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DUI Driver Busted For Eluding, Hit-Run Crash In Virginia: Sheriff DUI Driver Busted For Eluding, Hit-Run Crash In Virginia: Sheriff
DUI Driver Busted For Eluding, Hit-Run Crash In Virginia: Sheriff A Loudoun County Sheriff's deputy made the most of his second chance to bust a suspected drunk driver who attempted to flee, officials say. Leesburg resident Mikey Mendoza, 25, got away once, but wasn't quick enough to get away twice after taking deputies on a brief pursuit over the weekend. Shortly after midnight on Saturday, Oct. 26, deputies attempted to stop a vehicle that was driving without headlights on in the eastbound lanes of Leesburg Pike near North Sterling Boulevard in Sterling. When the deputy attempted to initiate a traffic stop, Mendoza failed to pull over and sped away, el…

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by Zak Failla
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Loudoun County Man, 23, Wanted For Shooting At Occupied Car, Sheriff Says Loudoun County Man, 23, Wanted For Shooting At Occupied Car, Sheriff Says
Loudoun County Man, 23, Wanted For Shooting At Occupied Car, Sheriff Says Police in Loudoun County are searching for a 23-year-old man who they say is wanted for shooting into an occupied vehicle. Dylan Michael Jacobs Dupuis, of Sterling, stopped his car on the passenger side of the victim's at West Holly Avenue and South Sterling Boulevard on Friday night, June 7, the sheriff's office said Dupuis tried to get the victim's attention then pulled the trigger on his gun, hitting the victim's car before fleeing, police said. He is wanted for shooting into an occupied vehicle, felony possession of a firearm, and eluding law enforcement. Anyone who knows whe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Unlicensed Maryland Driver Rams Virginia State Trooper 4X In High-Speed Pursuit: Cops Unlicensed Maryland Driver Rams Virginia State Trooper 4X In High-Speed Pursuit: Cops
Unlicensed Maryland Driver Rams Virginia State Trooper 4X In High-Speed Pursuit: Cops A Maryland man has been arrested for assaulting police in Virginia following a weekend pursuit, authorities said. Reggie P. White, 24, of College Park, sped away from a Virginia State Trooper initiating a traffic stop on Route 1 in Fairfax County at 3:40 a.m. Sunday, March 17, a State Police spokesman said.  Traveling in a stolen gray sedan, White rammed a state troop car twice approaching the Beltway then continued onto Interstate 495 westbound, according to VSP. There, White struck the same trooper’s vehicle a third time, and then onto Interstate 95 southbound, where the trooper…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Fleeing Minivan Driver Hits 3 Cars, Overturns On I-95 In Fairfax: Police Fleeing Minivan Driver Hits 3 Cars, Overturns On I-95 In Fairfax: Police
Fleeing Minivan Driver Hits 3 Cars, Overturns On I-95 In Fairfax: Police A fleeing 18-year-old driver caused a three-vehicle crash on I-95 in Fairfax County, police said. Everett T. Smith, of Springfield, was speeding westbound on the Beltway approaching I-95 south when a Virginia State trooper tried to stop him around 11:20 p.m. Thursday, March 14, state police said. Smith, in a grey Honda Odyssey, refused to stop, and a pursuit was initiated, police said. During the pursuit, the Odyssey struck a vehicle near the exit for Route 1 and continued to drive on. The pursuit continued until the suspect vehicle struck a Toyota 4-Runner and a tractor trailer near the e…

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by Cecilia Levine