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Flat Tire Ends Police Pursuit Involving Alleged Robbers In Virginia, Police Say Flat Tire Ends Police Pursuit Involving Alleged Robbers In Virginia, Police Say
Flat Tire Ends Police Pursuit Involving Alleged Robbers In Virginia, Police Say Two District women are facing charges in Arlington after stealing items from a store and taking police on a short-lived pursuit, officials say. Taniya Bradford, 22, and Jamira Hampton, 23, took members of the Arlington County Police Department for a ride over the weekend before ultimately being apprehended for robbery. At around 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, officers were called to the 1000 block of North Fillmore Street to investigate a reported robbery. It is alleged that Bradford and Hampton entered the business and began collecting merchandise, with one making threats toward an employe…

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by Zak Failla
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Security Guard From Maryland Drove Toward Teen, Shot Him At Vacant Virginia Marriott: Police Security Guard From Maryland Drove Toward Teen, Shot Him At Vacant Virginia Marriott: Police
Security Guard From Maryland Drove Toward Teen, Shot Him At Vacant Virginia Marriott: Police A security guard from Maryland has been charged in a shooting that left a teen boy injured in Virginia, police said. Ahmed Namnoom, 53, of Laurel, was working as a security guard on the  in the 1400 block of Langston Boulevard, when he noticed a group of teens walking toward the former Key Bridge Marriott property on Langston Boulevard in Arlington on Sunday, Nov. 12, Arlington County police said. Namnoom drove his vehicle toward a then took out a gun and fired it, striking a teen, Arlington County police said. The teen was found by medics on N. Lynn Street and hospitalized w…

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by Cecilia Levine
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American Dreams Cut Short For Immigrant Students Killed In July 4th Virginia Crash American Dreams Cut Short For Immigrant Students Killed In July 4th Virginia Crash
American Dreams Cut Short For Immigrant Students Killed In July 4th Virginia Crash The pair of 20-somethings killed in an Arlington crash in the wee-hours of the Fourth of July had come to the United States seeking better lives, those who knew them said. Habiba Harbaoui, 21, a native of Tunisia, and Furkan Avkan, 23, of Alexandria — who hails from Turkey — both died in the 2:05 a.m. crash on Walter Reed Drive, Tuesday, July 4, Arlington County police said. A Facebook tribute penned by a Turkish community center says Furkan graduated from a Turkish aircraft maintenance engineering school. ACI KAYBIMIZ Okulumuz Şehit Onbaşı Hakan Yutkun Anadolu Lisesi 2017 mezunu, Kay…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Gun-Wielding Man Busted By Police For Armed Robbery Of USPS Carrier In Silver Spring Gun-Wielding Man Busted By Police For Armed Robbery Of USPS Carrier In Silver Spring
Gun-Wielding Man Busted By Police For Armed Robbery Of USPS Carrier In Silver Spring Police say that a 41-year-old Washington, DC man has been apprehended a week after he robbed a mailman in Montgomery County at gunpoint. Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police announced on Tuesday, Jan. 31 that DC resident Harold Barnes has been charged with the armed robbery of a US Postal carrier last week in the 800 block of Hudson Avenue in Silver Spring. The joint investigation by detectives from the department and US Postal Inspection Service determined that the mailman was delivering mail on Hudson Avenue on Monday, Jan. 23 when he was approached by Barnes. It i…

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by Zak Failla
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Off-Duty Federal Officer Charged Following Drug Investigation In Virginia: Police Off-Duty Federal Officer Charged Following Drug Investigation In Virginia: Police
Off-Duty Federal Officer Charged Following Drug Investigation In Virginia: Police An off-duty federal officer is facing charges following a narcotics investigation in Virginia, authorities announced. Alexandria resident Eric Welch, 33, an off-duty Pentagon Force Protection Agency police officer has been taken into custody by investigators from the Arlington County Police Department for his role in distributing cocaine, officials said on Monday, Oct. 31. Specifically, Welch was charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance while armed. According to officials, Organized Crime Sectio…

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by Zak Failla
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Two Hospitalized During Undercover Drug Sting Near Elementary School In The Region Two Hospitalized During Undercover Drug Sting Near Elementary School In The Region
Two Hospitalized During Undercover Drug Sting Near Elementary School In The Region Two men were hospitalized after being shot during a drug raid in Woodbridge near an elementary school, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Members of a multi-agency drug task force were conducting an undercover operation into Fentanyl distribution in the 14700 block of Fox Glove Court in Woodbridge on Thursday, Sept. 1 when a firefight broke out near Dale City Elementary School, officials said. During the exchange, police said that four members of the task force discharged their weapons, and two men - a 30-year-old man and an unidentified person - involved in the opera…

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by Zak Failla
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Suspect Sought In Arlington County Bank Robbery, Police Say Suspect Sought In Arlington County Bank Robbery, Police Say
Suspect Sought In Arlington County Bank Robbery, Police Say The Arlington County Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect behind a recent bank robbery. Police responded to the reported robbery in the 900 block of North Taylor Street just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2, the department said.  Officers learned the male suspect entered the bank, passed a note to a teller demanding money and implied he had a weapon, police said.  The suspect then fled the scene with an unknown amount of cash. No weapons were actually seen and no injuries were reported, police added.  The suspect is described as a Black mal…

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by David Cifarelli