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Four From Maryland Busted After Stealing From Ace Hardware, Backing Vehicle Into Officer: PD
An officer was injured on Tuesday before a larceny suspect who targeted a hardware store in Virginia was arrested with four others from Maryland, police say. Officers from the Fairfax County Police Department were called to Ace Hardware in the 10300 block of Main Street on Nov. 5, where there was a reported larceny involving a group of people. Upon arrival, they located the suspects in a vehicle not far from the store, prompting a traffic stop; however, when the officer approached the vehicle, police say that the driver intentionally backed into a motor officer assisting with the stop, leav…
Police & Fire
Maryland Man Targeted Teen At Virginia Metro Station For Sexual Acts, Police Say
A Maryland man who offered a teenager cash for sexual favors at a Metro Station in Virginia and continued to pursue her is facing multiple charges, the Fairfax County Police Department announced on Monday night. Logan Russell Farrell, 38, was arrested in Virginia and charged with multiple counts related to the solicitation of a minor he approached at the Spring Hill Metro Station in Tysons. On Friday, Nov. 1, parents of a 15-year-old reported to police that their child had been solicited for sex by a suspect - later identified as Farrell - last month when he approached and offered the cash …
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Man Busted For Sexual Solicitation By Officer Posing As 15-Year-Old Girl In Maryland: Sheriff
A 48-year-old Virginia man is facing charges in Maryland for allegedly targeting a young girl - who was, in fact, an undercover officer - through a messaging app, authorities announced. David Clay Murray, of Fairfax, was arrested and charged with multiple counts of sexual solicitation of a minor following an investigation by the Frederick County Sheriff's Office. In early August, a detective performing online investigations posing as a minor girl who was 15 was contacted by Murray through the cellular messaging app. Investigators say that during the course of the conversation, the de…
Police & Fire
Maryland Man Accused Of Violating Protective Order, Killing Ex In Virginia, Police Say
The Maryland man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend during a domestic incident near her workplace has been taken into county in Prince George's County, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Tylen Jennings, 30, has been charged with murder and other offenses for his alleged role in the fatal shooting of Anesha Isaacs in Annandale, who died at the hospital after being found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Officers were called at around 4:45 p.m. to the 3200 block of Woodburn Road near the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus when Isaacs called to report that Jennings was…
Police & Fire
District Man Wanted For Role In Maryland Murder Arrested In Virginia, Police Say
A District man wanted for murder in Maryland has been apprehended in Virginia one day an alert was issued by police seeking the public's assistance in apprehending him. Hakeem Earnest Sampson, 27, was arrested by members of the Fairfax County Police Department on Tuesday, Feb. 6, and charged in connection to the murder of young father Michael Isaih Olaniyi in July 2022 in the 300 block of North Market Street in Frederick County, authorities announced. 🚨 Murder suspect apprehended! Our #FCPD Franconia officers, detectives and members of our Special Operations Division coordinated to …
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Thieving Trio Thwarted Living Large With Stolen Credit Cards, Checks In Virginia: Police
A tricky team of thieves from Maryland were not swift enough to thwart police in Virginia after they went on a shopping spree with stolen checks and credit cards at Sak's Fifth Avenue in Fairfax County. Late on Monday afternoon, three men were arrested by members of the Fairfax County Police Department's Tyson's Urban Team, who swiftly jumped into action after being alerted by a loss prevention officer about a possible credit card fraud that was in progress, police say. (clockwise from right): Elijah Walker, Jaylin Oliver, Vernon Lee Brown III. Fairfax County Police The incident was re…
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Escaped Inmate In Virginia Linked To Armed Carjacking In Maryland Captured: DOC
An escaped inmate out of Virginia who was wanted in Montgomery County for an armed carjacking is back in custody, authorities announced. The Virginia Department of Corrections announced on Wednesday that Naseem Roulack, 21, was arrested at around 9 a.m. by members of the Fairfax County Police Department and the US Marshals Service. Officials say that the bust was reported at a hotel in the 6700 block of Commerce Street in Springfield. Roulack was wanted in connection to an armed carjacking in Montgomery County on Friday, Spet. 1, after he escaped from the Virginia Department of Corre…
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DCF Worker Rapes, Sodomizes Victim In Virginia: Police
A 35-year-old Fairfax County Department of Family Services employee has been arrested after raping and sodomizing a victim, authorities announced. Ernest Melo, of Centreville, met with the victim — a stranger — at a restaurant just outside of Fairfax County Wednesday night, June 28, the Fairfax County Police Department said. The two went back to the victim’s house in the Mount Vernon Police District, where Melo raped and sexually assaulted the victim, authorities said. The rape was reported to police Saturday, July 1, and detectives from the department's Major Crimes Bureau obtained a…
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Ex-VA Cop Involved In Infant Daughter's Death Faces New Child Abuse Charges In MD
A former police officer in Virginia serving home detention in connection to the death of his infant daughter in Maryland is facing new child abuse charges in Maryland, according to Maryland State Police. Jason Michael Colley, 43, has been charged with second-degree child abuse and second-degree assault following a joint investigation into his actions in Frederick, though he is no stranger to both sides of law enforcement. Colley served 10 years with the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia, though he later found himself on the other end of things following the death of his 6-month-o…
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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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'He Had His Demons': Thief Killed In Tysons Corner Police Shooting Remembered
While Timothy Johnson had his demons, he certainly did not deserve to die over a pair of sunglasses, those who knew him said. The 37-year-old Washington DC resident was killed by police officers as he fled from them outside of the Tysons Corner Shopping Center last month, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davi said. "Tim wasn't perfect. He suffered from personal demons and mental health issues," reads a GoFundMe campaign launched by Fairfax County NAACP President Michelle Leete. "But Tim certainly didn't deserve to die over sunglasses stolen from a department store." A father of two, Joh…
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Police ID Designer Sunglass Thief Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting Outside Tysons Corner
A pair of designer sunglasses led to the fatal officer-involved shooting in Fairfax County outside of the Tysons Corner Shopping Center earlier this week, according to Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis. Washington, DC resident Timothy McCree Johnson, 37, who police say has a lengthy history with law enforcement, was shot and killed on Wednesday, Feb. 22 by officers as he attempted to run from Nordstrom after stealing the shades. At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, officers from the Tyson Urban Team assigned to the shopping center were advised by an asset protection agent at Nor…
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Here's What We Know About The Fatal Fairfax County Officer-Involved Shooting At Tysons Corner
A “man known very well to law enforcement” who has a violent criminal history died at an area hospital after being shot by officers as he attempted to evade a shoplifting arrest at the Tysons Corner Shopping Center in Fairfax County on Wednesday night. Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said late on Wednesday, Feb. 22 that a man struck during an officer-involved shooting has died from his injuries after taking officers on an approximate quarter-mile pursuit. Suspect was pronounced deceased at the hospital. Chief Davis will provide an update from the scene shortly. — Fairfax County…
Police & Fire
Serial Bank Robber From MD Busted Targeting Wells Fargo In VA, Police Say
It took members of the Fairfax County Police Department just hours to identify and locate a wanted Mercedes-Benz-driving bank robbery suspect from Maryland. Zachary Allen Hunter, 37, has been implicated in multiple bank robberies in the National Capital Region, according to members of the Fairfax County Police Department, who announced his arrest on Thursday, Dec. 29. According to police, shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28, Hunter entered the Wells Fargo Bank branch on North Point Village Center in Reston, where he implied he had a firearm and passed a note to a teller demandi…
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Two Pedestrians In Nearby DMV Counties Killed In Separate Crashes Hours Apart: Police
Two pedestrians were killed in the DMV area overnight as police investigate a pair of separate fatal crashes in Fairfax and Prince George’s County that happened within hours of each other. First, in Maryland, officers from the Prince George's County Police Department responded shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 28, to the area of the northbound lanes of Indian Head Highway near East Swann Creek Road, where a pedestrian had been struck. Officials say that the driver of the striking vehicle remained at the site of the collision during the investigation into the crash, but the woman who …
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Murder Suspect Wanted In Virginia For Fatally Shooting Maryland Man
Authorities are on the hunt for a Virginia gunman accused of fatally shooting a Maryland man. Kyjuan Omar Braxton Trott, 43, of Mount Vernon, is wanted on a second-degree murder charge and firearm offenses in the Sunday, Oct. 2 killing of 31-year-old Brandon Wims of Maryland, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Officers were called around 7 a.m. to the 5800 block of St Gregorys Lane in Mount Vernon on a report of gunshots, they said. While on their way to the scene, cops say they learned that the shooting victim was taken to Fairfax Hospital. Wims was pronounced d…
Schools
DWI Bus Driver Slapped With 18 Safety Violations In Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Crash
What started off as a fun holiday outing for a group of students in Virginia led to a host of charges for their bus driver, who is in hot trouble with the law for allegedly driving drunk and crashing on the way back from a pumpkin patch, police say. Maryland resident Troy Reynolds, 48, was charged with driving while intoxicated and nine counts of gross, wanton, or reckless care for a child after crashing a school bus carrying 44 children and four adults back to Murch Elementary School in Washington, DC following a field trip to Cox Farms in Centreville. Original Story: DC Students' Fi…
Sports
Former NBA Star Delonte West Arrested Again In Virginia Parking Lot: Reports
Delonte West's post-NBA career took another turn for the worse following his latest arrest in Virginia, this time for trespassing in a vehicle and trying to run away from police, according to reports. On Saturday, Oct. 15, police say that officers from the Fairfax County Police Department found the 39-year-old former NBA star trespassing in a vehicle in the 7400 block of Fordson Road in Arlington. When they attempted to apprehend him, it is alleged that West attempted to flee before he was quickly apprehended. The incident was first reported by TMZ. West, a Washington, DC native, was char…
Police & Fire
Maryland Man Working IT For Fairfax County Busted For Elaborate Embezzlement Scheme, Police Say
A Maryland man who worked in the IT department for Fairfax County in Virginia is facing charges for an elaborate embezzlement scheme that saw him walk away with more than 150 Wi-Fi routers, authorities announced. Kevin Jefferson, 43, was arrested by the Fairfax County Police Department following a two-week investigation into the disappearance of 178 Mist Wi-Fi Access point routers from the Fairfax County’s Department of Information and Technology. Officials noted that a company in Massachusetts was also found to be in possession of 112 of the county’s routers. It is alleged that Jefferson…
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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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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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Knife-Wielding Man Apprehended After Grabbing Child In Virginia: Police (
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A potentially scary scene nearly played out in Virginia when a man brandishing a knife attempted to grab hold of a child, police announced. Officers from the Fairfax County Police Department responded to the 5000 block of Caryn Court in Alexandria at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24, where there was a report of a potential abduction, according to authorities. Officials said that the man - whose name has not been released - displayed a knife and grabbed a child by the hand before the kid broke free from his grasp and the man attempted to flee. The child was not injured in the i…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Pedestrian From Maryland Killed In Fairfax County Three-Car Collision
A 62-year-old man from Maryland was killed while walking through a Fairfax parking lot, police said. Sometime before 8:40 a.m. on August 18, two vehicles were traveling in the same lane on Wilson Boulevard, when they collided as they both attempted to change lanes, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. This caused one of the cars to go off the road and into an adjacent parking lot, where the driver struck and killed the pedestrian, Albert Sweat, officials said. After hitting Sweat, the car continued onto a median and hit another car, before stopping in a mulch bed, author…
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Arlington Man Who Burned, Stabbed Virginia Mother To Death Apprehended: Police
Police have arrested the man who stabbed a Falls Church woman to death before setting her on fire, officials said. On August 10 at around 3 p.m., police responded to the 2900 block of Willston Place where they found Silvia Abacay, 40, of Falls Church, on fire and suffering from multiple stab wounds, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Fire officials put out the flames and Abacay was pronounced dead the scene, police reported. Surveillance footage from the area showed Richard Montano, 47, of Arlington, entering Abacay's home shortly before her murder, authoriti…
Police & Fire
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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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…
Police & Fire
Fatal Single-Car Crash In Lorton Did Involve Speeding, Alcohol: Police
A 24-year-old died from injuries sustained in a single-car crash in Lorton, police said.On July 16, Santos Casco Sierra of Maryland as driving on Richmond Highway near Woodside Lane at around 5:15 a.m., when he drove into a tree and the vehicle set on fire, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Casco Sierra was the only occupant of his 2010 Ford Fusion and after being treated for life threatening injuries, he succumbed to his injuries, officials said. After further investigation into the crash, law enforcement concluded that speed and alcohol were factors in this incident…
Police & Fire
Twenty-One Wheels Of Soul Motorcycle Club Members Indicted For Quadruple Maryland Shooting
Nearly two dozen members of the Wheels of Soul Motorcycle Club have been indicted on multiple charges related to a quadruple shooting that took place in Maryland in October 2020. The Charles County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday, July 22, that 21 members of the club have been identified and apprehended for their roles in a shooting at Room 301 on Crain Highway in Waldorf. Those charged, and their affiliation to the gang: Eric Gerard Davis, 32, of Fort Washington (Unseen Kingz); Kentrel Jerome Dorsey, 33, of Front Royal (Virginia Chapter); Shawn Everett Fleming, 32, of Centerville …
Police & Fire
Man Killed By Fairfax Police Charged At Officers With 'Object' In His Hand: Chief
The Fairfax County police chief said the man who police killed Thursday night, July 7, had charged at officers with an "object" in his hand. In a late-night press conference, chief Kevin Davis discussed his department's second fatal officer-involved shooting in two weeks. Officers were called to a home in the 6900 block of Arbor Lane in McLean arounm. Thursday night for reports of a man in crisis, but he ran away before police arrived. Nearly two hours later, a second call came in, Davis said. This time, the caller warned that the man had returned and was throwing things, NBC4 r…
Police & Fire
Police ID Ex-Con Killed In Virginia Shootout
Police have identified the 37-year-old ex-con who was killed in a police shootout earlier this week in Fairfax County. Christian Parker, of Reston, had been wanted for firing a gun in a home Sunday and other offenses when police confronted him in the parking lot of the Springfield Mall around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, county police said. Parker had been convicted of "many, many felonies," Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said. When officers found him in the lot, they positioned their cars in a way to stop his escape. Parker entered his car as officers approached, and three offi…
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