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Loudoun County warehouse fire caused by lit cigarette: officials
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. - A lit cigarette is to blame for a warehouse going up in flames in Northern Virginia, causing millions of dollars in damages. Thick black smoke was seen from miles away in Loudon County on Monday afternoon when the fire was sparked around 3 p.m. Prospect Waterproofing...
Virginia woman charged with felony child neglect after keeping juvenile from getting into house
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A Woodbridge woman is facing charges after police say she locked her child out of the house following an argument that escalated Wednesday night. According to the Prince William County Police Department, 37-year-old Ange Nizigiyimana Swinton has been charged with felony child neglect. Officers responded to...
Jurors weigh fate of driver who killed 2 Oakton High School students in 2022 crash
VIENNA, Va. - Jurors will enter a second round of deliberations over a recommended punishment for a Virginia man convicted of hitting and killing two teenage girls. Usman Shahid, now 20, has been convicted of two counts of involuntary manslaughter after hitting and killing 15-year-old Leeyan Yan and 14-year-old Ada Nolasco in June 2022.
Careless Morning Smoker Sparked Fairfax County House Fire: Officials
More than $300,000 in damages to a Fairfax County home could've been avoided, had the smoker in the house properly discarded materials, officials said.According to the Fairfax County Fire & Rescue department, the fire at a home on the 3000 block of Steven Martin Drive in Oakton broke out just b…
Motorcyclist killed in crash in Fairfax County after collision with vehicle
BURKE, Va. - A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday night after a crash with another vehicle in Fairfax County. The crash was reported around 10:30 p.m. near Keene Mill Road and Shiplett Boulevard in Burke. The motorcyclist died at the scene. Police closed the intersection for several hours to investigate the...
Man hit in face, robbed in Potomac Mills food court, police say
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Police said they were looking for three people who were part of a robbery that took place at Potomac Mills Wednesday afternoon. The Prince William County Police Department (PWCPD) said a woman went up to a 26-year-old man in the mall’s food court shortly before 2:50 p.m., […]
Fairfax County Public Schools cleared of wrongdoing in middle school rape case
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The woman who sued Fairfax County Public Schools for millions of dollars after accusing a classmate of raping her in middle school didn’t win the case. On Wednesday afternoon, a federal jury ultimately rejected all of her allegations. The victim says when the verdict came down,...
Police ID Motorcyclist, 50, Killed In Burke Crash
Police have identified the motorcyclist killed Wednesday night, April 24 in Fairfax County.Mohab Helmy, 50, of Burke, was heading west on Old Keene Mill Road in Burke on a 2007 Yamaha motorcycle when he struck a 2005 Toyota sedan making a left turn onto Old Keene Mill Road from a sho…
Day 23: School board tells jurors Kate was a “manipulative” liar since she was 12, as her lawyers ask jurors to believe a girl’s pleas for help
On Tuesday, the jury heard two very different portraits of a 12-year-old girl in courtroom 1000 of the federal district courthouse in Alexandria. In closing arguments, Sona Rewari, an attorney for the Fairfax County School Board, stepped forward, putting a folder with her speech on a heavy wood lectern that faced the jury box, the judge, Rossie D. Alston Jr., over her right shoulder and B.R., or “Kate,” a former student at Rachel Carson Middle School in Herndon, over her left shoulder, sitting at the plaintiff’s table just an arm’s length away, flanked by her attorneys, Alison Anderson, to her left, and Andrew Brenner, to her right.
20-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In High-Speed Prince William County Hit-Run: Police
A 20-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash late Wednesday, April 24 in Prince William County, police said.Joseph Emmanuel Word was operating a 2023 Kawasaki Ninja 400R at high speeds southbound on Richmond Highway when he was struck by a 2020 Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck h…
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