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Police & Fire
Motorcyclist, 28, Killed In Head-On, High Speed Virginia Crash
A 28-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a Rappahannock County motorcycle crash Friday, Jan. 26, Virginia State Police said. Kono Yang, of Burke, was heading west on Lee Highway at a high rate of speed on a 2018 Kawasaki motorcycle when he lost control maneuvering a curve around 2:45 p.m., VSP Sgt. Brent Coffey said. Yang crossed the double solid yellow centerline and struck an eastbound Mazda CX-9 head-on about a mile west of Estes Mill Road, Coffey said. Yang died at the scene of the crash due to his injuries. He was wearing a helmet. The driver and passenger in the Mazda were not injur…
Police & Fire
Speed, Alcohol Factors In Culpeper County Mass Casualty Crash That Killed Twin: VSP
Speed and alcohol are believed to have been factors in a five-car crash that killed one person and left several others injured in Culpeper County Wednesday, Oct. 4, police said. Police identified the victim who died as Diane Mederos, 61, of Amissville. She was mourned on Facebook by her twin sister. This is my selfish, whiny post. I lost my twin sister, Diane Mederos on Wednesday night. She was my other half. She... Posted by Desiree Sedgwick on Friday, October 6, 2023 VSP said Mederos was stopped at a light in a BMW X3 at Lee Highway and Rixeyville Road — at Clevengers Corner — aro…
Police & Fire
The New 8-Mile: Bogus Food Deliveryman Leads Wrong-Way Pursuit On Flat Tire In VA, Cops Say
A man posing as a food delivery driver led authorities on an eight-mile pursuit on a flat tire across a northern Virginia town, authorities said. Aion Navor Wilson, 39, of Baltimore, was drunk when he approached the front door of a home in the 8100 block of Arrowleaf Turn in Gainesville and claimed to be a food delivery driver, Prince William County police said. The residents of the home had not ordered food, and contacted police. Wilson then went to the side of the home and began yelling, before getting into a car and trying to drive away, as responding officers be…
Police & Fire
Wild Police Pursuit Leaves Driver Dead In Fairfax County
A 39-year-old man was ejected from his car and killed after leading cross-county police pursuit in northern Virginia over the weekend. Ashton Robinson, of Culpeper, fled the scene of a DWI checkpoint in New Baltimore, in a 2011 Dodge Journey around 1:20 a.m. Saturday, April 22, the Fairfax County Police Department said. Robinson was pursued by deputies from the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office. As he entered Fairfax County heading east on Lee Highway and Bull Post Office Road in Chantilly when he tried to pass a 2020 Toyota Camry, officials said. Robinson struck the Camry, left the roadway…
Politics
14 Fairfax Streets With Confederacy-Related Names Will Soon Be Changed
The Fairfax City Council voted to rename 14 local street names that have ties to Confederacy, officials said. The Council voted on these street names after a heated debate last month, WTOP reported. The City Council has not yet released the new names of the 14 streets. The street names to be renamed include: Confederate Lane Lee Highway Lee Street Mosby Road Mosby Woods Drive Old Lee Highway Raider Road Ranger Road Reb Street Scarlet Circle Singleton Circle Traveler Street Stonewall Avenue Click here for more from WTOP.
Police & Fire
Reckless VA Driver Who Led Off-Road Pursuit Across County Lines Had Guns, Drugs: Authorities
A 24-year-old Virginia man had firearms and drugs on him during a chase from Frauquier into Prince William County earlier this week, authorities said. Shaquan Hennsey was spotting driving recklessly and veering off the roadway in a silver BMW on Lee Highway on April 26, the Frauquier Sheriff's Department said in a release. Hennsey failed to stop for deputies trying to pull him over, and drove into a cul-de-sac on Arrow Leaf Turn in Prince William County, authorities said. He then drove off the roadway accelerating past the deputies and continued back out to Lee Highway, initiating…
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