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ICE Seeks Custody Of Suspect Accused Of Abducting Victim, Dumping Car In Maryland: Feds ICE Seeks Custody Of Suspect Accused Of Abducting Victim, Dumping Car In Maryland: Feds
ICE Seeks Custody Of Suspect Accused Of Abducting Victim, Dumping Car In Maryland: Feds The man at the center of a multi-state manhunt that began with a violent domestic dispute in Virginia is now the subject of an ICE detainer, federal officials announced. Cristian Wilfredo Alvarenga Aguilar, 25, was arrested Tuesday after police spent hours searching for him across Virginia and Maryland following what investigators described as a crime spree that included an alleged knifepoint abduction and carjacking. Now, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking custody if Aguilar is released from a local jail. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the case began on J…

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Police & Fire
Deadly Virginia Stabbing Sparks ICE Warning: ‘Do Not Let This Murderer Go Free’ Deadly Virginia Stabbing Sparks ICE Warning: ‘Do Not Let This Murderer Go Free’
Deadly Virginia Stabbing Sparks ICE Warning: ‘Do Not Let This Murderer Go Free’ A man accused of a deadly stabbing inside a Fairfax County home is now at the center of a growing political firestorm, with federal immigration officials imploring Virginia leaders not to release him. Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, 38, was arrested on Sunday, March 30, one day after a man was found stabbed to death inside a home on Bellview Drive in Bailey’s Crossroads, according to police. Officers were called shortly before 9 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, to the 6000 block of Bellview Drive, where they found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds to his upper body. The victim was rushed …

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Police & Fire
Off-Duty Officer Among Three Hospitalized After Multi-Vehicle Parkway Crash: Police Off-Duty Officer Among Three Hospitalized After Multi-Vehicle Parkway Crash: Police
Off-Duty Officer Among Three Hospitalized After Multi-Vehicle Parkway Crash: Police An off-duty Virginia police officer was among three hospitalized in a multi-vehicle crash early on Wednesday morning in Fairfax County, a police spokesperson confirmed. Shortly before 7 a.m. on Dec. 10, officers were called to a stretch of Fairfax County Parkway near John J Kingman Road in Fort Belvior, where there were reports of a crash that shut down the roadway. According to the Fairfax County Police Department, three adults were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries - including an off-duty officer who was also injured. No details about the crash or the victims were …

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Police & Fire
Gas-Powered Scooter Sparks $417K Inferno That Displaces 10 In DMV: Fire Marshal Gas-Powered Scooter Sparks $417K Inferno That Displaces 10 In DMV: Fire Marshal
Gas-Powered Scooter Sparks $417K Inferno That Displaces 10 In DMV: Fire Marshal A gas-powered scooter is being blamed for an early morning inferno that ripped through a Virginia home, displacing seven adults and three children, officials said. The Loudoun County Fire Marshal’s Office said crews were called just after 5 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5, to the 1700 block of North Brunswick Street in Sterling Park, where flames were already tearing through a single-family home. Firefighters from Sterling Park, Cascades, Kincora, and Fairfax County raced to the scene and found fire burning on the exterior of the house before it spread into the home, officials said. Crews quickly ext…

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Obituaries
‘Cousin-Dad’ Gunned Down Outside Virginia Apartment, Leaves Behind Two Daughters ‘Cousin-Dad’ Gunned Down Outside Virginia Apartment, Leaves Behind Two Daughters
‘Cousin-Dad’ Gunned Down Outside Virginia Apartment, Leaves Behind Two Daughters A beloved father from Alexandria was gunned down outside a Woodlawn apartment complex in the middle of the night, and now a Maryland man is facing murder charges in Fairfax County, authorities said. Xavier Alexander, 43, also known to friends and family as “Duval,” “Duvie,” or “Alex Kydd,” was found dead around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, April 3, on Madge Lane after a violent shootout in front of an apartment building, according to Fairfax County Police. When officers got to the scene, they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds. Alexander died before first responders could get him to a hospi…

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Politics
Ex-Cop Who Killed Tysons Shoplifting Suspect Has 'Unjust' Sentence Commuted By Youngkin Ex-Cop Who Killed Tysons Shoplifting Suspect Has 'Unjust' Sentence Commuted By Youngkin
Ex-Cop Who Killed Tysons Shoplifting Suspect Has 'Unjust' Sentence Commuted By Youngkin A former Fairfax County police officer sentenced to three years in prison for fatally shooting a man outside Tysons Corner Center Mall is already walking free after Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin commuted his sentence just days later, officials announced. Gov. Youngkin announced he had used his executive clemency power to release Wesley Shifflett, 36, after he was convicted of recklessly discharging a firearm in the 2023 shooting death of 37-year-old Timothy Johnson. Shifflett, who was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter, had been sentenced on Friday, Feb. 28, to five years in prison, with …

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Police & Fire
First Responders In Virginia, Maryland Rescue Kayakers Stranded On Island (VIDEO) First Responders In Virginia, Maryland Rescue Kayakers Stranded On Island (VIDEO)
First Responders In Virginia, Maryland Rescue Kayakers Stranded On Island (Video) A Maryland State Police helicopter proved critical in rescuing a group of kayakers who became stranded in rough waters in the Potomac River on Sunday afternoon. At around 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 6, Maryland State Police Aviation Command based out of Frederick came to the aid of four kayakers with an assist on the ground from Montgomery County swift water rescue personnel, officials say. According to officials, first responders required the aerial rescue due to the inability to get rescue boats to the area of swift-moving water, where the kayakers were stranded after their vessel went do…

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News
Dealer Who Sold Thousands Of Fentanyl Pills In DC, Maryland To Undercover DEA Agent Sentenced Dealer Who Sold Thousands Of Fentanyl Pills In DC, Maryland To Undercover DEA Agent Sentenced
Dealer Who Sold Thousands Of Fentanyl Pills In DC, Maryland To Undercover DEA Agent Sentenced One half of a dubious duo who sold thousands of fentanyl pills will spend years in prison after admitting to his role in the distribution scheme, authorities announced. Beltsville resident Edward Steven Monge, 23, was sentenced to 96 months in prison for participating in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy in which he sold at least 4,500 pills in a scheme involving 26-year-old Silver Spring native Jennifer Echeverria Flores. According to prosecutors, between February and August last year, Monge sold more than 4,500 pills containing fentanyl to Echeverria Flores, who then sold those…

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