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Teen Shot Outside Tropical Smoothie Cafe In Fairfax County: Police Teen Shot Outside Tropical Smoothie Cafe In Fairfax County: Police
Teen Shot Outside Tropical Smoothie Cafe In Fairfax County: Police A 14-year-old was shot on Tuesday night while standing outside a popular Annandale business, according to a Fairfax County Police Department spokesperson. Shortly before 8 p.m. on Jan. 16, officers from the Fairfax County Police Department were called to the 6500 block of Little River Turnpike, where there was a report of a minor who had been shot outside of Tropical Smoothie Cafe.  According to police, upon arrival they found a 14-year-old who was shot in the arm a short distance away from the building, and they were taken to the hospital for treatment and evaluation of the minor inju…

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by Zak Failla
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Passenger Dies Month After DUI Crash In Fairfax County, Police Say Passenger Dies Month After DUI Crash In Fairfax County, Police Say
Passenger Dies Month After DUI Crash In Fairfax County, Police Say Police say that an Annandale man has died at a Virginia hospital nearly a month after being involved in a crash with a drunk driver in Fairfax County. Bayron Hernandez Castellanos, 27 died following a crash last month with an allegedly intoxicated family member who failed to negotiate a U-turn while behind the wheel in Annandale. Shortly before 2:15 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, officials say that Jamie Hernandez Castellanos, 29, was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado when the driver attempted to make a U-turn at Little River Turnpike near John Marr Drive. The driver lost control of the truck,…

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by Zak Failla
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Fairfax County Detectives Have Solved 'Christmas Tree Lady' Case 25 Years Later Fairfax County Detectives Have Solved 'Christmas Tree Lady' Case 25 Years Later
Fairfax County Detectives Have Solved 'Christmas Tree Lady' Case 25 Years Later For 25 years, Fairfax County police have not given up on solving one of the department's more perplexing cases. Now they have an answer.  The Fairfax County Police Department announced on Thursday, July 7, that cold case detectives identified the woman who they have been calling "The Christmas Tree Lady" since they found her body on Dec. 18, 1996.  Her name is Joyce Meyer. She was 69 years old when she died.  Police found Meyer's body at the Pleasant Valley Memorial Park on Little River Turnpike in Annandale a week before Christmas. She had two things in her pocket: a suicid…

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by Josh Lanier