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Five Virginia Residents Named To Forbes List Of Richest In America Five Virginia Residents Named To Forbes List Of Richest In America
Five Virginia Residents Named To Forbes List Of Richest In America Five Virginia residents were named to the 2022 Forbes list of the 400 richest people in America. The nation's wealthiest citizens are worth $4 trillion — $500 billion less than last year, Forbes said. The minimum net worth required to make the list also fell for the first time since the Great Recession, by $200 million, to $2.7 billion. The wealthiest man in the country is Elon Musk, who is worth $251 billion, and the second wealthiest is Jeff Bezos, who is worth $151 billion. Fortunes were calculated on Sept. 2 using stock prices and exchange rates. The Virginians who…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Three Cheers For Beers: Top Three VA Breweries To Try For Int'l Beer Day Three Cheers For Beers: Top Three VA Breweries To Try For Int'l Beer Day
Three Cheers For Beers: Top Three VA Breweries To Try For Int'l Beer Day August 5 is International Beer Day and Virginia is jam-packed with note-worthy breweries to try, according to VacationIdea.com. Caboose Brewing Company was founded in 2015 by two families that serves locals, especially bike riders and trail walkers, on the path where the brewery is located, the website said.  The Vienna spot provides many craft brews on tap, including the company's award-winning Vienna, VA Lager and Boxcar Brown Ale, both of which brought home gold medals at the Virginia Craft Brewers Cup, VacationIdea.com reported. Caboose Brewing CompanyCaboose Brewing Company Facebo…

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by AJ Goldbloom
Police & Fire
Fairfax Man Exposes Himself To Woman, Juvenile In Walmart: Police Fairfax Man Exposes Himself To Woman, Juvenile In Walmart: Police
Fairfax Man Exposes Himself To Woman, Juvenile In Walmart: Police A 27-year-old man was arrested for indecent exposure in a Vienna Walmart, police said. Sometime before 6:45 p.m. on July 26, Demetrius Mills exposed himself twice to a woman and a juvenile in the clothing section of Walmart, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Later that night, officers located Mills nearby and he was charged with two counts of indecent liberties and two counts of indecent exposure, officials reported.  Law enforcement said this is not Mills' first instance of indecent exposure.  Police are looking for more information and potentially mo…

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by AJ Goldbloom
Police & Fire
Man Shoots Roommate In Fairfax County: Police Man Shoots Roommate In Fairfax County: Police
Man Shoots Roommate In Fairfax County: Police A man was expected to survive after shooting his roommate in Fairfax County Saturday, July 30, authorities said. The incident occurred on Wesleyan Street in Vienna around 4:30 p.m. Officers are in the 8400 blk of Wesleyan St in Vienna for a shooting. Prelim info, a man shot a roommate inside the home. Victim taken to hospital w/non-life-threatening inj. Suspect is in custody. #FCPD pic.twitter.com/WW0dV5TeB8 — Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) July 30, 2022 Initial reports say the shooter barricaded himself in the home, with a police copter and K-9 unit at the scene.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Lorton Drug Dealer Who Caused Woman's Overdose Sentenced To 22 Years In Prison Lorton Drug Dealer Who Caused Woman's Overdose Sentenced To 22 Years In Prison
Lorton Drug Dealer Who Caused Woman's Overdose Sentenced To 22 Years In Prison A Lorton man was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for causing a woman to die from a drug overdose, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said.  Julian Velasquez, 36, distributed counterfeit Xanax containing fentanyl to the woman, labelled as a 29-year-old E.M., who accidentally overdosed in August 2020, the office reports.  Velasquez, who gave E.M. the fake pill, did not call for help after finding her unresponsive on August 9, 2020. Instead, he called his friend and drug customer, 27-year-old Enoel Comsti of Vienna, to help …

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by David Cifarelli & Josh Lanier
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VA Toddler Was Abused And Bus Driver, Attendant Let It Happen: Police VA Toddler Was Abused And Bus Driver, Attendant Let It Happen: Police
VA Toddler Was Abused And Bus Driver, Attendant Let It Happen: Police A northern Virginia bus driver and her attendant failed to protect a 3-year-old special needs student who was severely injured on their school bus, authorities announced. Rqia Tabite, 36, and Teresa Wessells, 70, both of Falls Church, face an abuse and child neglect charge stemming from an incident earlier this year, Vienna police said.  Officers were called to a bus stop on March 18 after a Fairfax County Public Schools bus driver had gotten into an argument with a parent after their child was injured on the bus ride home from school, Vienna police said.  It's unclear how the ch…

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by Josh Lanier