CRIME & SAFETY
Another arrest in the ‘street takeover’ event
Fairfax County police have charged an additional man for his role in the “street takeover” last month in the Springfield area of Mason District. On April 19, Baltimore County Police, in coordination with FCPD, arrested Brandon Extecoc Santos, 20, of Parkville, Md. Santos was charged with abduction, assaulting...
Fairmont Gardens residents worry about crime, drugs, and children’s safety
Residents of Fairmont Gardens are concerned about crime, drug abuse, keeping children and teens safe, and fear of retaliation if they call the police. Those are the major themes that emerged at a Town Hall convened on April 18 by the Opportunity Neighborhoods–Annandale program. Nearly 70 people showed up...
UPDATE: Missing Fairfax County woman has been found
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- A Senior Alert has been issued for a missing woman from Fairfax County. The Fairfax County Police Department reports 84-year-old Deloris “Dot” Hornberger was last seen around 1 p.m. Saturday on Lavender Lane in Springfield. She is a white woman who is...
400 people evacuated during fire in Sterling, Virginia
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. — Crews are on the scene of a fire that caused a large plume of smoke in the sky in Loudoun County Monday afternoon. According to Loudoun County Fire, the flames sparked in the 110 block of Acacia Lane in Sterling. Crews called for a second alarm, which means the fire has reached a size requiring more firefighters to control it.
4-year-old girl, father shot in NE DC: Police
WASHINGTON — A 4-year-old girl and her father were taken to the hospital with gunshot wound injuries late Tuesday night in Northeast D.C., according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Police responded to the call at 11:31 pm. They believe the shooting happened in the 4800 block of North Capitol...
North Carolina man sentenced to six years in prison for attacking police with pole at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who became a fugitive after a federal jury convicted him of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison. David Joseph Gietzen, 31, of Sanford, North Carolina, struck a police officer with a pole during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Gietzen told U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols that he didn’t intend to hurt anybody that day. But he didn’t express any regret or remorse for his actions on Jan. 6, when he joined a mob of Donald Trump supporters in interrupting the joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. “I have to make it explicitly known that I believe I did the right thing,” he said before learning his sentence.
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