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Four Pounds Of Meth, 13 Guns Seized By Police In Virginia During Search: Officials
More than a dozen weapons and four pounds of meth are off the streets following a bust in Fairfax County, police say.
Michael Bond, 33, of Maryland, and Sterling resident Anne Sue Hyun Lee, 26, have been charged in connection to a December robbery that resulted in the seizure of 13 guns and several pounds of meth, the Fairfax County Police Department announced on Tuesday.
Late last month, officers were called to the Residence Inn on Old Courthouse Road in Vienna, where Lee and Bond allegedly brandished weapons and pistol-whipped their victim before stealing cash.
Following the investigatio…
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…
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 …
Three Teens Apprehended After Violent Armed Carjacking, Police Pursuit, Crash In Maryland
Three teens were taken into custody after an armed carjacking in Maryland that saw them take police on a pursuit before crashing earlier this week, officials said.
Zyier Brown, 18, Jayla Newman, 18, both of Washington DC, and a 16-year-old from Upper Marlboro are all facing charges for their roles in a carjacking in Gaithersburg, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 16.
The incident began shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 14 in the 7800 block of Guildberry Court, when the department received a report of a carjacking.
According to officials, the inv…
