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Bomb Threat Clears High School In Alexandria (
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A bomb threat that cleared a Fairfax County high school turned out to be bogus, police said. West Potomac High School in Belle Haven was evacuated Wednesday morning, April 24 for a threat called in over the phone, police said. Out of an abundance of caution, the students were moved from the school to an alternate location as our EOD conducts a search. The search yielded negative results, police said. Video shared to X shows students sitting outside during the investigation. West Potomac HS in Alexandria, VA evacuated after bomb threat. Video from the scene. @nbcwashington pic.twit…
Police & Fire
Arlington Driver, 23, Gets Manslaughter For Deadly Bailey's Crossroads Crash
A 23-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter in a deadly crash that happened last year in Fairfax County, police announced. Isai Jimenez Paz, of Arlington, was driving a Toyota GR86 at a high speed westbound on Leesburg Pike in Bailey's Crossroads around 7 p.m. on Feb. 16, Fairfax County police said. Another vehicle, a Toyota Corolla, tried turn left onto a service road near South Jefferson Street from the eastbound lane of Leesburg Pike it was struck by Paz, police said. Each vehicle had two occupants: All four were taken to nearby hospitals for medical attention, and on Feb. 21, …
Police & Fire
Mary Wong Crash
A tip from a car website has solved another missing puzzle piece in a hit-and-run crash that killed a Virginia mom, whose husband died years before. Fu-Tzu "Mary" Wong, 63, was crossing Huntsman Boulevard from west to east within the crosswalk when she was hit by an unidentified vehicle on Dec. 27, 2023, Fairfax County police said. Wong was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and died on Jan. 29, 2024, according to a GoFundMe page launched for her family and police. The driver fled the scene and remains unidentified, however, on April 3, police said that writers f…
Police & Fire
Springfield Mixing Bowl Car Meet Arrests
An 18-year-old Woodbridge driver has been charged in connection with a massive weekend car meetup in Fairfax County, authorities said. An officer saw several vehicles pull into a commercial parking lot in the 6600 block of Electronic Drive in Springfield around 3 a.m., county police said. ALSO SEE: More Arrests Made In Massive Fairfax County Car Meet Where Drivers Taunted Cops A large group of individuals surrounded the officer’s cruiser and at least one tried to remove the license plate from the vehicle as the others acted disorderly, police said. Multiple officers responded and…
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Woman Burglarizes Home On Same Arlington Block She Barricaded Herself In Months Ago, Police Say
Charges are racking up for a former Florida woman who barricaded herself in a vacant Virginia home last October, as she's had yet another run-in with the law after committing on a crime on the very same block, authorities said. Vivian Vann, 52, was one of two women who forced their way into a vacant home and swiped some items before leaving the scene on N. Powhatan Street in a black sedan early Monday, March 25, officials in Arlington said. During the course of the investigation, Vann was identified as a suspect, and a warrant for her arrest was obtained. She was subsequently taken int…
Police & Fire
Man Raped Annandale Business Owner, Held Her Captive For Hours: Cops
A 24-year-old man has been arrested after police say he held a 59-year-old business employee captive and raped her, and sexually assaulted a 20-year-old college student in Virginia. In announcing the arrest of Kevin Lopez-Altan of Annandale, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis called him a "monstrous man" whose alleged crimes are "abhorrent." On Wednesday, March 20, Lopez-Altan was twice denied entry from an Annandale business. Then, he forced his way in, and held the 59-year-old business owner captive for several hours. Lopez-Altan sexually assaulted the woman repeatedly an…
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18-Year-Old Gunman From Herdon Sought In Deadly Shooting Near Dulles Airport: Police
Police have identified the suspect in a shooting that left a teenager dead in Fairfax County on Wednesday, March 20. Ismael Cruz-Delcid, 18, of Herndon, arrived at a parking lot on the 13700 block of Coppermine Road in McNair — right up the road from Dulles Airport — around 3:30 p.m. in his car, and got into a physical fight with two other people, Fairfax County police said. UPDATE: Ismael Cruz-Delcid, 18, Who Killed 14-Year-Old Surrenders, Police Say Cruz-Delcid then disengaged from the fight, pulled out a firearm, and shot at the victims, police said. Only one of…
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Man Who Exposed Himself At Malls Released After Fairfax County Arrest: Cops
A Maryland man accused of exposing himself at two Fairfax County malls has been arrested, authorities said. Jamall Mathis, 29, is accused of exposing himself on Jan. 11 in the Spencer's store at the Fair Oaks Mall, and at the Five Below in the Springfield Mall on Oct. 12, 2023, Fairfax County police said. Online records show Mathis has ties to Waldorf and Frederick. Daily Voice has reached out to the FCPD for confirmation on his exact address in Maryland. Mathis was arrested in Franconia on March 15 and charged with two counts of Indecent Exposure. He was previously held on a secured …
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Eye In The Sky: Helicopter Pilot Leads SWAT Team To Carjacking Suspect In Fairfax (
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Authorities released footage of a Fairfax County police helicopter assisting in the arrest of a carjacking suspect. The arrest happened Wednesday, March 13, when the armed suspect fled from Virginia State Police in the stolen vehicle, Fairfax County police said. Fairfax 1, SWAT, K9, and patrol were already in the area, and helped get the man into custody. Police helicopter pilots can be heard guiding patrolmen on the ground past Boswell Avenue before the driver bails out and leads an apparent foot pursuit along East Lee Avenue in Groveton. The suspect is found hiding in the corner of a fe…
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Shooter Apprehended In MD After Leaving Woman With Critical Injuries In Fairfax County: Police
A suspect has been apprehended following a domestic-related shooting that left a woman with critical injuries in Fairfax County, police say. Officers responded at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday afternoon to the 3200 block of Woodburn Road in Annandale for a reported shooting that left a woman with a life-threatening gunshot wound. The suspect fled the county, according to police, and was taken into custody with an assist from the Prince George's County Police Department. Suspect is in custody thanks to @PGPDNews. PIO is enroute to the scene to provide additional details. — Fairfax…
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Armed Barricade Suspect Who Abducted Victim Surrenders After Hours-Long Fairfax Standoff: PD
After an hours-long standoff, a barricaded man is in custody in Fairfax County, police said. Officers were called to a home on Chestnut Avenue in Mosby around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10 for a possibly-armed man who abducted and assaulted a victim, county police said. The man then refused to leave his home, prompting a standoff with police until 9:50 p.m., when he was taken into custody, police said. The victim had previously been safely removed. No further updates had been released as of Monday morning.
Police & Fire
$2 Bill Bandit Busted After Wells Fargo Bank Robbery In Burke: Police
A wanted bank robber who pulled a very specific heist at Wells Fargo in Fairfax County has been apprehended weeks after targeting the branch in Burke, police say. Hani Abdelmohsen Ahmed, 21, was arrested weeks after he allegedly stole more than 80 $2 bills from the bank that were later recovered following his arrest on Thursday afternoon. The wanted bank robber in Fairfax County Fairfax County Police According to a Fairfax County Police spokesperson, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, Ahmed stole the cash and left in a getaway vehicle that was later identified by detectives and surveilled for …
Police & Fire
Search Launched For I-66 Crash Victim Who Stole Ambulance From Fairfax Hospital
A search has been launched in Fairfax County for a man who police say stole an ambulance from outside of the hospital Monday night, Feb. 19. Prince William County's Ricky Lowe, 32, was a passenger in the crash of a stolen car on I-66 and was being treated at Fairfax Hospital when he walked out with an IV in arm, jumped in a private transport ambulance and stole it, Fairfax County police said. While the vehicle was recovered, officers were on the 4200 block of Annandale Road in Annandale looking for Lowe, who is wanted for grand larceny, police said. At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Mond…
Traffic
One Hospitalized After Crashing Vehicle Into Centreville Home
One person had to be extricated from a vehicle after it came crashing through a home in Fairfax County on Tuesday afternoon. First responders were called to the 14900 block of Carlbern Drive in Centreville on Jan. 30 when a driver accidentally smashed through the front of an area residence. According to a Fairfax County Fire/Rescue spokesperson, crews had to extricate one person who wound up trapped in the vehicle, and they were taken to an area hospital for treatment and evaluation of undisclosed injuries. Our officers are on scene with @ffxfirerescue in the 14900 blk of Carlbern Dr i…
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Reston Driver, 18, Dies Weeks After Fairfax Parkway Crash
An 18-year-old driver has died of injuries suffered in a Fairfax County crash on Jan. 2, authorities said. Jose Armando Sanchez Aguilar, of Reston, was heading south on Fairfax County Parkway when he lost control of his 2011 Honda Civic, left the roadway, and struck the sound barrier wall just after 5 a.m., county police said. Sanchez Aguilar was hospitalized with serious injuries and died on Jan. 17, county police said. His passenger, a woman, was also transported to the hospital in conditions considered to be non-life threatening. Speed and alcohol were believed to be factors in th…
Police & Fire
Predators Behind Bars For Preying On Minors During Fairfax County Sting Operation: Police
Nearly a dozen predators are off Virginia streets after police in Fairfax County executed a bittersweet operation targeting people attempting to solicit illicit encounters with minors. A total of ten men were arrested during the three-day ADC Express 2 sting conducted earlier this month using undercover officers posing as teen boys and girls seeking offenders online, authorities announced on Thursday. Despite the triumph, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said that he hoped that no one would bite and engage his undercover officers, though they all fell for it. "I'm sad to report the …
Traffic
Peter McCandless Was Killed Crossing A Reston Intersection
An 87-year-old Reston man well known to the community has died from his injuries after being struck by a Mercedes while walking near a busy Fairfax County intersection, police say. Peter McCandless has been identified by investigators as the man struck attempting to cross the southbound lanes of Reston Parkway near Market Street earlier this week. Police say that McCandless was walking in a crosswalk, but against the signal when he was struck by a 2017 Mercedes ML350 traveling through the area. McCandless was rushed by first responders to an area hospital, where he died from. his injuries.…
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Target Targeted By Crafty Gift Card Fraudsters In Fairfax County: Police
Two men from California who were part of a complex fraud ring involving altered gift cards at Target in Fairfax County are behind bars, officials say. Rongjie He, 32, and Kaiua Chen, 27, are both facing a host of felony charges after being caught with hundreds of altered gift cards that included evidence to show this crime ring extended beyond the region and possibly across the country. Rongjie He (left) and Kaihua Chen Fairfax County Police Last week Fairfax County Police officers assigned to the Springfield Town Center were flagged by security about two men who were altering gift card…
Police & Fire
Body Found In McLean Home During Fire: Police
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue personnel pulled a body from a McLean home while battling a two-alarm blaze on Monday morning, officials say. Shortly before 9:45 a.m. on Monday, crews were called to the 4000 block of Ridgeview Circle to contend with a tricky fire that sent smoke billowing through the air in the area after rapidly spreading inside the home. According to a Fairfax County Police spokesperson, detectives were later called to the scene while firefighters worked to contain the flames after first responders found a man dead in a bedroom. #FCPD detectives are responding to the f…
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Teen ODs On Fentanyl, Dies While Video Chatting, Police In Fairfax County Say
A Fairfax County teenage girl overdosed and died while video-chatting with a friend, police said. The girl went unconscious at an apartment on the 2900 block of John Marshall Drive in Seven Corners around 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5, Fairfax County police said. The friend on the other line alerted a family member, who found the girl unresponsive and called 9-1-1, police said. The teen was rushed to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is approximately 100 times more potent than morphine. As little as 2mg is enough to amount to a deadly dos…
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30-Year-Old Man Killed In High-Speed Crash With BMW In Centreville: Cops
One person was killed and a second critically injured in a Virginia crash that took the life of a 30-year-old man. Speed is believed to have been a factor in the crash that killed Sohail Iqbal, of Manassas, VA, just after midnight on Monday, Dec. 4 at the intersection of Lee Highway and Clifton Road in Centreville, Fairfax County police said. A BMW was heading south on Stringfellow Road near the intersection of Route 29 when it struck Iqbal's Hyundai, also going south, as it crossed through the roadway. The collision forced Iqbal across the intersection, onto the embankment there, and into…
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Animal Sex Abuse Material, Child Porn Found During Probe Into Vienna Man: Cops
A Fairfax County man is facing new charges, many of them horrifying, following his arrest earlier this month. Craig Strasbourger, 31, of Vienna, was found with animal sex abuse material, child pornography, and apparently solicited sex from a minor, Fairfax County police announced on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Strasbourger became the center of an investigation earlier this month following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, saying he was believed to have been "engaging in sexual communication" with a child from Kentucky, FCPD said on Nov. 17. A SWAT raid…
News
McLean Boy, 14, Dies Days After Mass Casualty Crash Involving 6 Teens In Falls Church
One of six teenagers seriously hurt in a DUI crash earlier this month has died, police in Fairfax County said. Loved ones identified the deceased on a GoFundMe as 14-year-old Kevin Guardado Landaverde, a Longfellow Middle School student. His older brother, Jay, was also in the vehicle, and has since been released from the hospital, family says. Four others remain hospitalized in serious condition, according to county police. "As this family copes with this unspeakable tragedy, we recognize many in the community would like to demonstrate their support by providing funds to pay for medical …
Police & Fire
Drug Deal Gone Bad: Police Capture Shooters In Prince William County Incident, They Say
Police have captured two men wanted in a drug deal that ended in a shooting earlier this week in Prince William County, they said. Jamal Dana Allen, 18, and Jabari Antwaun Allen, 19, both of Camfield Court in Manasses, have been charged in the incident on Sudley Road Nov. 3, county police said. Police said the Allens had arranged to meet with a 26-year-old acquaintance for a drug deal just before 9 p.m., when an argument broke out. One of the Allens took out a gun and fired multiple rounds, hitting the victim, police said. The suspect who fired the weapon got into a light-colored Dodge Dur…
Police & Fire
String Of ATM Thefts, Armed Robbery Minutes Apart Probed In Fairfax County
Police in Fairfax County are investigating a string of ATM thefts and an armed robbery that happened minutes apart. Around 3:10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, three suspect tried to force open an ATM at TD Bank of Little River Turnpike in Lincolnia, county police said. They were unsuccessful. Then, at 3:13 a.m., an armed robbery was carried out at the 7-Eleven at 4818 N. Beauregard Street in Lincolnia, approximately one mile away. The suspects entered the store, implied they had a firearm and threatened the employee. They gained access to two separate ATMs at the business and left with an undisclos…
Police & Fire
Virginia Teacher Who Exposed Himself To Multiple Victims Busted With Child Porn: Cops
A Virginia teacher who is accused of exposing himself to multiple victims near an elementary school was later found with child porn, authorities said. James William Nugent II, of Alexandria, a resource teacher at Groveton Elementary School, is facing charges of Taking Indecent Liberties with Child and 13 counts of Distribution of Child Pornography. Nugent was in a Toyota Siena when he allegedly approached a juvenile at Camden Street and Wittington Boulevard in Stratford Landing around 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, Fairfax County police said. Nugent lured the victim to hi…
Police & Fire
Cops Name Killer In Alexandria Woman's Hospital Parking Lot Death
Police have released details and named the believed murder suspect in the death of a woman whose body was found in a Fairfax County hospital parking lot last April. Eric Antonio Rubio, 36, of Alexandria, has been charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony, in connection with the April 13 killing of Brenda Ochoa Guerrero, Fairfax County police said. Thompson and three others had previously been charged with felony concealment of a dead body. Ochoa Guerrero’s death occurred at a home in the 2500 block of Fairhaven Avenue of Alexandria, before her bo…
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James Madison HS Basketball Coach Embezzled Money From Event: Police
A 33-year-old basketball coach employed by the Fairfax County Public Schools has been charged with embezzling district money, authorities said. Drew Smerdzinski, of Herndon, is believed to have embezzled money from a school event at James Madison High School, county police said. The coach, who became the center of an investigation in July, was charged by a warrant on Wednesday, Oct. 4, and surrendered on Thursday, Oct. 5, with felony embezzlement, police said. Smerdzinski was released on an unsecured bond, and has been suspended from his position following the arrest. Want breaking news i…
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Suspects Busted Within Hours After Shooting In Fairfax County, Police Say
It didn't take long for detectives in Fairfax County to catch up to two shooting suspects who tried to gun down a driver, officials say. A midday shooting led to the arrests of Centerville resident Desmond Harris, 20, and 22-year-old Antwan Christopher Williams, of Stafford, who were wanted in connection to a shooting last week, the department announced on Tuesday. According to a Fairfax County Police spokesperson, shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 27, officers were called to the 5400 block of Belcher Farm Road in Centreville, where there were reports of shots fired with at least…
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$15K In Merch Stolen From Tysons Corner Seized From NY Theft Crew
Three New York residents arrested and charged with running an organized theft ring and stealing more $15,000 in merchandise from retailers at the Tysons Corner Center in Fairfax County, authorities said. On Tuesday, Sept. 19, the Tysons Urban Team responded to the Tysons Corner Center after an employee at Sunglass Hut reported a theft, police said. Officers were able to locate three suspects and recovered the stolen merchandise, which included items from H&M, Macy's, Nordstrom, Victoria's Secret, American Eagle, Express and Guess, Fairfax County police said. Jordan Pastrana-Roncancio, 2…
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: Firearms, Porsche, $138K In Cash Seized From Four Virginia Men, Cops Say
Police have made four arrests and seized a mass quantity of drugs and evidence in a Virginia bust. Matthew Powers, 33, of Alexandria; Mondell Opoku, 32, of Woodbridge; Andres Blacno, 27 of Clinton, MD; and Ali Banihashemi, 32, of Burke; were charged with various drug offenses and more, Fairfax County police said. An investigation into the four was launched in March 2023 following a tip into a drug distribution ring in the Mount Vernon District, authorities said. Psilocybin and LSD, two firearms, more than $138,000 in cash, and a Porsche SUV in connection to the illegal operation were seize…
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