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Fairfax County Students Invent Automated Walker In Aim To Treat Parkinson's Symptoms Fairfax County Students Invent Automated Walker In Aim To Treat Parkinson's Symptoms
Fairfax County Students Invent Automated Walker In Aim To Treat Parkinson's Symptoms Two young women from Fairfax County have worked together to create an ingenious device to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease, WJLA said. Kaavya Karthikeyan and Akanksha Tibrewala, best friends and classmates at Chantilly High School, invented an automated walker to assist people with Parkinson's and those who struggle to walk, the website said. Two years ago, inspired by Tibrewala's great-grandmother who had Parkinson's disease, the two students began the project after notificing there were no automated walkers for people with disabilities, reports said. The two girls are both passionat…

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by AJ Goldbloom
Police & Fire
Naked And Not Afraid: Sketch Released Of Man Who Exposed Himself To Woman on Virginia Trail Naked And Not Afraid: Sketch Released Of Man Who Exposed Himself To Woman on Virginia Trail
Naked And Not Afraid: Sketch Released Of Man Who Exposed Himself To Woman on Virginia Trail New details have been released by police investigators in Virginia as they continue their search for a man wanted for allegedly exposing himself and assaulting a woman on a Fairfax County trail. The Herndon Police Department released a sketch of a suspect who allegedly was naked when he grabbed a woman on the Washington and Old Dominion Trail late last month near Ferndale Avenue in Fairfax County. On Friday, Aug. 26, police said that the woman was assaulted and the suspect exposed himself to her before running off down the trail. The sketch was released on Friday, Sept. 2. Earlier stor…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
New Details Released, Suspect Vehicle ID'd After I-495 Shooting In Virginia New Details Released, Suspect Vehicle ID'd After I-495 Shooting In Virginia
New Details Released, Suspect Vehicle ID'd After I-495 Shooting In Virginia The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation has identified and is now looking to locate the suspect vehicle (pictured above) involved in last week's shooting incident on I-495 in Fairfax County. According to investigators, the suspect vehicle is a blue, two-door 2010 Honda Civic with Virginia license plate: TWW 9398. The incident began at approximately 4:50 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25, when state police were notified by a motorist advising that his vehicle was shot by the driver of a blue Honda as they were both traveling north on I-495 near Exit 52B for Route 236/Little River …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Person Killed After Shooting In Virginia, Suspect In Custody: Police UPDATE: Person Killed After Shooting In Virginia, Suspect In Custody: Police
Update: Person Killed After Shooting In Virginia, Suspect In Custody: Police A suspect is in custody in Fairfax County after a reported shooting that left one person with life-threatening injuries that he later died from, according to police. Officers responded to a shooting in the 7400 block of Vernon Square Drive in Hybla Valley at approximately 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30, where there was a reported shooting, a spokesperson for the Fairfax County Police Department said. Upon arrival, officers said that they found the shooting victim with multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body. The victim was transported to an area trauma center in life-threatening condition,…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Police ID Man Who Grabbed Preteen While Displaying Knife In Alexandria Police ID Man Who Grabbed Preteen While Displaying Knife In Alexandria
Police ID Man Who Grabbed Preteen While Displaying Knife In Alexandria A 22-year-old man who allegedly approached a group of juveniles playing near an apartment building in Fairfax County, displayed a knife, and grabbed a minor has been apprehended, authorities announced. Less than 24 hours after there was a report of a potential attempted abduction, the department announced the arrest of Centreville resident Kevin Moran-Perez, who was wanted in connection to an incident in the 5000 block of Caryn Court in Alexandria on Wednesday, Aug. 24. It is alleged that Moran-Perez displayed a knife and grabbed a preteen by the hand, police investigators said. The juvenil…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Sexual Assault In Fairfax County Under Investigation After Woman Attacked Overnight: Police Sexual Assault In Fairfax County Under Investigation After Woman Attacked Overnight: Police
Sexual Assault In Fairfax County Under Investigation After Woman Attacked Overnight: Police A sexual assault suspect is at large in Virginia after allegedly abusing his sleeping victim while armed with a knife in her apartment, according to police officials. An alert was issued by the Fairfax County Police Department in Reston as they continue to investigate an alleged assault on Sunday, Aug. 21 in the 2200 block of Lovedale Lane. Officers were called to an apartment at around 11:50 p.m. on Sunday night, where there was a report of a woman who was sexually assaulted. The victim was asleep and awoke to a man standing inside her apartment, police said. He then allegedly threatene…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Six Men Busted For Soliciting Minors During Online Sting Operation: Fairfax County Police Six Men Busted For Soliciting Minors During Online Sting Operation: Fairfax County Police
Six Men Busted For Soliciting Minors During Online Sting Operation: Fairfax County Police On Tuesday, August 9, Fairfax police announced that six men were arrested for their attempt to solicit inappropriate behavior from minors, who were really police officers, on the internet, police said.  The six men would initiate explicit conversations or ask for sexual behavior from the police officers who were pretending to be juveniles, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. The men, who ranged in age between 26 to 43 years old, were charged with a combined 21 felonies and taken into custody, authorities reported. Police provided the following information about eac…

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by AJ Goldbloom
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Former Police Officer Ordered To Serve Home Detention For Death Of Infant Daughter In Maryland Former Police Officer Ordered To Serve Home Detention For Death Of Infant Daughter In Maryland
Former Police Officer Ordered To Serve Home Detention For Death Of Infant Daughter In Maryland A former police officer in Virginia could avoid prison time after being sentenced for his role in the death of his 6-month-old daughter in Maryland in 2017. Monrovia resident Jason Michael Colley, 42, a former 10-year veteran of the Fairfax County Police Department, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree assault in connection to the death of his infant daughter Harper on Oct. 31, 2017, the state’s attorney for Frederick County announced. Colley entered an Alford plea in Frederick County Circuit Court on Thursday, Aug. 4. An Alford plea “is a type of guilty plea in which a defendant…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Shoots Roommate In Fairfax County: Police Man Shoots Roommate In Fairfax County: Police
Man Shoots Roommate In Fairfax County: Police A man was expected to survive after shooting his roommate in Fairfax County Saturday, July 30, authorities said. The incident occurred on Wesleyan Street in Vienna around 4:30 p.m. Officers are in the 8400 blk of Wesleyan St in Vienna for a shooting. Prelim info, a man shot a roommate inside the home. Victim taken to hospital w/non-life-threatening inj. Suspect is in custody. #FCPD pic.twitter.com/WW0dV5TeB8 — Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) July 30, 2022 Initial reports say the shooter barricaded himself in the home, with a police copter and K-9 unit at the scene.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
School Employees Busted In $2 Million Laptop Embezzlement Scheme: Fairfax PD School Employees Busted In $2 Million Laptop Embezzlement Scheme: Fairfax PD
School Employees Busted In $2 Million Laptop Embezzlement Scheme: Fairfax PD Two Fairfax County school employees and a third man were arrested on accusations they planned on stealing 35,000 school laptops totaling $2 million, officials said.  Franque Minor II, 35, and Mario Jones, Jr., 21, were employees for the school system and worked at a warehouse, which they were using as a hub to auction off the computers illegally, Fairfax County Police said. After their arrest on Thursday, July 14, police found Fadi Attyeh, 36, outside of the Industrial Road warehouse in a truck labeled Attyah Computer Recycling. Inside of it they found the laptops, police said. These …

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by AJ Goldbloom
Police & Fire
DC Firefighter Arrested In Armed Fairfax County Robbery: Report DC Firefighter Arrested In Armed Fairfax County Robbery: Report
DC Firefighter Arrested In Armed Fairfax County Robbery: Report Fairfax County Police arrested a D.C. firefighter after he robbed someone at gunpoint back in May, WTOP reports. Christopher Potts, 27, was charged with robbery and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony on July 8, the outlet said. Potts knew the victim and has been arrested once before. He has been placed on administrative leave, D.C. Fire and EMS Department said.  Click here for more from WTOP.

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by AJ Goldbloom
Politics
Trump DOJ Lawyer Forced To Stand Outside In Boxers During Humiliating Raid: CNN Trump DOJ Lawyer Forced To Stand Outside In Boxers During Humiliating Raid: CNN
Trump DOJ Lawyer Forced To Stand Outside In Boxers During Humiliating Raid: CNN Police forced a former Department of Justice lawyer for President Donald Trump to stand outside in his underwear while they raided his home last month, video obtained by CNN shows.  Wearing his underwear and a button down shirt, Jeffrey Clark asked agents at the door of his Fairfax County home if he could call his lawyer, put on pants or stand in his garage, the footage shows. “We’re gonna clear the house, and as soon as we clear the house, we’ll get you talking to your lawyer and we’ll get some pants on, okay?" one of the agents told him in the video. They did allow Clark to stand b…

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by Josh Lanier