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Axe-Wielding Robber Arrested After Arlington Pursuit, Police Say Axe-Wielding Robber Arrested After Arlington Pursuit, Police Say
Axe-Wielding Robber Arrested After Arlington Pursuit, Police Say An 18-year-old Arlington man has been arrested for trying to rob a business he'd been banned from, authorities said. Daryl Palmer broke into a business he'd been banned from on the 4200 block of Fairfax Drive around 5:25 p.m. on Saturday, June 1, the sheriff's office said. He went behind the counter, at which point an employee called police, the office said. Palmer walked toward the exit, pulled out an axe hidden in a backpack, struck a display case and fled on food, police said. A description of Palmer was broadcast to officers, who arrested him after a foot pursuit on N. Stuart Street.&n…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Serial Burglar Busted Targeting String Of Churches In Southeast DC: Metropolitan Police Serial Burglar Busted Targeting String Of Churches In Southeast DC: Metropolitan Police
Serial Burglar Busted Targeting String Of Churches In Southeast DC: Metropolitan Police A homeless man walking the streets of Washington DC has been arrested in connection to the burglaries of multiple churches in the District, authorities announced. Sequan Olney, 28, who has no known fixed address, has been apprehended after allegedly forcing his way into several churches, and destroying property before fleeing the area, police say. According to a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday, Olney was initially arrested for three burglaries and destruction of property offenses at these churches on these dates: Monday, Nov. 20 at around 6:50 a.m. in the 3…

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by Zak Failla
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Evicted Shed Squatter Assaults 'Landlord' With Knife: Stafford Sheriff Evicted Shed Squatter Assaults 'Landlord' With Knife: Stafford Sheriff
Evicted Shed Squatter Assaults 'Landlord' With Knife: Stafford Sheriff A 20-year-old woman who assaulted a man with a knife after he kicked her out of a shed she had been living in on his Stafford County property is in police custody, authorities said. Stephanie Lemus Perez, of Spotsylvania County, was found at a Sunoco station in Fredericksburg with drugs that she said she found at Taco Bell, and remanded to the Rappahannock Regional Jail, Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur said. Trouble began when Perez and another person were given the boot from the shed they'd been staying in on Truslow Road earlier this week, Decatur said. The following day, Perez and…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Homeless Man Gouges Officer's Eye While Resisting Arrest In VA: Police Homeless Man Gouges Officer's Eye While Resisting Arrest In VA: Police
Homeless Man Gouges Officer's Eye While Resisting Arrest In VA: Police Good Samaritans came to the aid of a Prince William County police officer who was assaulted by a homeless man during an arrest attempt on Sunday night. Brayan Villatla Vasquez, 21, who has no known address, refused to go down without a fight following the investigation into a robbery in Manassas in the area of Sudley Road and Irongate Way on Sunday, July 23. Police say that responding officers called to investigate the robbery found Villatla Vasquez walking in the area, and when they attempted to apprehend him, he resisted and refused to follow their demands.  During the struggle…

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by Zak Failla
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Beating Death: Suspect Captured In Fairfax Homicide Case, Cops Say Beating Death: Suspect Captured In Fairfax Homicide Case, Cops Say
Beating Death: Suspect Captured In Fairfax Homicide Case, Cops Say A 30-year-old man was slapped with a murder charges on accusations he beat another man to death in Fairfax County last month, police said. Aaron James Anthony Robertson, who appears to be homeless, was being held in the county's detention center on a charge of second-degree murder as of Thursday, July 6, Fairfax police said. Robertson is believed to have beaten Luis Barahona Reyes to death, before his body was found at 9715 Fairfax Boulevard on June 10, police said. Reyes suffered blunt force trauma to the upper body and his death was ruled a homicide. Anyone with information about the cas…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police ID Victim, Suspect In 'Deliberate' Petworth Library Murder In DC Police ID Victim, Suspect In 'Deliberate' Petworth Library Murder In DC
Police ID Victim, Suspect In 'Deliberate' Petworth Library Murder In DC New details have been released after a man was murdered in cold blood at the Petworth Library in Washington, DC in front of several patrons, some of whom were children. David Howard, 36, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed following an investigation into the stabbing death of 45-year-old Ali Zarrincalaki on Thursday, March 2 in the 4200 block of Kansas Avenue in Northwest DC. Neither man has a fixed address, and the conflict was reportedly over homelessness issues.  MPD Executive Assistant Chief Ashan Benedict said that at approximately 7 p.m. on Thursday, the ag…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Man Gets Back-To-Back Life Sentences For Double Silver Spring Homicide Maryland Man Gets Back-To-Back Life Sentences For Double Silver Spring Homicide
Maryland Man Gets Back-To-Back Life Sentences For Double Silver Spring Homicide A Maryland man received back-to-back life sentences for inhumanely murdering two young adults from Montgomery County three years ago, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney Office reports. Andy Panton, 23, was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without parole plus 60 years in prison for the murders of Jordan Radway, 23, and Christian Roberts, 24, both of Silver Spring, the office said. Panton shot both men to death execution style, with their bodies found inside a crashed car in White Oak in January 2019. Panton was previously found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder pe…

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by David Cifarelli