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DUI Driver Leaves Juvenile Clinging To Life Following Fairfax County Crash: Police DUI Driver Leaves Juvenile Clinging To Life Following Fairfax County Crash: Police
DUI Driver Leaves Juvenile Clinging To Life Following Fairfax County Crash: Police A 45-year-old man was driving under the influence when he ran a stop sign and struck another vehicle, leaving a juvenile fighting for their life, authorities said. Jermaine Ridgely, 45, of Alexandria, has been charged with DUI and cited for failing to obey a highway sign in the 8:53 p.m. crash on Richmond Highway Tuesday, July 11, Fairfax County police said. A 2010 Nissan Altima going south on the highway, and attempting a left turn into a park lot on the 7100 block, when the car was struck by Ridgely's, police said. A juvenile passenger in the Altima was seriously injured, and taken to an…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Rideshare Driver, 47, Killed In Crash Near Dulles Airport Rideshare Driver, 47, Killed In Crash Near Dulles Airport
Rideshare Driver, 47, Killed In Crash Near Dulles Airport A 47-year-old Silver Spring man died when the minivan he was operating as a rideshare vehicle struck a deer in Dulles Airport Wednesday, May 17, authorities said. Solomon Birhanie Sibhatu was heading west in a Toyota minivan along Dulles Airport Access Highway a mile west of I-495, when his vehicle collided with a deer around 8:30 p.m., the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police said. Sibhatu was pronounced dead at the scene while his passenger was transported to a local hospital by Fairfax County Fire Department.  Airport-bound traffic was detoured to the Dulles Toll …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Fire Sprinklers Save Dog From Fairfax Blaze Fire Sprinklers Save Dog From Fairfax Blaze
Fire Sprinklers Save Dog From Fairfax Blaze Two sprinkler heads extinguished an apartment fire in Fairfax and spared a dog’s life on Wednesday, July 13. Fire officials responded to a report of an apartment fire in the 2300 block of Rolling Fork Circle and saw smoke coming from one of the units, the Fairfax County Fire Department said. The dog was the only occupant of the unit at the time of the fire, but was unharmed due to the fire sprinklers going off just in time, authorities said. The fire was extinguished by the time officials assessed the scene and no apartment occupants or firefighters were harmed, officials reported. Fire …

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by AJ Goldbloom
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Labor of Love: Fairfax Firefighters Reunited With Baby They Delivered Labor of Love: Fairfax Firefighters Reunited With Baby They Delivered
Labor of Love: Fairfax Firefighters Reunited With Baby They Delivered A familiar family paid a visit to a Fairfax County Fire Department this week. Engine 431 met the baby girl they delivered last spring on Friday, July 8. Her parents stopped by Station 31 to express their gratitutde.

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by AJ Goldbloom
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Three People Found Dead Locked Inside Fairfax Apartment: Police Three People Found Dead Locked Inside Fairfax Apartment: Police
Three People Found Dead Locked Inside Fairfax Apartment: Police A man and two women were found dead and barricaded inside an apartment in Fairfax County on Tuesday morning, June 7. They all appeared to be shot to death, authorities said. A parent of one of the victims called police on Tuesday morning to request a welfare check at the Camden Fair Lakes apartments on Mazarin Place in Fairfax. When officers arrived, a roommate let them inside, but they couldn't get inside the back bedroom, said Fairfax County Police Executive Deputy Chief Brian Reilly.  Police called the Fairfax County fire department who used a ladder truck to look inside a window. That'…

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by Josh Lanier