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Armed Burglar Caught Fleeing Across Golf Course In Fairfax County
A man who broke into a home and robbed a woman at gunpoint was arrested after attempting to flee across a Fairfax County golf course, police said.The man broke into a home on the 2200 block of Stone Wheel Drive in Reston and robbed the woman at gunpoint.Police said only that he then tried to flee a…
Maryland college students have sympathy for protests of Israel-Hamas war
College students in Maryland have sympathy for others protesting the Israel-Hamas war. People in support of Palestine are protesting on college campuses across the U.S. as the war continues in Gaza. They're calling on universities to disclose any investments and divest from any companies connected to Israel. Groups of students...
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…
Woodbridge man killed in early morning crash
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — The Prince William County Police Department (PWCPD) said a man was killed in a crash in the early hours of Friday in Woodbridge. Officers responded to the single-vehicle crash at the intersection of Redwing Drive and Swallow Court at 2:30 a.m. Investigators said 33-year-old Donnell Tyquan Epps […]
Driver crashes into tree in Montgomery County, dies
DARNESTOWN, Md. — A man has died after crashing his car into a tree in Darnestown early Friday. Officials with the Montgomery County Police, as well as Fire and Rescue, responded just after 12:30 a.m. to the intersection of River Road and Seneca Road after a report of a single-vehicle collision. Upon arrival, they found an orange Honda Element had crashed into a tree.
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…
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 lost the case. On Wednesday afternoon, a federal jury ultimately rejected all of her allegations. The victim says when the verdict came down, she was...
Annandale Man Claims $1M Lottery Ticket Sold At 7-Eleven
Monna Islam was feeling lucky. That’s the reason the Falls Church resident bought a 20X the Money ticket from the Virginia Lottery, according to a release on the VA Lottery website. He told Lottery officials that as he scratched the ticket, it looked like he was going to win $10 or $20.Then he…
Public Safety - Week of April 26, 2024
Fairfax County Police charged a Lorton man in a domestic-related fatal shooting that occurred April 17. According to police, officers responded to Mount Vernon Hospital at around 11:35 p.m. on April 17 after Alison “Kate” LaPorta, 38, of Lorton, was brought to the hospital by her boyfriend, Huy Tien Nguyen, 47. LaPorta suffered a gunshot wound to her upper body. She was taken to Fairfax Hospital, where she was pronounced deceased.
Firefighters say 6-year-old was protecting his 3-year-old brother when they died in house fire
CLIFTON, Va. (WUSA) - A Virginia family is mourning the loss of their two youngest boys who died after they were trapped in a house fire. Firefighters say the eldest child, 6-year-old William, died trying to protect his younger brother. “As soon as he was born, he was like, ‘Oh,...
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