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Animal Sex Abuse Material, Child Porn Found During Probe Into Virginia Creep: Cops
A Fairfax County man is facing new charges, many of them horrifying, following his arrest earlier this month. Craig Strasbourger, 31, of Vienna, was found with animal sex abuse material, child pornography, and apparently solicited sex from a minor, Fairfax County police announced on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Strasbourger became the center of an investigation earlier this month following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, saying he was believed to have been "engaging in sexual communication" with a child from Kentucky, FCPD said on Nov. 17. A SWAT raid…
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Wanted Armed Robber Threatened Hospital Staff In Virginia, Police Say
It's been a busy week for Shaka Barnes in Virginia after he was implicated in an attempted robbery then threatened staff at INOVA Fairfax Hospital, police say. Barnes, 43, who has no fixed address, is in police custody following a small crime scene that saw him allegedly commit several offenses before he was ultimately apprehended by members of the Fairfax County Police Department. On Monday afternoon, it is alleged that Barnes approached a man inside a building in the 3200 block of Woodburn Road, whom he assaulted and attempted to rob at knifepoint, though his victim refused and Barnes fl…
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Firearm Missing, Suspect Captured In Failed Armed Robbery: Fairfax County PD
The attempted robbery of juveniles in Fairfax County didn't reap any rewards for an Alexandria man, but it did for the police, who say they got their suspect. Zelalem Zewde, 21, approached two juveniles near the Gum Springs Community Center around 5:35 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 12, county police said. Zewde pulled out a firearm and demanded all of their valuables, but being that they didn't have any, nothing was taken, police said. The suspect ran toward Fordson Road and police saturated the area. Zewde was found by officers on Holland Road and charged with one count of Attempte…
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Off-Duty US Park Police Officer Accidentally Kills Colleague, 22, In Virginia: Cops
An off-duty US Park Police officer accidentally shot and killed a 22-year-old man this weekend because he didn't realize the firearm he was playing with was loaded, police in Virginia said. Alcohol was a factor in the incident in which Alexander Roy, 25, of McLean, was attempting to dry-fire a firearm when he shot Jesse Brown Hernandez in an apartment on the 1700 block of Old Meadow Road in McLean at 12:20 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, Fairfax County police said. Hernandez was found dead with a gunshot wound to the upper body, police said. There were four people in the apartment at the time of…
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DC Carjacker In Custody After Stealing $2.5K In Merch, Crashing Into VA Gas Station: Police
A 20-year-old Washington DC man arrested for kidnapping last week was in custody after carjacking a juvenile and then crashing the car in Virginia, police said. At 4:32 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, an officer got a call from loss prevention about a suspect, Mecca Lee-Bey, who was seen stealing more than $2,500 worth of merchandise, Fairfax County police said. Upon approach, Lee-Bey fled the business and entered a nearby parking lot. Detectives from the Tysons Urban Team were asked for assistance. Lee-Bey attempted to open the door of a 2013 Kia Optima entering the garage. The victim, a teenager, …
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Serial Burglar From MD Found Inside Business With Tools: Fairfax County PD
Police in Fairfax County arrested a man who they say is tied to a string of commercial burglaries. Keith Duncan, of Maryland, was found with the tools he used to carry out the burglaries, county police said. He was arrested after authorities were called to the 8200 block of Greensboro Drive in McLean around 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, and he was inside the facility. Duncan was found in possession of burglarious tools, including screwdrivers, and a collection of stolen property, police said. He was taken to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center and was released on a $1000 bond. Wan…
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Cold Case Murder Suspect Back In Virginia
A 51-year-old New York man suspect in a 1994 murder case is back in Virginia. Stephen Smerk, of Niskayuna, NY, was extradited to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on Tuesday, Sept. 26. He is facing second-degree murder in the Nov. 20, 1994 death of 37-year-old Robin Lawrence, who was found dead in a Springfield, VA home, Fairfax County police said. Smerk is believed to have stabbed Lawrence inside of her Reseca Lane home, when he was 22 years old, authorities said. In 1994, a DNA profile was developed; however, at the time there was no match in any system for …
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Sketch Leads Cops To Walking Path Sexual Battery Suspect In Fairfax County
A composite sketch is what police say ultimately helped them identify a man sexually assaulting victims, including minors, on Fairfax County walking paths. Ghafari Abdulahad is believed to have grabbed a girl's wrist before groping her chest on the walking path near the 5800 block of Wood Poppy Court in Burke on Sept. 7 around 6:30 p.m., county police said. The victim was able to run away and call the police. A composite sketch of the suspect was completed on Sept. 14, and a large canvass of the area and search for additional leads was launched. Additional leads involving the sus…
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Arsonist Torches Apartment In Fairfax County: Officials
A 58-year-old man has been charged with arson in a Fairfax County apartment fire, authorities said. Brant Barnett is believed to have caused the small fire that started in a first-floor hallway at a garden-style complex on the 4200 block of Buckman Road in Woodlawn on Friday, Aug. 25, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue said. No injuries were reported in the fire that authorities say was intentionally set just before 8 a.m. Barnett was charged with Burning of an Occupied Dwelling. He was being held without bond at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. Want breaking news in the DMV as it h…
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Inmate, 53, Found Dead In Cell At Fairfax County Detention Center
A 53-year-old inmate was found dead in her cell at the Fairfax county Adult Detention Center, police said. Latasha Dove was found unresponsive in her single cell at the ADC on Tuesday, Aug. 1, county police said. Deputies immediately began performing life-saving measures before fire and Rescue personnel responded and transported Dove to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy. Foul play is not suspected. Dove had been in the custody of the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office and being held at the ADC since July 26. She…
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Cross-Dressed Man Robbed 66-Year-Old Victim In Fairfax County: Police
A man dressed as a woman is accused of robbing a 66-year-old victim in Fairfax County, police said. James David Freeman, who identifies as Jasmine Freeman and Kelly Freeman, 38, of Reston, has been charged with robbery following the Monday, July 24 incident, police said. The victim got off a metro bus and sat on a bench near the Hunter Woods shopping center on North Shore Drive, around 8:20 p.m., police said. Freeman sat down next to her and robbed the victim of her wallet, police said. A physical struggle occurred between the victim and Freeman, at which point the suspect ran from th…
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After Hours Shooting At VA Hookah Lounge Leads To Gunman's Arrest: Police
The man who fired gunshots into a crowded hookah bar earlier this month during a dispute after business hours has been apprehended, police say. Arlington resident Abdulkerim Halid, 25, has been identified and arrested following an incident at the Lion's Den Lounge on Seminary Road in Bailey's Crossroads that left two women with injuries. At approximately 4 a.m. on Sunday, July 14, officers were called to the bar after Halid got into a dispute with a group of men at the lounge, pulled out a gun and fired two rounds into the ground. The bullet fragments and debris left two women with minor i…
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