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'True Predator': VA Sexual Battery Suspect Was Getting More Brazen With Every Crime, Cops Say 'True Predator': VA Sexual Battery Suspect Was Getting More Brazen With Every Crime, Cops Say
'True Predator': VA Sexual Battery Suspect Was Getting More Brazen With Every Crime, Cops Say Police have identified the 20-year-old sexual battery suspect captured in a string of sex attacks across Northern Virginia. Hien The Dienh, of Stafford, VA, was being held without bond on charges of sexual battery and abduction with intent to defile, Fairfax Police Chief Kevin Davis said. More charges are forthcoming. Dienh, incapable of controlling his own inhibitions, was continually getting more brazen, Davis said.  He was returning to the same communities, with pedestrians nearby. Had he not been caught, his crimes would be getting worse, the chief said. Davis called Di…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Negotiators Coaxed Barricade Suspect With Doughnuts During 34-Hour Standoff Negotiators Coaxed Barricade Suspect With Doughnuts During 34-Hour Standoff
Negotiators Coaxed Barricade Suspect With Doughnuts During 34-Hour Standoff In exchange for doughnuts, negotiators were able to get Brittany Copelin to throw out the magazine inside of her semiautomatic pistol during a 34-hour standoff that brought Richmond Highway to a halt up until her surrender on Thursday, March 30. Police are detailing the negotiation tactics and the events that led up to the barricade situation in Fairfax County, VA. Officers were called to the scene by a victim reported missing out of Laurel, MD on Tuesday, March 28. That victim told authorities she'd been abducted, Chief Kevin Davis said during a press briefing Thursday, March 30. That…

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by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
House Of Horrors: Two Dead, Two In Custody Following Fairfax County Shooting, Stabbing: Police House Of Horrors: Two Dead, Two In Custody Following Fairfax County Shooting, Stabbing: Police
House Of Horrors: Two Dead, Two In Custody Following Fairfax County Shooting, Stabbing: Police Two people are dead on Friday and two others are in custody after a double fatal homicide at a Fairfax County home nestled in an otherwise quiet cul-de-sac, police said. Officers from the Fairfax County Police Department were called on Friday, Feb. 24 to the 13200 block of Stable Brook Way in Reston, where a 911 caller advised that a man had been shot and a woman stabbed inside the home. Officers are in the 13200 block of Stable Brook Wy in Reston for a shooting. Prelim, a woman was inside a home when she was stabbed. An occupant shot the suspect. One person declared deceased. One taken…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
In-Custody Death Captured On Fairfax Police Bodycam Footage: 'We're Here To Help' In-Custody Death Captured On Fairfax Police Bodycam Footage: 'We're Here To Help'
In-Custody Death Captured On Fairfax Police Bodycam Footage: 'We're Here To Help' Fairfax County police have released bodycam footage that shows the moments leading up to the in-custody death of a disorderly man last month (scroll for video). "We're here to help" were the words used repeatedly by PFC Brown and other officers while attempting to assist Temiki Murray, 44, of Lorton, on Nov. 11, Chief Kevin Davis said. Officers called to the 6500 block of Amherst Avenue in Springfield around 4:20 p.m. found Murray blocking southbound lanes, county police said. Bodycam footage shows him yelling nonsense in the roadway and then bolting from a responding officer right back i…

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by Cecilia Levine