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Knife-Wielding Suspect Fatally Shot By Police At Rosslyn Metro Station (UPDATED) Knife-Wielding Suspect Fatally Shot By Police At Rosslyn Metro Station (UPDATED)
Knife-Wielding Suspect Fatally Shot By Police At Rosslyn Metro Station (Updated) A tense encounter at the Rosslyn Metro Station ended in tragedy when Arlington police officer shot and killed a knife-wielding suspect during a violent altercation Tuesday afternoon. It all started around 3:45 p.m. on Dec. 10, when officers responded to a call about a suspicious man inside a business on the 1500 block of Wilson Boulevard.  The man reportedly struck up a conversation with employees before pulling out a knife from his pocket and then walking out, police said. Two officers tracked down someone matching the suspect’s description on the top floor of the Metro station, at w…

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by Zak Failla
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Bomb Squad Evacuates Pentagon City Mall Over Suspicious Vehicle Bomb Squad Evacuates Pentagon City Mall Over Suspicious Vehicle
Bomb Squad Evacuates Pentagon City Mall Over Suspicious Vehicle An Arlington mall was evacuated and a vehicle owner issued a banning notice after a weekend incident. The bomb squad was called to the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City mall around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1, over a parked, unoccupied suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office said. As a precaution during the preliminary investigation, mall security personnel evacuated the Fashion Centre. Members of the Arlington County Fire Department’s Bomb Squad responded to the scene, cleared the vehicle and determined there was no credible threat.  The evacuation was subsequently lifted.  Durin…

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by Cecilia Levine
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ROAD RAGE: Killer Suspect Found Dead, Pennsylvania State Police Say ROAD RAGE: Killer Suspect Found Dead, Pennsylvania State Police Say
Road Rage: Killer Suspect Found Dead, Pennsylvania State Police Say A Virginia man has been found dead following a road rage incident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, State Police explained in an updated release on Monday, June 3.  Caernarvon Township Police found the suspect of the road-rage shooting — a 59-year-old Black man from North Dinwiddie, VA — dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a white tractor-trailer in the parking lot of a shopping complex on Crossings Boulevard, State Trooper James Grothey detailed in the updated release.  He was wanted in connection with an earlier road rage incident on I…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Smashed Car Window Leads To Fentanyl Seizure, Arrest Of Car Thief In Fairfax County: Police Smashed Car Window Leads To Fentanyl Seizure, Arrest Of Car Thief In Fairfax County: Police
Smashed Car Window Leads To Fentanyl Seizure, Arrest Of Car Thief In Fairfax County: Police A man and woman sleeping in a stolen vehicle are facing drug and grand larceny charges out of Fairfax County. Asia Bea, 40, of King George, had fentanyl on her while Calvin Alderman, 37, of Stafford, stole the vehicle, Fairfax County police said. The pair was found sleeping in a vehicle with a broken window covered by a plastic bag when an officer spotted it on Gunston Plaza in Lordon, Aug. 9, authorities said. Alderman was charged with Grand Larceny of a Vehicle, while Bea was charged with Possession of a Schedule I or II Narcotic and Providing False ID to Law Enforcement t…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Shady Bus Drivers Are Trying To Pick Up Kids In Fairfax County, Police Say Shady Bus Drivers Are Trying To Pick Up Kids In Fairfax County, Police Say
Shady Bus Drivers Are Trying To Pick Up Kids In Fairfax County, Police Say UPDATE: No foul play was suspected in the Reston incident, authorities said. ORIGINAL STORY: Police in Fairfax County were probing reports of suspicious buses trying to pick up children. A short white bus with a blue stripe apparently tried to pick up a student at a bus stop on of Southington Lane in Reston, around 7:45 a.m. Thursday, April 13, county police said. A community member tried to speak with the driver but he shut the door and drove off. The driver was described as a white male with facial hair. Then, about ten minutes later, a similar incident involving a different bus was rep…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Leesburg 8-Year-Old Flees Suspicious Man Who Asked Child To Get In His Car Leesburg 8-Year-Old Flees Suspicious Man Who Asked Child To Get In His Car
Leesburg 8-Year-Old Flees Suspicious Man Who Asked Child To Get In His Car The Leesburg police are searching for a suspicious man who asked a juvenile to get into his vehicle, officials said.Shortly after 7:30 p.m. on August 28, the 8-year-old was riding their bike  in a parking lot in the Evans Ridge Apartments, when the unknown man asked the child to get into his gray, four-door vehicle, according to the Leesburg Police Department. When the juvenile dropped their bike and ran away from the scene, the suspect drove off, authorities reported.  The suspect was described as a  black male with a beard, wearing a white t-shirt, police said. Residents o…

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by AJ Goldbloom