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Arrest Made In Crash That Killed One Of Nation's Top IT Specialists, Bethesda Native Arrest Made In Crash That Killed One Of Nation's Top IT Specialists, Bethesda Native
Arrest Made In Crash That Killed One Of Nation's Top IT Specialists, Bethesda Native Police have made an arrest in the wild crash that killed a 36-year-old pedestrian being remembered as one of the nation's leading cyber security specialists last March in Fairfax County. Luis Merino Berrios, 18, of Alexandria, was behind the wheel of a 2007 Mercedes C230 heading south on Richmond Highway when he lost control and struck a Jeep Wrangler attempting to make a turn onto Groveton Street on March 30, Fairfax County police said. Berrios' car spun several times before leaving the roadway and hitting Samantha Jennings-Jones, who was walking on the sidewalk. Jennings-Jones was d…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Kidnapper From MD Caused 34-Hour Standoff In VA: Police Kidnapper From MD Caused 34-Hour Standoff In VA: Police
Kidnapper From MD Caused 34-Hour Standoff In VA: Police A Maryland woman is facing a host of charges for abducting a victim and then causing a 34-hour standoff with police that ultimately ended in her peaceful surrender in Virginia, authorities said. What started as an investigation into a missing 25-year-old woman over the weekend rapidly escalated into a kidnapping probe involving Brittany A. Copelin, 29, who made her way from Charles County, MD to Fairfax County, VA, police said. The near-weeklong ordeal began on Friday, March 24, in Laurel, when police were called to investigate the kidnapping of Lauren L. Kingsbury, police said. Two days …

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by Zak Failla
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Smash-And-Grab Thieves Steal $20K Worth Of Eyeglasses From Virginia Store: WATCH Smash-And-Grab Thieves Steal $20K Worth Of Eyeglasses From Virginia Store: WATCH
Smash-And-Grab Thieves Steal $20K Worth Of Eyeglasses From Virginia Store: Watch The Fairfax County Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying and locating several suspects behind a recent smash-and-grab incident at a local eye care center.  The thieves were said to have entered My Eye Dr, located at 6307 Richmond Highway, and stole $20,000 worth of eyeglass frames on April 19, the department said.  Video footage taken during the incident caught the suspects entering the business, damaging glass display cases and stealing the frames.  The suspects are described as four Black males between the ages of 17 and 23, police said. They w…

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by David Cifarelli