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Motorcyclist, 28, Killed By DUI Driver In Virginia, Cops Say: 'Young Man, Big Heart' Motorcyclist, 28, Killed By DUI Driver In Virginia, Cops Say: 'Young Man, Big Heart'
Motorcyclist, 28, Killed By DUI Driver In Virginia, Cops Say: 'Young Man, Big Heart' A drunk driver is facing charges for a crash that killed a 28-year-old motorcyclist in Fairfax County overnight, police said. Santos Adrian Ventura Fuentes, 34, of Alexandria, was heading east on Memroail Street in a 2007 Ford F-150 when he entered the South Kings Highway intersection in Groveton around 1:15 a.m., county police said. That's when Jonathan Bartell, 28, who was heading south on South Kings Highway, struck the driver's side of Fuentes' pickup on his Kawasaki ZX, police said. Bartell was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead while Fuentes was hospitalized with non-…
Bomb Threat Clears High School In Alexandria (VIDEO) Bomb Threat Clears High School In Alexandria (VIDEO)
Bomb Threat Clears High School In Alexandria (Video) A bomb threat that cleared a Fairfax County high school turned out to be bogus, police said. West Potomac High School in Belle Haven was evacuated Wednesday morning, April 24 for a threat called in over the phone, police said. Out of an abundance of caution, the students were moved from the school to an alternate location as our EOD conducts a search. The search yielded negative results, police said. Video shared to X shows students sitting outside during the investigation.
Second Person Arrested For Birthday Celebration Turned Deadly In DC: Police Second Person Arrested For Birthday Celebration Turned Deadly In DC: Police
Second Person Arrested For Birthday Celebration Turned Deadly In DC: Police A second Virginia man has been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Diamonte Lewis last October in Southeast DC, authorities announced on Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police Department reported on Feb. 7 that 20-year-old Na'eem Butler, of Herndon, has been extradited from State College in Pennsylvania to be taken back to DC, where he was charged with second-degree murder while armed. His arrest comes weeks after Alexandria resident Ashton Inabinet was arrested and charged, according to federal officials. The fatal incident happened in front of Nellie's Sports Bar…
Birthday Celebration Turns Deadly: Teen To Be Tried As Adult In DC Man's Murder Birthday Celebration Turns Deadly: Teen To Be Tried As Adult In DC Man's Murder
Birthday Celebration Turns Deadly: Teen To Be Tried As Adult In DC Man's Murder The 16-year-old who brought a gun to a fist fight will be tried as an adult for a murder in Northwest DC earlier this year. Alexandria, VA's Ashton Inabinet was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 5 and charged for his role in the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Diamonte Lewis in October, local and federal officials said. It happened in front of Nellie's Sports Bar on U Street NW around 3 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21. Gunshots rang out in the 900 block of U Street near the intersection of 9th Street NW, and when officers arrived, they found Lewis suffering from a fatal gunshot wound. He was pronoun…
Catherine Fannon, Fairfax County Teacher, Dies Unexpectedly, 27 Catherine Fannon, Fairfax County Teacher, Dies Unexpectedly, 27
Catherine Fannon, Fairfax County Teacher, Dies Unexpectedly, 27 Mary Catherine Fannon of Alexandria died on Monday, Oct. 30 in her sleep, according to her obituary. She was 27 years old. Catherine played basketball and lacrosse at West Potomac High School and went to to earn her bachelor's degree in sociology from East Carolina University, her obituary reads. She had been working as an enhanced autism teacher at Belle View Elementary School in Fairfax County, simultaneously working toward her Masters in Special Education from George Mason University. Catherine is survived by her parents, Jack and Kelly; siblings Kristen Fannon, Matthew Fannon, Jak…
'I Earned My Respect': Female Barber Opens Arlington Shop Of Her Own 'I Earned My Respect': Female Barber Opens Arlington Shop Of Her Own
'I Earned My Respect': Female Barber Opens Arlington Shop Of Her Own Monica Dooley has only ever been the minority in her line of work. Both when she was an accountant, and now as a barber — no less, the owner of her own barbershop. She's never let it define her. She's only let it motivate her. "I made it my business to learn how to cut all textures of hair," Dooley told Daily Voice in a phone call. "Asian clients. Latino. Caucasian. Black. Any hair that sits in my chair." This summer, Dooley opened her own barbershop, Monica's Shear Images, located in a studio at the Salon Lofts — Waycroft Ballston, in Arlington. And she's looking forward to all…