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Stabbing Suspect Nabbed By Police In Fairfax County Stabbing Suspect Nabbed By Police In Fairfax County
Stabbing Suspect Nabbed By Police In Fairfax County A man who used a machete to injure two people has been arrested, authorities in Fairfax County said. Police were called to the Patient First Primary and Urgent Care on Fairfax Boulevard around 1:35 p.m. on Oct. 29 on a report of a malicious wounding. Responding officers learned that two people had "assaulted two acquaintances with machetes," leaving them with head and hand injuries, police said. Both victims sustained were taken to Fairfax Hospital, where they were expected to survive. An ensuing investigation identified one of the suspects as Raul Fernando Morales Chiguela, 39,…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Maryland Man Accused Of Making Explosives, Home Invasion, Assaulting Family: Fire Marshal Maryland Man Accused Of Making Explosives, Home Invasion, Assaulting Family: Fire Marshal
Maryland Man Accused Of Making Explosives, Home Invasion, Assaulting Family: Fire Marshal A Maryland man is facing charges after allegedly forcing his way into a family member's home, threatening to kill someone with a machete, then being busted with improvised explosive devices, state officials said. Brunswick resident Dominic Valenti, 25, was arrested following an investigation by local police and the Office of the State Fire Marshal after investigators found two explosive devices in a backpack he was wearing at the time of the incident, according. to authorities. Shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 7, the Brunswick Police Department responded to the 100 block of West C S…

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by Zak Failla