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Speeding Driver Convicted In Fatal Valentine's Day Woodbridge Wreck Speeding Driver Convicted In Fatal Valentine's Day Woodbridge Wreck
Speeding Driver Convicted In Fatal Valentine's Day Woodbridge Wreck A Prince William County jury found a speeding driver guilty for charges filed in a fatal Valentine's Day wreck in 2022. Marvin Anton Cabrera Martinez was convicted of one count of involuntary manslaughter, one count of reckless driving by speed, and one count of driving without an operator’s license last month, Commonwealth's Attorney Amy Ashworth said. Cabrera Martinez was going 84 mph in a 35 mph zone without a license, in a Jeep SUV seconds before he swerved to avoid another car that had partially turned into his lane of travel on Feb. 14, 2022 in Woodbridge, Ashworth said. He struck th…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Leaf Blower Bandit Admits To Assaulting Woman With Debris, Killing BF In Fairfax County Leaf Blower Bandit Admits To Assaulting Woman With Debris, Killing BF In Fairfax County
Leaf Blower Bandit Admits To Assaulting Woman With Debris, Killing BF In Fairfax County The Manassas street sweeper who assaulted a woman with debris using his leaf blower before shooting and killing her angry boyfriend has pleaded guilty, Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced. Steven Green, 55, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and malicious wounding for the 2019 fatal shooting Miguel Leiva Hernandez in the Chantilly Park Shopping Center parking lot. The guilty plea comes after his March trial ended with a hung jury. Prosecutors say that Green was cleaning at the shopping center on May 24, 2019, when he had an altercation with Leiva Hernandez’s girlfriend, Myra Osori…

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by Zak Failla
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Military Couple's 'Execution Style' Killer Learns His Fate In Fairfax County Military Couple's 'Execution Style' Killer Learns His Fate In Fairfax County
Military Couple's 'Execution Style' Killer Learns His Fate In Fairfax County A 22-year-old man accused of killing a prominent military couple outside of their Fairfax County home "execution style" will likely see out the rest of his days behind bars. Ronnie Marshall, of Washington DC, apparently came to the Springfield home of (Ret.) Colonel Brenda and Dr. Edward McDaniel in search of their son, Michael, with whom he worked, in late May 2021, according to the Washington Post. Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said Marshall was trying to burglarize the home, but he was chased away. He returned days later on May 26 to kill the beloved couple, after the d…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Grieving Mom Of Arlington Teen Pens Scathing Letter Bashing Prosecutor Grieving Mom Of Arlington Teen Pens Scathing Letter Bashing Prosecutor
Grieving Mom Of Arlington Teen Pens Scathing Letter Bashing Prosecutor An Arlington mom feels the DUI driver who killed her 17-year-old son should've faced harsher punishment. In a scathing letter to elected officials published by ARL Now, Rose Kehoe urges them to withdraw support for the Commonwealth’s Attorney, Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, who she says should've charged the young driver as an adult. Dehghani-Tafti is up for reelection as Commonwealth’s Attorney for Arlington County and Falls Church. The teen boy who struck Washington-Liberty High School senior Braylon Meade near the intersection of Old Dominion Drive and Williamsburg Boulevard, was found to have …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Killed Crossing Busy Virginia Intersection, Police Say Pedestrian Killed Crossing Busy Virginia Intersection, Police Say
Pedestrian Killed Crossing Busy Virginia Intersection, Police Say Police say that a 63-year-old pedestrian was killed on Sunday morning crossing a road in Fairfax County. Fairfax resident Ligia Jeannette Herrera Betbader was crossing West Ox Road north shortly before 6 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9 near Legato Road when she was struck by a 2015 Honda Civic in the intersection, according to the Fairfield County Police Department. The driver remained at the scene following the crash. Officials said that emergency personnel responded to the scene of the crash and pronounced Betbeder dead at the scene. The initial investigation determined that neither speed nor …

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by Zak Failla