wednesday showed. The suspect in the case, David A. Patton, worked for the Alexandria sheriff's office from 1990 to 1992, but it is not clear whether the gun came from the sheriff's office.

By Tom Jackman  |  06:02 PM ET, 09/15/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:30 AM ET, 09/13/2010

Man shot, killed in Fairfax County
By Washington Post Editors
Update, 11:15 a.m.: Police have released the names of the victim and suspect. Stephen Carr, 48, was shot and killed inside his home. Police have charged David Patton, 44, of the 9100 block of Conservation Way, with murder. The victim...

By Washington Post Editors  |  11:30 AM ET, 09/13/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 03:45 PM ET, 09/07/2010

Fairfax motorcyclist killed in crash
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax County man was killed Tuesday morning when his motorcycle collided with a sport-utility vehicle which turned into his path in the Annandale area, Fairfax police said. Police said Garrick C. Nelson, 23, was driving his 2007 Kawasaki motorcycle west on Little River Turnpike just before 9 a.m.

By Tom Jackman  |  03:45 PM ET, 09/07/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:31 PM ET, 09/07/2010

Court upholds tracking suspects with GPS
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax County man, a convicted sex offender being tracked by police as a suspect in a string of sexual assaults, did not have his rights violated when Fairfax police secretly placed a global positioning system (GPS) device on his vehicle without a warrant, the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. After a string of 11 attacks on women in eastern Fairfax County in 2008, many in the Falls Church area, detectives zeroed in on David L. Foltz because he lived in the area and was previously convicted of rape. He had served 17 years in prison and was released in 2007.

By Tom Jackman  |  02:31 PM ET, 09/07/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:10 PM ET, 09/07/2010

Fairfax firefighters raise most for MDA
By Tom Jackman
Motorists in Fairfax County contributed $561,487 to Fairfax firefighters and paramedics who roamed the busiest intersections of the county over the Labor Day weekend in their annual "Fill the Boot" campaign. Fairfax firefighters union spokesman Joel Kobersteen said the donations by Fairfax drivers were the most in the nation, topping the collections in Houston of $489,081.

By Tom Jackman  |  02:10 PM ET, 09/07/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:40 AM ET, 09/07/2010

Culosi wrongful death trial set for Jan.
By Tom Jackman
Five years after optometrist Salvatore J. Culosi was shot to death outside his home by a Fairfax County police officer, that officer will go on trial in January, to face a wrongful death civil suit filed by Culosi's parents, court records show. Culosi was 37 and being investigated by Fairfax undercover detectives for sports gambling on Jan. 24, 2006, when a SWAT team was called in to arrest him near his townhouse in the Fair Oaks area. But SWAT Officer Deval V. Bullock drew his .45-caliber handgun and fired at the unarmed Culosi, striking him once in the heart and killing him almost instantly.

By Tom Jackman  |  11:40 AM ET, 09/07/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 06:01 AM ET, 09/07/2010

3rd death penalty attempt in Fairfax
By Tom Jackman
The re-sentencing of Alfredo R. Prieto, convicted of three murders and two rapes, charged with a fourth murder and suspected of a fifth murder, will return to a Fairfax County courtroom Tuesday morning, where Fairfax prosecutors will try for a third time to obtain the death penalty for him. Prieto, 44, was already on death row in California for the 1990 rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl when DNA matched him to the rape and murder of Rachael A. Raver, and the murder of her boyfriend Warren H. Fulton III, both 22, in a vacant lot outside Reston in December 1988.

By Tom Jackman  |  06:01 AM ET, 09/07/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 05:17 PM ET, 09/01/2010

Vigil for Fairfax girl killed crossing road
By Tom Jackman
A candlelight vigil is planned for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in remembrance of Rebecca Johns, the nine-year-old Fairfax County girl who was killed Monday night when she was hit by a car while trying to cross Franconia Road. Johns, who lived on Clermont Drive, was with two teenaged girls on bicycles about 4:30 p.m. Monday. The two older girls crossed Franconia Road near Cannon Lane, but Johns was hit by a 2004 Mercury sedan driven by an 80-year-old Alexandria man.

By Tom Jackman  |  05:17 PM ET, 09/01/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:45 PM ET, 08/31/2010

4,000 gallons of gas spilled in Fairfax
By Tom Jackman
A full gasoline tanker overturned in Fairfax City Saturday afternoon, and fire officials estimate about 4,000 gallons were spilled along Little River Turnpike, some of which entered storm drains and some entered a nearby creek, city and county fire officials said. Fairfax County fire spokesman Dan Schmidt said most of the spilled gas had been recovered, because hazardous materials crews quickly set up booms and dikes to stop it from spreading.

By Tom Jackman  |  02:45 PM ET, 08/31/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:32 AM ET, 08/31/2010

Girl, 9, killed in Fairfax
By Washington Post Editors
A 9-year-old Fairfax County girl was struck by a car and fatally injured Monday afternoon while crossing a road on her bicycle, county police said. Rebecca Johns of Clermont Drive was struck about 4:30 p.m. south of Alexandria on Franconia...

By Washington Post Editors  |  01:32 AM ET, 08/31/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:53 PM ET, 08/27/2010

Fairfax man killed in motorcycle crash
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax County man was killed Wednesday night when his motorcycle crashed into a pickup truck in the Baileys Crossroads area, Fairfax police said Friday.

By Tom Jackman  |  04:53 PM ET, 08/27/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 06:10 PM ET, 08/25/2010

Fairfax City man arrested for La. murder
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax City man, who is originally from Lafayette, La., and returned there regularly, went back for a court hearing earlier this month and was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder. In March, a Pizza Hut delivery driver named Timothy Falgout, 50, was stabbed to death in Lafayette and his wallet taken. Investigators found the knife used in the killing, according to records filed in Fairfax County this week, and found blood from two different people besides Falgout. Deputies allege that one of the blood samples was matched through DNA to Aaron Richards, 34, who lives in an apartment on Gainsborough Court, just off Jermantown Road in Fairfax City.

By Tom Jackman  |  06:10 PM ET, 08/25/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 05:23 PM ET, 08/25/2010

Bartenders' fire charges dismissed
By Tom Jackman
Three felony burning charges filed against two fire-breathing Herndon bartenders will be dismissed, the Fairfax County commonwealth's attorney said Wednesday, but misdemeanor charges will stand.

By Tom Jackman  |  05:23 PM ET, 08/25/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:25 PM ET, 08/25/2010

Boy electrocuted in Fairfax identified
By Tom Jackman
The Fairfax City teen who was electrocuted Tuesday night while trimming a tree near his home was identified Wednesday by police as Gregory Malsam, 17, of the 4200 block of Berritt Street. Authorities said Malsam was about 20 feet up...

By Tom Jackman  |  02:25 PM ET, 08/25/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 12:08 PM ET, 08/20/2010

Fatal crash in Fairfax
By Maria Glod
A 21-year-old Sterling woman died after a Friday morning crash in the Chantilly area, Fairfax County police said. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined, and the investigation is ongoing, police said. Burbuqe Mirena, 21, of the...

By Maria Glod  |  12:08 PM ET, 08/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 05:20 PM ET, 08/18/2010

Top Redskins pick gets ticketed
By Tom Jackman
Offensive lineman Trent Williams, the Redskins' first draft pick this year, is due in Fairfax County traffic court next week for a reckless driving ticket he picked up on the Dulles Toll Road in June, court records show. Williams, 22, was pulled over at 1:10 a.m. on Sunday, June 6. He was allegedly going 90 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone, according to the ticket written by Fairfax Officer Amanda Bronson, as he headed west on the toll road near the Fairfax County Parkway.

By Tom Jackman  |  05:20 PM ET, 08/18/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:30 PM ET, 08/18/2010

Thief targets Va. town hall artwork
By Maria Glod
Fairfax City's historic Old Town Hall was targeted by a thief who swiped three paintings by local artists, police said Wednesday. Fairfax City police said the facilities coordinator at the hall, located at 3999 University Drive, reported the thefts Aug....

By Maria Glod  |  02:30 PM ET, 08/18/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:01 PM ET, 08/13/2010

15 months for stealing $279K from Va. school
By Mary Pat Flaherty
A former administrator at Fairfax County's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for stealing more than $279,000 from student activity accounts to support her gambling habit, federal prosecutors announced. Susan...

By Mary Pat Flaherty  |  04:01 PM ET, 08/13/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:39 PM ET, 08/13/2010

TJ thief gets 15 months
By Washington Post editors
Susan Thanh Litwin, 37, of Woodbridge, was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison, for stealing more than $279,000 from student activity accounts at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology to support her gambling habit, federal prosecutors announced.

By Washington Post editors  |  02:39 PM ET, 08/13/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:44 PM ET, 08/11/2010

Firefighters hurt as ladder hits wire
By Tom Jackman
Three Fairfax County firefighters were injured Wednesday morning, and power was lost to 31,000 Northern Virginia homes and businesses, when a ladder on a fire engine struck two power lines in the Lorton area of southern Fairfax. The firefighters were doing a weekly test of the ladder on the truck at the Crosspointe station, just off Route 123 on Hampton Road, about 8:40 a.m., Fairfax fire spokesman Dan Schmidt said. As the firefighters were extending the ladder near the station, it struck two lines and shot a bolt of high voltage electricity through the truck, along the concrete driveway and into the station, sparking a short fire at the electrical box, Schmidt said.

By Tom Jackman  |  01:44 PM ET, 08/11/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:16 PM ET, 07/26/2010

Doctor charged with sexual battery
By Maria Glod
An Annandale doctor accused of sexual battery has turned himself in to authorities, Fairfax County police said Monday. Ravi K. Veluri, 58, who works at the Family Care Medical Care Center on Beauregard Street in the Alexandria section of the...

By Maria Glod  |  04:16 PM ET, 07/26/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:17 PM ET, 07/23/2010

Police station shooting suit in court
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax County judge Friday threw out one count of a lawsuit filed by a man who was shot five times in front of a Fairfax police station, ruling that the county is protected from civil lawsuits by its sovereign...

By Tom Jackman  |  04:17 PM ET, 07/23/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:44 AM ET, 07/22/2010

Alleged serial gold burglar gets jail
By Tom Jackman
A New York man, who is facing a federal conspiracy charge for allegedly committing 37 gold-related burglaries in Northern Virginia last year, was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail for an incident where he broke into a house, was confronted by a resident, fled and took nothing. Dagoberto Soto Ramirez, 27, was arrested along with his wife, Melinda Soto, 34, and a third New Yorker, Francisco Gray, 39, last November, and charged with a string of burglaries in Fairfax and Loudoun counties, all targeting Indian and South Asian residents who kept gold in their houses.

By Tom Jackman  |  11:44 AM ET, 07/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:24 PM ET, 07/20/2010

Laser aimed at police helicopter--again
By Mary Pat Flaherty
A Fairfax police helicopter returning to its base Thursday was hit by a laser flash, temporarily blinding crew members, police said, and leading to the second felony arrest since February for interfering with a flight. Michael E. Promisel, 18,...

By Mary Pat Flaherty  |  04:24 PM ET, 07/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 12:13 PM ET, 07/19/2010

Minister pleads guilty to molesting boys in Fairfax
By Tom Jackman
The former pastor of a Fairfax County church pleaded guilty Monday morning to molesting two boys who were members of his church in the 1990s, and Fairfax prosecutors agreed to a deal in which the man would spend no time in jail. But Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Randy I. Bellows said he may not accept the deal, in which case the defendant, Tommy R. Shelton Jr., could withdraw his plea and take the case to another judge.

By Tom Jackman  |  12:13 PM ET, 07/19/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:34 PM ET, 07/16/2010

Shooting victim clears legal hurdle
By Tom Jackman
A man who was shot five times outside a Fairfax County police station two years ago cleared his first legal hurdle, in his attempt to sue Fairfax and a police employee, when a judge ruled Friday that a hearing should be held to determine how severely incapacitated he was in the months after the shooting. Najib Gerdak, 28, was standing in front of the Franconia district station on Feb. 2, 2008, when he was shot five times by Jeffrey S. Koger. Gerdak said he went into the station to ask for help, but a civilian employee at the front desk sent him back outside, where he was shot. He said he then waited more than 30 minutes for an ambulance. He survived, but suffered permanent physical damage.

By Tom Jackman  |  01:34 PM ET, 07/16/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 12:45 PM ET, 07/16/2010

Hit-and-run victim lands in jail: Police
By Washington Post Editors
The victim of a hit-and-run in Vienna joined his suspected assailant in jail after he chased down and punched the motorist, authorities said.

By Washington Post Editors  |  12:45 PM ET, 07/16/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:50 PM ET, 07/15/2010

Annandale man guilty in wife's murder
By Tom Jackman
An Annandale man, who fled to Mexico after his wife was found stabbed to death behind their home in 2007, was convicted of second-degree murder Wednesday evening by a Fairfax County jury, and the jury on Thursday imposed a prison sentence of 30 years. Matilde A. Cruz, 57, had separated from her husband, Jose Luis Cruz, 56, and moved out of their home in the 6500 block of Pinecrest Court. But police said their 18-year-old son found her stabbed to death in her car, which had crashed behind the family's house, on Dec. 20, 2007.

By Tom Jackman  |  02:50 PM ET, 07/15/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:34 AM ET, 07/13/2010

Police find remains in Lorton
By Washington Post Editors
Fairfax County police are investigating the discovery of apparent human remains found off a two-lane road that cuts through a wooded area of Lorton. Officers responding to a report of a suspicious event about 8 p.m. Monday found the apparent...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:34 AM ET, 07/13/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 10:42 AM ET, 07/07/2010

Thieves target landscapers
By Washington Post editors
Thieves in Fairfax County are targeting something new: leaf blowers and other landscaping equipment. Police are investigating a rash of landscaping equipment thefts that have occurred throughout the Franconia area from businesses and directly from the landscaping trucks that park...

By Washington Post editors  |  10:42 AM ET, 07/07/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:23 AM ET, 07/06/2010

1 dead, 4 hurt in Va. crash
By Washington Post Editors
A 31-year-old man was killed and four others were injured in a single-car accident in Fairfax County early Monday, police said. Six people were riding in a 2000 Ford Explorer when it hit a tree near Glenclove Drive and Chapel...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:23 AM ET, 07/06/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:29 PM ET, 07/01/2010

Police issue warning on rental scam
By Dan Morse
Hand the deposit to a cleaning guy. Cash only. No need to sign a lease. If the rental agreement sounds a little shady, that’s because it is, and you’ll never actually get a place to live, Fairfax County police said...

By Dan Morse  |  01:29 PM ET, 07/01/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:35 PM ET, 06/30/2010

Charges dropped in Reid's wife's crash
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax County judge on Wednesday dismissed a reckless driving charge against a truck driver who rear-ended a minivan carrying Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid's wife and daughter, ruling there was no proof the truck driver had done anything wrong. Landra G. Reid, 69, suffered a broken neck, broken back and broken nose in the March 11 accident on northbound Interstate 95 near the Fairfax County Parkway, and Lana R. Barringer, 49, had a neck injury and facial lacerations. In a traffic pileup near the "mixing bowl," their car was struck by an 18-wheel tractor-trailer driven by Alan W, Snader, 59, of Franklin, Ohio.

By Tom Jackman  |  02:35 PM ET, 06/30/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:51 AM ET, 06/29/2010

Vanessa Pham fund, vigil set
By Tom Jackman
Friends of Vanessa Pham, the 19-year-old Falls Church-area woman found stabbed to death Sunday afternoon, have established a fund to help her family pay for a funeral service and have scheduled a candelight vigil for her Tuesday night.

By Tom Jackman  |  11:51 AM ET, 06/29/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 09:44 AM ET, 06/29/2010

Missing teens seen in S.C.
By Dan Morse
Two teenage girls reported missing from Fairfax County were seen at a store in Columbia, S.C., on Friday, and were not believed to be under any duress at the time, officials said Tuesday. The development led Fairfax County police to...

By Dan Morse  |  09:44 AM ET, 06/29/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:42 AM ET, 06/28/2010

'Suspicious' crash death in Fairfax
By Washington Post Editors
A woman was found dead Sunday after a single-car crash in the Merrifield area of Fairfax County, county police said. They said she had apparently suffered an upper body wound or injury before the crash. Her injuries were called "not...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:42 AM ET, 06/28/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:36 PM ET, 06/25/2010

Jail, counseling for Fairfax counselor
By Washington Post editors
A respected domestic violence and anger management counselor in Fairfax County was sentenced in federal court on Friday to 12 months in prison for pointing a gun at two deputy U.S. marshals, officials said. As part of his sentence, Jose...

By Washington Post editors  |  04:36 PM ET, 06/25/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 12:46 PM ET, 06/25/2010

Police seek 2 missing Fairfax girls
By Josh White
Fairfax County police believe two girls who went missing last week could be in danger and are asking for the public's help in finding them. Tiffany Ghani, 16, and Tram Hoang, 15, have been missing since late on Friday, June...

By Josh White  |  12:46 PM ET, 06/25/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 08:52 AM ET, 06/18/2010

Wanted Fairfax man caught in N.C.
By Washington Post Editors
Authorities say a Fairfax County man wanted in connection with the deaths of a West Virginia woman and her young son has been arrested. Berkeley County Sheriff Kenneth M. Lemaster Jr. says Antonio Prophet, of Lorton, was arrested late Thursday...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:52 AM ET, 06/18/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:29 PM ET, 06/17/2010

Boy, 7, pulled from apparent kidnapper
By Tom Jackman
A man allegedly tried to lead a seven-year-old boy to his car outside a 7-Eleven store in Fairfax City Wednesday morning, but the boy's mother and a bystander wrested the boy away from the man and officers quickly made an arrest, Fairfax City police said Thursday.

By Tom Jackman  |  01:29 PM ET, 06/17/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:50 AM ET, 06/15/2010

Police: Man strangled wife, daughter
By Tom Jackman
The retired Army lieutenant colonel who was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife and daughter in Lorton Monday told a minister that he had strangled them, according to a search warrant affidavit filed Tuesday in Fairfax County Circuit Court.

By Tom Jackman  |  11:50 AM ET, 06/15/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:29 AM ET, 06/11/2010

Sexual assaults in Annandale
By Mary Pat Flaherty
Fairfax County sex crimes detectives are investigating three incidents in which a man grabbed or inappropriately touched women after quickly approaching them at night as they walked in the Avant Apartment Complex in Annandale....

By Mary Pat Flaherty  |  11:29 AM ET, 06/11/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 12:18 PM ET, 06/10/2010

Camera charge for ex-AOL exec
By Tom Jackman
An original employee of and software developer for America Online has been arrested by Fairfax County police for allegedly placing a hidden camera in a changing room next to the pool at his home in Centreville and secretly filming teenagers.

By Tom Jackman  |  12:18 PM ET, 06/10/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 12:55 PM ET, 06/07/2010

"Dead man" pleads guilty to attempted fraud in Fairfax
By Tom Jackman
Rodney Newsome, whose last court case in Fairfax was dismissed when the judge was informed he had died, pleaded guilty Monday morning to an unrelated case of attempted fraud, committed seven months after his alleged passing. His request to be released on bond was then summarily rejected by Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Marcus D. Williams.

By Tom Jackman  |  12:55 PM ET, 06/07/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 05:44 PM ET, 06/04/2010

Loan officer gets 77 months in Fairfax mortgage fraud conspiracy
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax County loan officer who helped defraud banks out of more than $2.5 million in a mortgage fraud conspiracy, then tried to flee the country after her guilty plea, was sentenced Friday to 77 months in federal prison. Lourdes Rojas Almanza, 28, of Falls Church, was part of a ring of investors, real estate agents and loan officers who lined up more than 30 fraudulent house purchases in Northern Virginia for buyers who couldn't afford the houses. Banks and lenders suffered losses of more than $9 million, police and federal authorities said. Almanza was ordered to make $9 million in restitution.

By Tom Jackman  |  05:44 PM ET, 06/04/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 05:20 PM ET, 06/04/2010

Fairfax police union sues over pay freeze
By Washington Post Editors
Fairfax County’s police union filed a lawsuit last week against the county over frozen pay increases for long-serving officers.

By Washington Post Editors  |  05:20 PM ET, 06/04/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:47 PM ET, 06/04/2010

Fairfax rapist sentenced to 32 years in prison
By Tom Jackman
A man who pleaded guilty to breaking into a home in the Tysons Corner area and raping a woman in 1987 has been sentenced to 32 years in prison by a Fairfax County judge. The victim told police she was attacked by a man who wore a mask and gloves. Last year, Fairfax cold case sex crimes detectives revisited the May 1987 incident, on Lisle Avenue in the Pimmit Hills neighborhood and resubmitted DNA to a national database. The DNA matched a man then living in Pennsylvania, and in November, police arrested John Q. Kinsey, 49, on charges of rape and burglary with intent to rape.

By Tom Jackman  |  04:47 PM ET, 06/04/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:02 PM ET, 06/04/2010

Fairfax cabbie killer sentenced to 15 years
By Tom Jackman
The man who shot a Fairfax County cabdriver to death, after he couldn't pay his $130 fare, was sentenced Friday in Fairfax Circuit Court to 15 years in prison. The man claimed that cabbie Mazhar Nazir, 49, who lived with his wife and 12-year-old son in the Baileys Crossroads area, came over the front seat at him after he revealed he had no cash for the ride from the District to Reston and then to Tysons Corner. Evidence at trial showed Nazir was still wearing his seat belt and had been shot in the back of the head on Nov. 2, 2008.

By Tom Jackman  |  01:02 PM ET, 06/04/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax | Tags:  Fairfax cabbie murder; Mazhar Nazir murder; Evan Gargiulo trial; Evan Gargiulo sentence

Posted at 04:30 PM ET, 06/01/2010

Second man convicted in 2008 Herndon murder
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax County jury Tuesday convicted a second man of first-degree murder in the November 2008 slaying of Erika Yancey, who was repeatedly slashed and stabbed outside her car in the garage of her Herndon area apartment complex. The jury then recommended a sentence of 20 years in prison. The jury deliberated over parts of three days before convicting Michael Thomas Jr., 28, of first-degree murder.

By Tom Jackman  |  04:30 PM ET, 06/01/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:10 PM ET, 06/01/2010

Fairfax housing employee stole client's identity, police say
By Tom Jackman
A woman who worked for Fairfax County's Department of Housing and Community Development has been arrested for allegedly using a client's information to rent an apartment in Centreville, Fairfax police said Tuesday.

By Tom Jackman  |  01:10 PM ET, 06/01/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:19 AM ET, 05/27/2010

Someone may be poisoning dogs in Fairfax: Police
By Washington Post Editors
Two dogs are dead and another ill after being poisoned in Centreville police say. The dogs, which were discovered in the 15100 block of Olddale Road, police say, were fed a meat laced with an unknown toxin....

By Washington Post Editors  |  11:19 AM ET, 05/27/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:05 PM ET, 05/25/2010

Popular Fairfax teacher on trial for sexual assault of 6th grader
By Tom Jackman
The career of popular Fairfax County school teacher and soccer coach Sean Lanigan hangs in the balance as testimony began Tuesday morning in his trial for the alleged aggravated sexual assault and abduction of a 12-year-old girl in his Centre Ridge Elementary School gym in January. Lanigan, 43, is married with three children and taught at Centre Ridge for 12 years, until he was arrested on Jan. 29. He has been suspended without pay from the school system. He also coached various travel soccer teams and the boys soccer team at Herndon High School.

By Tom Jackman  |  02:05 PM ET, 05/25/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:23 PM ET, 05/25/2010

$25,000 added to reward for information in Centreville slaying
By Washington Post editors
The Fairfax County family who said that their handyman sacrificed his life for theirs last week has added $25,000 to the reward fund for information leading to arrests in the slaying of Jose R. Rosales.

By Washington Post editors  |  01:23 PM ET, 05/25/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:25 PM ET, 05/24/2010

Fairfax police seek witnesses in Centreville mansion killing
By Washington Post editors
Fairfax County police returned Monday morning to Compton Road in the Centreville area, hoping to find anyone who might have seen the getaway vehicle used after the slaying of Jose Rosales. Rosales, 39, was shot to death when two armed...

By Washington Post editors  |  01:25 PM ET, 05/24/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax, Fairfax | Tags:  comptom road, fairfax hero, fairfax mansion killing, jose rosales

Posted at 01:08 PM ET, 05/24/2010

Fairfax City man guilty in killing
By Washington Post editors
A Fairfax City man was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter Monday morning for the August 2008 stabbing death of another man inside a Fairfax City house. The slaying of Adulio Morales-Bonilla, 36, inside a house on Cedar Avenue behind Paul...

By Washington Post editors  |  01:08 PM ET, 05/24/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:35 PM ET, 05/22/2010

Fairfax cyclist and SUV driver identified
By Mary Pat Flaherty
Gary Anthony Thorne, 31, of Blue Gray Circle in Manassas, was the driver of an SUV that veered across Lee Highway Friday and hit and killed bicyclist Abdelouahid Chadli, 18, of Morrison Way in Fairfax. Fairfax police spokeswoman Mary Ann...

By Mary Pat Flaherty  |  01:35 PM ET, 05/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:00 PM ET, 05/21/2010

MS-13 member gets life sentence for murder of rival Fairfax gang member
By Tom Jackman
A member of the street gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, was sentenced to life plus ten years in prison Friday for his role as a gang leader and getaway driver in the slaying of a rival gang member in Fairfax County in 2007. Carlos Bladimir Montoya, 26, of Sterling, reportedly headed an MS-13 clique called Unidos Locos Salvatrucha, and was part of a group that searched for Melvin Reyes, reputedly a member of the 18th Street gang.

By Tom Jackman  |  04:00 PM ET, 05/21/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 03:39 PM ET, 05/21/2010

Centreville woman convicted of murder in shooting of boyfriend
By Tom Jackman
A 64-year-old Fairfax County woman who allegedly fatally shot her 34-year-old boyfriend inside her apartment in Centreville last year was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder, and the Fairfax Circuit Court jury imposed a 14-year sentence. Ahmed Chouaib, who lived in the Lincolnia area, was shot in the side and in the back inside the apartment of Maria de las Mercedes Tizon, in the 14000 block of Climbing Rose Way, on August 15.

By Tom Jackman  |  03:39 PM ET, 05/21/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 03:20 PM ET, 05/21/2010

Babysitter for Fairfax heroin overdose baby given probation
By Tom Jackman
The babysitter for a five-month-old Fairfax County boy, who overdosed on heroin last year, was given a three-year suspended sentence for child abuse Friday in Fairfax Circuit Court, but the judge told the woman if she failed a drug test, he would impose the entire three-year term. Erin C. Flynn, 32, was one of two adults who was left in charge of the five-month-old baby last July by the boy's mother, Marilyn R. Fischl. Flynn testified that Fischl had provided heroin to Patrick Hall and Flynn while Fischl took another child to a doctor's appointment.

By Tom Jackman  |  03:20 PM ET, 05/21/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 12:24 PM ET, 05/20/2010

Police release suspect sketches in Centreville handyman slaying
By Tom Jackman
Fairfax County police on Thursday released composite drawings of the two men who shot and killed handyman Jose Rosales as he defended a Centreville family in their home Monday morning. Rosales, 39, was shot to death after two men entered the garage of a home on Compton Road about 10:45 a.m. Monday and threatened the residents, the Brar family. The men then fled and police believe they left the area in an older model white Toyota pickup truck with dark tinted windows.

By Tom Jackman  |  12:24 PM ET, 05/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:23 AM ET, 05/20/2010

Fairfax police seize record amount of khat after busted drug deal
By Josh White
An alert patrol officer in Fairfax County is responsible for what is believed to be the county’s largest-ever seizure of khat, an illegal drug popular in East Africa and along the Arabian Peninsula. The officer noticed what appeared to be...

By Josh White  |  11:23 AM ET, 05/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:30 PM ET, 05/17/2010

Man shot dead in Centreville home invasion
By Tom Jackman
A man was shot to death during an apparent home invasion by two armed men in the Centreville area of Fairfax County Monday morning, and police said a high-powered search of the wooded area did not discover the suspects.

By Tom Jackman  |  04:30 PM ET, 05/17/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 12:36 PM ET, 05/17/2010

Fairfax teen pleads guilty to murdering girlfriend in Reston area
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax County teenager admitted Monday morning that he strangled and then stabbed 19-year-old Siobhan L. Russell to death in his Reston area bedroom last year, and he pleaded guilty to second degree murder.

By Tom Jackman  |  12:36 PM ET, 05/17/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:55 PM ET, 05/13/2010

Charges filed in Fairfax school bus shooting
By Tom Jackman
A 14-year-old Fairfax County boy was charged Thursday with shooting into an occupied vehicle and reckless discharge of a weapon, after he allegedly fired one shot from a rifle into a Fairfax school bus filled with middle school students Wednesday afternoon.

By Tom Jackman  |  02:55 PM ET, 05/13/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 08:18 AM ET, 05/13/2010

Teen questioned in Fairfax school bus shooting incident
By Washington Post Editors
Fairfax County police questioned a 14-year-old boy who might have shot at a county school bus Wednesday afternoon as he was shooting at birds in the Alexandria area of the county, officials said. A school bus driver heard a loud...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:18 AM ET, 05/13/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:35 AM ET, 05/07/2010

Fairfax man uses iPhone app to meet, have sex with 14-yr-old girl
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax County man is in federal custody after meeting a teenage Maryland girl through an iPhone social networking app and having sex with her both at her parents' house and at his house in the Alexandria area of Fairfax, federal authorities allege.

By Tom Jackman  |  11:35 AM ET, 05/07/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 10:32 AM ET, 05/07/2010

5 years for Va. man who ran mortgage fraud scheme
By Washington Post Editors
The ringleader of a mortgage fraud scheme involving dozens of homes in northern Virginia and losses of at least $9 million has been sentenced to five years in prison. Real estate agent Ruben Rojas led a criminal enterprise that resulted...

By Washington Post Editors  |  10:32 AM ET, 05/07/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:58 AM ET, 05/06/2010

Ex-staffer at Thomas Jefferson H.S. admits to embezzling
By Tom Jackman
A former financial officer at Thomas Jefferson High School in Fairfax County pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling $279,000 from various school funds to pay for gambling trips to Las Vegas and Atlantic City and to pay her credit card and mortgage debts.

By Tom Jackman  |  11:58 AM ET, 05/06/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 08:38 AM ET, 05/04/2010

Fairfax property manager accused of embezzling $365,000
By Tom Jackman
An Alexandria woman who worked as an agent for a Fairfax County property management company has been arrested for allegedly embezzling $365,000 from the account of an apartment complex in Alexandria.

By Tom Jackman  |  08:38 AM ET, 05/04/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 10:10 AM ET, 05/03/2010

Fairfax murder trial features love triangle, DNA, mystery
By Tom Jackman
The horrible homicide of Erika Yancey, in which her throat was slashed in the Herndon area in November 2008, has finally come to trial in Fairfax County.

By Tom Jackman  |  10:10 AM ET, 05/03/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 09:16 AM ET, 05/03/2010

Woman found dead in Fairfax garage fire
By Tom Jackman
An unidentified woman's body was found inside a Fairfax County garage Saturday evening after firefighters extinguished a fire there, Fairfax fire officials said Monday. The woman's cause of death may be determined in an autopsy being conducted Monday morning, and both police detectives and fire marshals are investigating the case.

By Tom Jackman  |  09:16 AM ET, 05/03/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 10:07 AM ET, 04/30/2010

Fairfax plumber convicted in posing as diplomat
By Mary Pat Flaherty
When Richard Earl Jaensch, 52, of Annandale, traveled through security checkpoints at airports and at the Fairfax County courthouse in 2008, he flashed his diplomatic credentials. Problem was Jaensch is a plumber and a federal jury in Alexandria on Thursday...

By Mary Pat Flaherty  |  10:07 AM ET, 04/30/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 10:54 AM ET, 04/26/2010

Fairfax woman dies in hospital after Saturday car crash
By Washington Post Editors
A 74-year-old Sterling woman who was involved in a car crash Friday in Reston died in a hospital Saturday, police said. Mattie S. Holder, of the 200 block of East Charlotte Street, was traveling west on Sunset Hills Road shortly...

By Washington Post Editors  |  10:54 AM ET, 04/26/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 05:58 PM ET, 04/22/2010

Man convicted in Fairfax burglary
By Washington Post Editors
A New York City man who was allegedly part of a ring that targeted South Asian homeowners and stole their gold valuables in Fairfax and Loudoun counties has been convicted of a burglary, and a Fairfax jury recommended a sentence of a year in jail.

By Washington Post Editors  |  05:58 PM ET, 04/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Fairfax | Tags:  Dagoberto Soto Ramirez, man convcited in fairfax burglary

Posted at 10:11 AM ET, 04/21/2010

Man linked to string of Northern Virginia robberies
By Maria Glod
A 24-year-old man has been linked to a string of 15 armed robberies of gas stations and other small businesses in Northern Virginia that began in February and ended April 18, Fairfax County police said. Police said a joint investigation...

By Maria Glod  |  10:11 AM ET, 04/21/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:17 AM ET, 04/21/2010

Va. thieves steal car's trunk, leave car behind
By Washington Post Editors
Some thieves in the Alexandria section of Fairfax county pulled off an unusual heist, according to this report: They took the trunk of someone’s car. Fairfax County Police say it is the latest item being grabbed by thieves who leave...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:17 AM ET, 04/21/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 10:01 AM ET, 04/13/2010

Fairfax man kills wife, shoots self: Police
By Mary Pat Flaherty
Fairfax homicide detectives say that Wayne Woodyard, 60, of the 6000 block of Raina Drive, shot his wife, Jill, 52, on Monday and then killed himself in an apparent domestic incident that remains under investigation.

By Mary Pat Flaherty  |  10:01 AM ET, 04/13/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:50 PM ET, 04/12/2010

Fairfax teen murder suspect's mother under investigation
By Tom Jackman
The mother of a 16-year-old Fairfax County murder suspect, who accompanied her son from juvenile jail to the dentist's office, after which the teen was not seen again, is under investigation herself, the Fairfax prosecutor said Monday.

By Tom Jackman  |  01:50 PM ET, 04/12/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:48 PM ET, 04/09/2010

10 1/2-year sentence for day care provider in Fairfax shaken baby case
By Mary Pat Flaherty
A Fairfax County daycare provider who shook a four-month-old boy, causing lasting brain damage, was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison Friday, lawyers said. The sentencing of Trudy E. Munoz Rueda, 45, for felony child abuse and...

By Mary Pat Flaherty  |  04:48 PM ET, 04/09/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 12:37 PM ET, 04/08/2010

Six charged with home invasions, robberies of Fairfax card games
By Mary Pat Flaherty
Six Maryland men face charges for their alleged roles in robbing card players at gunpoint and tying them up during home invasions at private games, police said Thursday. The men netted cash, jewelry and credit cards from robberies on March...

By Mary Pat Flaherty  |  12:37 PM ET, 04/08/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:28 PM ET, 04/07/2010

Fairfax Naked Guy -- Not Guilty
By Tom Jackman
The woman who said she saw Erick Williamson -- The Naked Guy -- standing nude in his Springfield doorway last fall testified Wednesday that she flipped him off first, then covered up her seven-year-old son, then called the police.

By Tom Jackman  |  04:28 PM ET, 04/07/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 03:23 PM ET, 04/02/2010

Officer shoots car after Fairfax City traffic stop
By Tom Jackman
A notorious police speed trap may get a bit more notorious. A Fairfax City police officer fired her gun into a car's bumper after she pulled it over for speeding Wednesday night, police said Friday..

By Tom Jackman  |  03:23 PM ET, 04/02/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:26 PM ET, 04/01/2010

Gun that killed Fairfax 'Goth' Dirk Smiler may have fired accidentally, attorney says
By Tom Jackman
The woman accused of fatally shooting D.C. Goth scene fixture Dirk Smiler in February was again denied bond Thursday, and will likely sit in the Fairfax County jail at least until her preliminary hearing on May 3. But the lawyer for Cara Cottle, 31, provided some more details of Cottle's version of how Smiler was shot in the forehead in the couple's bedroom in Annandale on Feb. 15. Peter D. Greenspun described a sequence of events in which the gun may have gone off accidentally, and that Cottle did not pull the trigger on the World War II-era rifle which killed Smiler.

By Tom Jackman  |  02:26 PM ET, 04/01/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 05:04 AM ET, 03/30/2010

Police still seek clues in 18-year-old Va. woman's 1989 murder
By Washington Post Editors
Twenty-one years after an 18-year-old woman was strangled to death near I-95 in Fairfax County, authorities are still looking for clues in her murder. Detectives asked for the public's help in a Monday press release as they continue to search...

By Washington Post Editors  |  05:04 AM ET, 03/30/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 05:40 PM ET, 03/29/2010

Fairfax woman dies from Friday morning crash injuries
By Washington Post Editors
A Fairfax County woman who was in a one-car crash in the Mason Neck area on Friday morning died on Sunday, Fairfax County police said. Police said Julie Anne Cahill, 34, of the 11300 block of River Road in Lorton,...

By Washington Post Editors  |  05:40 PM ET, 03/29/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 06:15 PM ET, 03/26/2010

Police entered Naked Guy's house with no warrant, guns drawn
By Tom Jackman
The case of the Naked Guy -- the Fairfax County man arrested for being naked inside his own house last fall -- is starting to sprout some serious legal wings, after Fairfax police officers testified Friday that they had no warrant when they entered the man's house, and then approached him with their guns drawn as he slept, with pants on, in his bed.

By Tom Jackman  |  06:15 PM ET, 03/26/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 12:26 PM ET, 03/26/2010

'Cold trail' rescue highlights dog's nose for policing
By Mary Pat Flaherty
When Shnoz found her, the 53-old woman was disoriented, covered in a blanket of wet leaves, hypothermic and soaked through after thunderstorms that had rolled through during her two long days in the woods of Mason Neck State Park in...

By Mary Pat Flaherty  |  12:26 PM ET, 03/26/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 08:18 AM ET, 03/26/2010

Woman shot dead in Fairfax Wednesday was D.C. resident, 23
By Washington Post Editors
A woman who was fatally shot in Fairfax County on Wednesday was identified as Morgan Myatt, 23, of Holly Street NW in the District, and the man accused of killing her was identified as Antoine T. Avery, 25, of Spotsylvania,...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:18 AM ET, 03/26/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 03:12 PM ET, 03/24/2010

Fairfax sheriff's deputy arrested for sex with prisoner
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax County deputy sheriff, assigned to guard a prisoner at Inova Fairfax Hospital, allegedly got too close to his captive and had sex with her earlier this month, Fairfax County police said. The deputy was arrested Monday and charged with carnal knowledge of an inmate.

By Tom Jackman  |  03:12 PM ET, 03/24/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 08:12 AM ET, 03/24/2010

One dead in Fairfax shooting
By Washington Post Editors
A person is dead in a Fairfax County shooting, according to a Fairfax police press release. The victim was shot in or near a vehicle in the 8400 block of Orinda Court in the Alexandria section of the county, according...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:12 AM ET, 03/24/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:55 AM ET, 03/23/2010

Fake Facebook pregnancy announcement leads to hacking investigation
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax County woman checked her Facebook account one day and found that someone else had posted her status: "pregnant." Now is that how you want to break that news?

By Tom Jackman  |  11:55 AM ET, 03/23/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 10:33 AM ET, 03/19/2010

Fairfax police investigating body found in pond
By Ruben Castaneda
Fairfax County police are awaiting the results of an autopsy on a body that was found in a pond in the Alexandria section of the county Thursday afternoon. A person walking by the pond in the 8300 block of Pondside...

By Ruben Castaneda  |  10:33 AM ET, 03/19/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 10:16 AM ET, 03/17/2010

Fairfax cop teaches indoor pipe a lesson, shoots it
By Tom Jackman
A rookie Fairfax County police officer, still feeling his oats after recently graduating from the police academy, fired off a round inside his apartment in Centreville Sunday night, puncturing an indoor pipe and setting off a mild ruckus in the Post Corners Apartments complex, Fairfax police said Monday.

By Tom Jackman  |  10:16 AM ET, 03/17/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:15 PM ET, 03/16/2010

Fairfax police continue exorcism probe in Centreville homicide
By Tom Jackman
Fairfax County police have obtained more medical documents, and revealed more details, as they seek a suspect in the July 2008 death of Rayoung Kim, an 18-year-old Centreville woman who apparently died during a Korean exorcism in her home.

By Tom Jackman  |  02:15 PM ET, 03/16/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:49 AM ET, 03/16/2010

Fairfax man charged with shining laser pointer at police helicopter
By Washington Post Editors
A 47-year-old man who allegedly aimed a laser pointer at a police helicopter has been charged with a felony, Fairfax County police said today. A county helicopter was in the air near Newington Forest Avenue and Winding Way on the...

By Washington Post Editors  |  11:49 AM ET, 03/16/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 03:58 PM ET, 03/15/2010

Fairfax man acquitted in death of infant son
By Washington Post editors
A Fairfax County jury on Monday acquitted a father in the death of his infant son in their Springfield home. Elmer J. Midence, 39, was found not guilty of murder and child abuse charges. His eight-month-old son Albert died in...

By Washington Post editors  |  03:58 PM ET, 03/15/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:50 PM ET, 03/12/2010

Gargiulo convicted of murder of Fairfax cab driver; gets 15-year sentence
By Tom Jackman
A Fairfax County jury Friday convicted Evan Gargiulo of second-degree murder in the 2008 slaying of cab driver Mazhar Nazir, rejecting his claims of self-defense and insanity at the time of the shooting. The jury imposed a 15-year sentence, which Nazir's family felt was too light.

By Tom Jackman  |  04:50 PM ET, 03/12/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 08:14 AM ET, 03/12/2010

Va. judge declines to step down in serial killer Prieto's resentencing
By Tom Jackman
The resentencing of serial killer Alfredo R. Prieto in Fairfax County can proceed now that a Fairfax judge has rejected a call to recuse himself after he showed emotion in first sentencing Prieto to death in 2008.

By Tom Jackman  |  08:14 AM ET, 03/12/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 03:35 PM ET, 03/10/2010

Drug ring made sale in mall food court, authorities charge
By Jerry Markon
Five men have been arrested and charged in a drug conspiracy that authorities said included a drug sale in the food court of the Tysons Corner Center mall. The men -- Jonathan Pai,Tofun Ali Ghasri, Paul Bang, Jeff L. Tsu,...

By Jerry Markon  |  03:35 PM ET, 03/10/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:25 AM ET, 03/08/2010

Two murder trials begin in Fairfax
By Tom Jackman
Two intriguing murder trials have begun jury selection on Monday morning in the Fairfax County courthouse, including one in which a Springfield area father is accused of shaking his baby son to death.

By Tom Jackman  |  11:25 AM ET, 03/08/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:00 PM ET, 03/05/2010

Wrong-way driver on Beltway gets 10 years for manslaughter
By Tom Jackman
A drunk driver who drove the wrong way on the Capital Beltway and killed another driver in a head-on crash last year was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison by a Fairfax County judge.

By Tom Jackman  |  02:00 PM ET, 03/05/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:09 PM ET, 03/05/2010

Official at prestigious T. Jefferson HS charged with stealing school money
By Washington Post editors
A finance official at one of the Washington area's most prestigious high schools was arrested on Friday and charged with stealing $279,000 from student athletics and clubs and using the money to support a gambling habit, prosecutors said. Susan Thanh...

By Washington Post editors  |  01:09 PM ET, 03/05/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 12:00 PM ET, 03/05/2010

Fairfax crash investigators probe death of driver
By Dan Morse
Fairfax County police are investigating a single-vehicle crash that killed a 47-year-old man Thursday night. The victim, Umar Adam, had been driving a 2008 Honda Civic southbound on South Kings Highway, near the intersection of Southgate Drive, when the Honda...

By Dan Morse  |  12:00 PM ET, 03/05/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:00 PM ET, 03/03/2010

GMU police arrest pair in book thefts
By Tom Jackman
College textbooks can be crazy expensive these days -- some cost hundreds of dollars. So two alleged thieves thought they saw an opportunity by swiping pricey texts from the George Mason University bookstore, pawning them at a used book store, and then using the cash for crack cocaine, according to the GMU police.

By Tom Jackman  |  02:00 PM ET, 03/03/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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