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Teen Charged with Damaging Mosque
In January, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community — whose motto is “Love for all, hatred for none” — were looking forward to the completion of construction of their new mosque in Chantilly.
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School Named for Flora Singer
Teacher, holocaust survivor, author, Potomac resident died in 2009.
The Montgomery Board of Education will name a public elementary school after the late Flora M. Singer, a Holocaust survivor, Potomac resident and former teacher at Cabin John Middle and Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein and Walt Whitman high schools.
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Week in Vienna
News in Vienna.
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Week in McLean
Things happening in McLean.
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Week in Reston
Things happening in Reston.
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Driver Arrested In Hit and Run
Detectives have seized the suspect vehicle believed to be involved in what has been determined to be a fatal case of road rage. The driver of that vehicle is a 32-year-old resident on John Paul Drive in Alexandria, who has been arrested and charged with felony hit and run. The suspect vehicle is a black, 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer and was located in southwest Washington, D.C.
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Mount Vernon Crime Report May 8
Activities reported by the Mt. Vernon police department through May 4.
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Local Man Pleads Guilty to Murder
He killed his father in Centreville.
Gbassay “Omar” Koroma was slated to stand trial for murder, May 7, in Fairfax County Circuit Court. Instead, he pleaded guilty in March and will be sentenced next month.
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Letter: Bunny Man Bridge: A Dangerous ‘Attraction’
Letter to the Editor
Some Fairfax County residents are aware of the Bunny Man urban legend in one form or another. Whether it be an axe wielding bunny man or an escaped convict or a depraved rabbit stew connoisseur, versions of the legend abound. Some versions are tied to Colchester Overpass, a Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) railroad overpass spanning Colchester Road in Fairfax Station. Colchester Overpass is sometimes referred to as Bunny Man Bridge.
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Northern Virginia Bill Signing Puts Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence in Spotlight
A rare moment of bipartisanship between Republican governor and Democratic legislators.
Strangulation will be punished more aggressively to combat violence against women. Campus police will work with other police agencies to crack down on domestic violence of unmarried couples. And the telephone number for a human trafficking hotline will be placed in the restrooms at strip clubs across Virginia.
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Centre View Roundups -- May 3
Centreville Man Is Assaulted City of Fairfax police have charged a Fairfax resident with felony malicious wounding in connection with an April 24 assault on a 42-year-old Centreville man. Arrested was Chan Young Kim, 47, of Whitemore Place. Police say that, on that date, the victim reported he’d been involved in a fight, around 11:30 a.m., with a man who’d allegedly “punched him repeatedly in the face, knocked him to the ground and kicked him.” According to police, after a witness tried to intervene, the suspect reportedly “retrieved a golf club from his car and struck the victim several times.”
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Week in Fairfax
Things happening in Fairfax.
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Letter: Where Is County’s Accountability?
The Virginia Citizens Coalition for Police Accountability (CCPA) is a pro-police grassroots citizen activist organization that is dedicated to making our community a better and safer place for all of its citizens.
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Police Arrest Suspect after DNA Hit
Police arrested a 45-year-old man in connection with a burglary of an 82-year-old woman’s home in February.
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Week in Alexandria
The Alexandria Police Department is charging three California men with conspiracy to import marijuana into Virginia.
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Letter: Fighting for Women’s Rights
Letter to the Editor
It is time to pay attention to the serious threats to women’s rights that are taking place in our state and across the nation. At stake are fundamental liberties that affect everyone, not just women. At least 39 state legislatures in recent session and the US Congress have proposed laws restricting women's basic health care rights.
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Mount Vernon Crime Report April 11
Activities reported by the Mount Vernon police department through April 6.
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Local Man Charged: Online Solicitation
Arrested in statewide sting targeting child predators.
Anarug Sharma, 35, of Fairfax, was one of 20 people across Virginia arrested last week as a result of “Operation Phalanx” – an undercover operation targeting alleged child predators. It was a collaborative effort between Virginia's two Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces and the attorney general’s office.
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Public’s Help Sought in Exposure Cases
Fairfax County Crime Solvers is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the men responsible for at least nine, reported indecent exposures in the Sully Police District.
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Federal Prosecutors Uncover Schoolyard Prostitution Ring in Suburban Fairfax County
U.S. Attorney: Underground Gangster Crips led prostitution ring that spanned Northern Virginia.
The high school girls were threatened with violence if they attempted to leave. They were sexually exploited by customers of the sex trafficking operation as well as the men who ran the prostitution ring.