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DC Woman Abducts 3-Year-Old At Tyson's Corner Mall: Police DC Woman Abducts 3-Year-Old At Tyson's Corner Mall: Police
DC Woman Abducts 3-Year-Old At Tyson's Corner Mall: Police A 3-year-old child has been reunited with its family after being abducted by a woman from Washington, DC at a popular Virginia mall. Jane Pyo, 30, has been arrested following a scary incident that played out at the Tyson Corner Center involving a young child who was taken from an outdoor play area, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Officers were called shortly after 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, to the play area in the 1900 block of Chain Bridge Road to investigate reports of a missing 3-year-old. Members of the department's Tyson Urban Team were able to use mall securi…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
9-Year-Old Girl Shot In Back Driving Through Southeast DC, Police Say 9-Year-Old Girl Shot In Back Driving Through Southeast DC, Police Say
9-Year-Old Girl Shot In Back Driving Through Southeast DC, Police Say Police officials in Washington, DC, are getting exasperated after another violent weekend that ended with a 9-year-old girl being shot in the back on Sunday afternoon. “It’s disheartening,” LaShay Makal, the commander of the MPD’s Seventh District, said on Sunday, April 16 at the scene of the latest shooting in Southeast DC. “It’s outrageous ... And the community should be outraged as well.” Officers were called at approximately 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoon to the 2700 block of Douglas Place, where there was a report of a young child who had suffered from a gunshot wound in the back. Al…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Shady Bus Drivers Are Trying To Pick Up Kids In Fairfax County, Police Say Shady Bus Drivers Are Trying To Pick Up Kids In Fairfax County, Police Say
Shady Bus Drivers Are Trying To Pick Up Kids In Fairfax County, Police Say UPDATE: No foul play was suspected in the Reston incident, authorities said. ORIGINAL STORY: Police in Fairfax County were probing reports of suspicious buses trying to pick up children. A short white bus with a blue stripe apparently tried to pick up a student at a bus stop on of Southington Lane in Reston, around 7:45 a.m. Thursday, April 13, county police said. A community member tried to speak with the driver but he shut the door and drove off. The driver was described as a white male with facial hair. Then, about ten minutes later, a similar incident involving a different bus was rep…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Man Killed Child Driving Into Oncoming Traffic Intentionally During Argument In VA: Police Man Killed Child Driving Into Oncoming Traffic Intentionally During Argument In VA: Police
Man Killed Child Driving Into Oncoming Traffic Intentionally During Argument In VA: Police Police say that a man intentionally caused the crash that killed a 5-year-old girl in Dumfries earlier this week after getting into an argument with a woman and taking things to the extreme.  Mustafa Nofel Aljazairi, 33, of Stafford, has been charged with two counts of manslaughter and one count of malicious wounding days after a double fatal crash that left a third driver hospitalized in critical condition, authorities announced on Saturday, April 8.  Officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday April 5 to the intersec…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
10-Year-Old Takes Younger Brother On 3-Mile Wrong Way Police Pursuit Crashing Into Pole In PA 10-Year-Old Takes Younger Brother On 3-Mile Wrong Way Police Pursuit Crashing Into Pole In PA
10-Year-Old Takes Younger Brother On 3-Mile Wrong Way Police Pursuit Crashing Into Pole In PA Hours before the snow began to fall, a 10-year-old boy apparently took his 6-year-old brother on a holiday joy ride in the wrong direction throughout Gettysburg on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, Pennsylvania state police say.  Troopers first noticed the children in the 2005 Ford Explorer as it was traveling west without any lights on York Street in Gettysburg Borough at 11:55 p.m., the police detailed in a release the following day.  As the Explorer sped around a traffic circle the wrong way, PSP troopers turned on their vehicle's lights and sirens in an attempt to stop the vehicl…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
Recall Issued For Baby Stroller Brand Over 'Fingertip Amputation' Hazard Recall Issued For Baby Stroller Brand Over 'Fingertip Amputation' Hazard
Recall Issued For Baby Stroller Brand Over 'Fingertip Amputation' Hazard UPPAbaby is recalling one of its jogging strollers over concerns they may pose a significant safety hazard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced. The recall involves all UPPAbaby all-terrain RIDGE jogging strollers, which have an extendable canopy with a mesh window and zipper pocket, disc hand brake system, and an adjustable handlebar with a wrist strap. The stroller’s rear disc brakes have openings that can cause amputation or laceration if a child's fingertip gets caught in the openings, CPSC said. Around 14,400 of the strollers were sold at various retailers nationwi…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Leesburg 8-Year-Old Flees Suspicious Man Who Asked Child To Get In His Car Leesburg 8-Year-Old Flees Suspicious Man Who Asked Child To Get In His Car
Leesburg 8-Year-Old Flees Suspicious Man Who Asked Child To Get In His Car The Leesburg police are searching for a suspicious man who asked a juvenile to get into his vehicle, officials said.Shortly after 7:30 p.m. on August 28, the 8-year-old was riding their bike  in a parking lot in the Evans Ridge Apartments, when the unknown man asked the child to get into his gray, four-door vehicle, according to the Leesburg Police Department. When the juvenile dropped their bike and ran away from the scene, the suspect drove off, authorities reported.  The suspect was described as a  black male with a beard, wearing a white t-shirt, police said. Residents o…

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by AJ Goldbloom
Police & Fire
Knife-Wielding Man Apprehended After Grabbing Child In Virginia: Police (DEVELOPING) Knife-Wielding Man Apprehended After Grabbing Child In Virginia: Police (DEVELOPING)
Knife-Wielding Man Apprehended After Grabbing Child In Virginia: Police (Developing) A potentially scary scene nearly played out in Virginia when a man brandishing a knife attempted to grab hold of a child, police announced. Officers from the Fairfax County Police Department responded to the 5000 block of Caryn Court in Alexandria at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24, where there was a report of a potential abduction, according to authorities. Officials said that the man - whose name has not been released - displayed a knife and grabbed a child by the hand before the kid broke free from his grasp and the man attempted to flee. The child was not injured in the i…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Suspicious Stafford Stranger: Young Girl Bravely Flees From Threatening Man Suspicious Stafford Stranger: Young Girl Bravely Flees From Threatening Man
Suspicious Stafford Stranger: Young Girl Bravely Flees From Threatening Man A young girl was approached by a strange man by her Stafford bus stop.On August 18, at around 8:45 a.m., the middle school student was approached by the man, who told her to get into his car multiple times, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. The girl refused and ran home from the bus stop on Carnaby Street. Police continue to search for the suspect, who was described as a heavyset Hispanic man, in his 40's, with black hair, brown eyes, and a mustache,officials said. He was driving a newly restored, older model four-door sedan, tan interior and exterior, with unknown Virgini…

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by AJ Goldbloom
Police & Fire
Maryland Mom Runs Over Unbelted Baby Who Fell Out Of Car In Virginia: Police Maryland Mom Runs Over Unbelted Baby Who Fell Out Of Car In Virginia: Police
Maryland Mom Runs Over Unbelted Baby Who Fell Out Of Car In Virginia: Police A 10-month-old baby girl from Maryland died after she fell out of the back seat of her mom's SUV and then was run over by the car over the weekend in Virginia, authorities said. The 35-year-old Hyatsville, MD driver had put her daughter in the back seat of her 2013 Toyota Highlander unrestrained before the Sunday, June 12 crash around 1:15 p.m. in Woodbridge, Prince William County police said. The mom and daughter were visiting family members on Flotilla Way and was only driving a short distance away to a dumpster, before driving back to the 16600 block where they stopped briefly to pi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
13K Baby Push Walkers Recalled Over Strangulation Hazard 13K Baby Push Walkers Recalled Over Strangulation Hazard
13K Baby Push Walkers Recalled Over Strangulation Hazard More than 13,000 baby walkers that were sold nationwide are being recalled due to possible strangulation risk. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Asweets is recalling Wonder & Wise Baby Activity four-wheel walkers because rubber rings on the rear wheels can separate, detach, and pose a hazard for young children. According to CPSC, the wooden push walkers have a panel of interactive toys and activities for babies. The recalled walkers are white with black and wood-colored accents, a front panel with a shape-sorting puzzle, bead activities, other wooden toys, …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Hero Virginia Officers Save Choking Toddler's Life During Traffic Stop Hero Virginia Officers Save Choking Toddler's Life During Traffic Stop
Hero Virginia Officers Save Choking Toddler's Life During Traffic Stop A routine traffic stop turned into a high-stakes moment for three Fredericksburg police officers when the driver's daughter began to choke. It all unfolded early Thursday, May 19, when Officer C. Durham spotted a car speeding down Emancipation Highway just after 4 a.m., his department said. As he approached the car, the driver leaned out the window and screamed his daughter couldn't breathe.  Yesterday morning, at 4:08 a.m., Officer Durham was conducting patrol in the 500 block of Emancipation Hwy and witnessed... Posted by Fredericksburg Police Department on Friday, May 20, 2022 The …

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by Josh Lanier