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Arlington Man Wins $200K Playing VA Lottery Arlington Man Wins $200K Playing VA Lottery
Arlington Man Wins $200K Playing VA Lottery An Arlington man is taking home $200,000 from playing the Virginia Lottery. When Wassihun Woldeamanuel won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s Pick 4 game, he did it 40 times in the same drawing.  He bought 40 plays in the February 20 day drawing, each with the same four-digit combination: 4-4-4-4. The prize for matching all four winning numbers in the Pick 4 game is $5,000. Since he had 40 plays with the winning combination, he won a total of $200,000. “I knew four is coming,” he told Lottery officials as he redeemed his winning tickets. He bought 30 of those tickets at Giant F…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Flat Tire Ends Police Pursuit Involving Alleged Robbers In Virginia, Police Say Flat Tire Ends Police Pursuit Involving Alleged Robbers In Virginia, Police Say
Flat Tire Ends Police Pursuit Involving Alleged Robbers In Virginia, Police Say Two District women are facing charges in Arlington after stealing items from a store and taking police on a short-lived pursuit, officials say. Taniya Bradford, 22, and Jamira Hampton, 23, took members of the Arlington County Police Department for a ride over the weekend before ultimately being apprehended for robbery. At around 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, officers were called to the 1000 block of North Fillmore Street to investigate a reported robbery. It is alleged that Bradford and Hampton entered the business and began collecting merchandise, with one making threats toward an employe…

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by Zak Failla
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Bank Robber Busted Targeting Arlington BoA Branch: County Police Bank Robber Busted Targeting Arlington BoA Branch: County Police
Bank Robber Busted Targeting Arlington BoA Branch: County Police A Maryland man went across state lines in an effort to make a quick buck, according to police in Virginia. It took police investigators in Arlington County less than 48 hours to apprehend an alleged bank robber from Maryland who was taken into custody in Fairfax County on Wednesday afternoon. Prince George’s County resident Jaquan Deandre Malik Royal, 27, has been charged for his role in a bank robbery on Tuesday, April 4, at Bank of America in the 3400 block of Columbia Pike following his arrest in Fairfax County. Shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, police responded to the bank …

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Woman Apprehended For Hitting Virginia Officer In The Face: Police Maryland Woman Apprehended For Hitting Virginia Officer In The Face: Police
Maryland Woman Apprehended For Hitting Virginia Officer In The Face: Police A Rockville woman is being held without bail after assaulting a Virginia police officer and committing several other crimes, authorities said.  Nejat Ahmed Hussen, 34, reportedly struck an Arlington County Police officer in the face while resisting arrest in the 200 block of South Glebe Road around on May 30, the department said.  Officers originally responded to the area for a larceny in progress around 4:30 p.m. Upon arrival, a woman said another woman stole flowers from her business and destroyed a planter, police said.  Officers later found Hussen and placed her into cus…

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by David Cifarelli