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Passersby Help Virginia State Police Troopers Apprehend Driver After Pursuit Of Stolen Kia Passersby Help Virginia State Police Troopers Apprehend Driver After Pursuit Of Stolen Kia
Passersby Help Virginia State Police Troopers Apprehend Driver After Pursuit Of Stolen Kia Disaster was averted in Alexandria, when a Virginia State Police trooper was nearly run down by a DC man in a stolen vehicle, authorities say. Charges are pending against two men following a bizarre scene that played out at around 11 a.m. on Saturday morning on Franklin Street, when a trooper spotted a Kia Optima that was flagged and wanted by police after it was stolen. Then things took an unexpected turn for the trooper. As he approached the stolen Kia and ordered the driver and a passenger to get out, a 34-year-old man instead drove directly at him, forcing him to jump out of the way to…

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by Zak Failla
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Ski Mask-Wearing Woodbridge Carjacker Captured After Terrifying Crime Spree: Police Ski Mask-Wearing Woodbridge Carjacker Captured After Terrifying Crime Spree: Police
Ski Mask-Wearing Woodbridge Carjacker Captured After Terrifying Crime Spree: Police A 19-year-old ski-masked wearing Woodbridge man was in custody after a short-lived crime spree in Fairfax County overnight, authorities said. Malik Kamara approached his first victim in an apartment parking lot on the 3000 block of Furman Lane in Alexandria, demanding their keys and wallet at gunpoint around midnight Tuesday, May 2. Kamara took the items then walked away without taking the car, Fairfax County police said. Then, Kamara targeted his second victim: The driver of a 2001 BMW 330I, police said. He found in him the same parking lot and pointed a gun at him, demanding his keys, po…

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by Cecilia Levine