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Week in Fairfax
Things happening in the Fairfax area.
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Column: Gone Rogue
We have a non-elected governing body having a significant impact on our lives: The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
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Volunteer Charged With Embezzlement
Volunteer charged with embezzlement, jewelry theft is investigated, utility bill scam.
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Real Estate Fraud: Two Years Prison
Chantilly woman is sentenced.
A Chantilly woman has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in restitution for her part in a real-estate fraud. She is Melissa McWilliams, 35. She was among four people who pleaded guilty Feb. 19, in federal court in Alexandria to conspiring to fraudulently take over the titles of homes in Washington, D.C., without the real property owners’ knowledge, selling those homes and keeping the profit.
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Column: Sex Trafficking Here in Northern Virginia
A couple of years ago, I became aware that sex trafficking of children was not solely an international issue, but one that was happening in our own backyard.
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Washington and the Culper Ring
In the 18th century, an insult to a Gentleman’s honor required a duel to settle the score. It was better to die respectably in a duel than to live without honor.
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Crimes
Crimes
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Crime Log
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This Week in Potomac
This Week in Potomac
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Crime Down in 2003
Police statistics show decrease in crime overall, but incidence of rapes increases.
Crime Down in 2003
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Crime Report
Crime Report
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McLean Crime Reports
Notable incidents from the Fairfax County Police blotter from April 6-10.
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Herndon Crime Reports
Noted incidents from the Herndon Police Reports from April 18-24
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At Home in Arlington After 30 Years on the Street
Vietnam veteran finally home.
John Barrett enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1971 after dropping out of high school. He volunteered to go to Vietnam and worked on aircraft that flew missions over the jungle.
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Editorial: On Police Information and Secrecy
Time for change in public access to police information.
The first meeting of the Fairfax County Ad Hoc Police Practices Review Commission will take place next Monday, March 23, and it comes with hope for real change.
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Alexandria: Poetry
Selfless Dedication
Like red blood cells, women’s equality flows through Alice Paul’s veins, her pulse beat a women’s right to vote, her fervor, women’s equality