Supervisor Jimenez charged with reckless driving
Mason District Supervisor Andres Jimenez has been charged with reckless driving for going 104 miles per hour in a 70-mph zone.
Jimenez is scheduled to appear in the Fairfax County General District Court on July 20, 9:30 a.m.
The traffic stop, by Virginia State Police trooper Alex Pak, occurred on May 5. Jimenez was also charged with failing to have a registration card.
Under the Virginia Code, a “reckless driving” charge applies to anyone driving in excess of 85 mph or exceeding the speed limit by 20 mph.
Reckless driving is a Class 1 misdemeanor. A conviction could result in a fine of up to $2,500 and/or up to 12 months in jail.
The summons from the Virginia State Police does not indicate the road where the incident took place or the time of day.
Jimenez has represented Mason District on the Board of Supervisors since January 2024. The board sets policies on public safety and transportation, among other issues.
Jimenez chairs the board’s Legislative Committee and serves as vice chair of the Personnel and Reorganization Committee. He also represents Fairfax County on the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission as an alternate.
The express lanes are 70MPH in fairfax county
i am sure there was a good reason – like getting to a BoS meeting to vote to raise our taxes.
Never liked him. There’s something wrong with your judgement to be going 104 on any road around here.
One of the main issues in our district is pedestrian safety, and this joker is out there driving like a maniac endangering everyone around him. Ridiculous.
Reckles Jimenez
Lol
I’d love to see the bodycam footage of his saying why he was driving that fast.
I’ve submitted a foia request to VSP. Will update
A few months ago I posted on this site that Jimenez races through my (and his) neighborhood in his black Audi SUV, endangering children. If memory serves, another commenter accused me of defamation.
Jimenez does not even take in his garbage cans or cut his lawn. He has a nice house but it’s the most unkempt on the block. What a metaphor for his “leadership” of Mason district.
This person is unfit to lead and should be recalled, not for going over 100 mph which is inexcusable, but because he is in way over his head in every way. I cannot imagine the amount of damage he is doing that we haven’t found out about, yet.
Thank you for posting this. It’s obvious that he has extremely poor judgement in a variety of areas. Whenever I’ve contacted him regarding an issue, I’ve gotten a standard I’ll look into it response..with no contact after that.
Someone needs to run against him. I thought Gross was bad but this guy takes the cake in terms of not giving a sh*t about anything!
There were at least 3 other people’s names on the ballot when we was elected
He wasn’t even my 4th choice!
This should not be a surprise to any of us. Jimenez has proven over and over again that he feels unaccountable to anyone (see Annandale Today’s 5/07/26 article about Jimenez failing to show up and advocate for his constituents regarding a preposterous residential development on the LRT). Going 104 mph in our Northern Virginia community is completely unjustifiable and is yet another example of someone who has an overinflated sense of himself and has a general disregard for the well-being (and safety) of others.
This so-called “supervisor” came out of nowhere to squeak a win as the Democratic Party’s nominee. Recall him or vote him out at the next primary. We won’t be fooled again !!
His appearance in court is scheduled for July 20th @ 9:30 am. I would bet my bottom dollar that only his lawyer will show up and there will be no “personal” contrition for his irresponsible behavior (other than his lawyers statement). We all know he is in bed with local developers and many of the other Fairfax supervisors… we will see soon enough if he is also in cahoots with the local judiciaries. You do not deserve to be Mason District’s supervisor as you are NOT fit to lead by example or serve as a role model.
Jimenez is known to chat with developers during hearings to give them the upper hand so they get approval for their greedy sky scraper type development apartments. He doesn’t care about the community and what it does to neighborhoods to stuff over 600 apartments with no considerations of how small the parcels are or if they can accommodate the already narrow roadways.
Let’s vote for a true Democrat who care about his poeple.
Driving at anything close to 104 mph is inexcusable. For a person in public office, it is unacceptable. Jimenez should resign.
Hear hear!
I used to work for him. He’s an empty suit. He was probably racing to his next photo opt. It’s all about performative governing, not actually helping his constituents, that takes time and effort.
I’d like to add that I’ve worked with Chris and she’s a hard-working public servant who does her best to to above and beyond the call of duty for the people she serves.
Thanks for your kind words Liz
I voted for Reid Voss, who I thought would’ve been an outstanding Mason District Supervisor, but the dumb Democrats pushed Jiminez through. What an irresponsible idiot. Time for you to get out of town and move to a place that’s appropriate for you, like a garbage dump!
Me too. Reid would have been great.
Gee, I thought all the Board of Supervisors rode bikes, took the bus or walked everywhere. This is a very big surprise to me. Driving this fast shows a character flaw to me – there is absolutely no reason to drive that fast as it is reckless and dangerous to everyone else.
From the comments it sounds like Andres regularly exceeds the speed limit. A state trooper stopped him. I wonder if the FCPD has instructions to look the other way.
I’m his neighbor, I recall when he ran for the Board of Supervisors (BoS) shortly after moving in. Our neighborhood was initially excited, hoping he would be an accessible and engaging representative. Regrettably, the reality has been the complete opposite. He has shown no interest in getting to know his neighbors. In fact, when I attempted to greet him at a local store (we met before during his campaign) he refused to engage, offering only a cold, arrogant look. Furthermore, his lack of care for the community is evident in how he drives his Audi at highly unsafe speeds through our street.
Not an excuse, but I don’t think the speeding offense was in Fairfax County either.
Article says State Trooper & 104 in a 70 zone. State police typically patrol interstates not surface streets and in this case looks like RT 66 at Haymarket or west, that’s where speed limit rises to 70mph.
Furthermore, the exact speed limit where he was driving at 104 mph is 45 mph. No one could explain why the summons said the speed limit was 70 mph. This was in Fairfax near Fair Lakes Mall.
I saw that and I predict his lawyer will somehow get case thrown out because of it.
And yes, could’ve been on I95 near Fredericksburg where limit goes up to 70..
I don’t think there are any roads in FFX county with a speed limit of 70, are there?
Or I-66 outside the Beltway where the speed limit is 70 mph in the Express Lanes
Steve Lee for Mason Supervisor! I voted for him and he has a real passion for Annandale. He would listen to the constituents and not speed through our streets and improve Annandale. No idea why Jimenez was voted in, anyone can see through his fake fascade.
When his supporters told us he was ready to hit the ground running…I didn’t think they meant literally 100 plus miles per hour…
Racing to meet with a developer probably…. when Grossman was in office I called for help when Washington Gas turned our heat off bc of a leak and didnt have time to turn it back on. She had them come out that day and called to make sure we were ok. When I called Jimenez office for help with something they passed me around and gave no response. VOTE HIM OUT!
Poor Annandale. Can’t we get someone with some intelligence and humility? What a shame. Will we ever get out of this slump?
Throw the book at him. He deserves jail time for this.
I met Jimenez outside a voting location. I told him about an issue – the lack of real care and management of Mason District Park, and he agreed to meet with me if elected. Once the meeting was set up post-election, he sent his staff out to meet with me instead. Having been in politics for a very long time, I looked at her and said, “This is the time for Jimenez to get to know his constituents, not substitute staff.” I then walked out, seeing early on the arrogance he continues to exhibit.
104 MPH is dangerous and disqualifying for his position. He spends more time posing for photos and dining out (see his Mason Matters emails) than serving the community. There are many pressing matters — ICE activity in our community comes to mind. When I reached out to his office to discuss ICE, DOGE firings, and access to healthcare he had one of his flunky staff members reply. Is he working or freeloading? Does he do anything positive for Mason District? Time to recall and replace.
Runs on a platform of public safety, drives 104 PMH in a Porsche in the hot lanes.
Reckless Jimenez!
Can one of his supporters point to one thing he has done to better Mason district?
Can we get penny back?
Crickets… I supported Reid and know he has better judgement. Deb Mill said it best, why apply for the job if you don’t want to do the work. I wish Penny or some elected would have had the backbone to support the best candidate instead of all the electeds falling in line behind McKays leadership like sheep.
Let’s try to come up with a candidate who will do some good for Mason District at the next supervisor election in November 2027 (primary in June 2027) when Jimenez’s term expires and the new Supervisor takes office in January 2028. Reid Voss was that guy last time.
There have always been legitimate candidates in the past better than Jimenez , but as was pointed out in my co-authored report (with George Waters and Carole Bausell), Jimenez was well-documented as a do nothing, “missing in action” Fairfax Planning Commission member (https://annandaletoday.com/supervisor-candidate-jimenez-missing-in-action/). So the writing was on the wall about how Jimenez would perform as Supervisor. Now he’s an arrested reckless driver as well. Mason District has serious pedestrian safety concerns and other concerns that need ongoing attention by an engaged Supervisor. Jimenez fails in every way.
Concerned residents have asked if he can be removed from office. Here’s what the law says:
Va. Code § 24.2-233
A circuit court can remove an elected officer for:
neglect of a clear, ministerial duty of the office, misuse of the office, or incompetence in the performance of the duties of the office when that neglect of duty, misuse of office, or incompetence in the performance of duties has a material adverse effect upon the conduct of the office.
This would covers malfeasance (misuse of office) and nonfeasance (neglect of duty). But note the added qualifier the statute requires — it’s not enough to show the neglect/misuse happened; you also have to show it had a “material adverse effect” on how the office actually functions.
I asked Claude.ai to review the law and the incident and this is the response:
A personal reckless driving citation — say, the supervisor was on a personal road trip, nowhere near county business — would almost certainly fail that test. It’s not neglect of official duties, it’s not misuse of the office (as opposed to misuse of a personal car), and courts construe these removal statutes strictly (“highly penal in nature,” per the Virginia Supreme Court). A prosecutor or petition drafter would have a very hard time arguing a speeding ticket, however fast, materially impairs how the Board of Supervisors functions.
Where it could conceivably become relevant is if the facts tied the misconduct to the office itself — e.g., the supervisor was driving a county vehicle, invoked their office to try to avoid the stop, was driving to/from an official function in a way that implicated public duties, or a pattern of such incidents suggested a broader fitness-for-office problem the petitioners could frame as “misuse of office.” Even then, it’s a stretch, and given how rarely these petitions succeed generally (no completed removal since 1953, no removal via trial since 1911), a single reckless driving case would be a weak vehicle for it on its own.
Bottom line: a standalone Class 1 misdemeanor reckless driving conviction, without more, isn’t a removal trigger under Virginia law. Consequently, neither this removal-petition statute nor the alternative law, which calls for automatic-forfeiture of office for a felony conviction and failed appeal, will get him removed from office.
He should just resign.
Let’s do better the next time around.
Exactly correct Larry. Very little chance of recalling him. Not worth the effort.
I used to work for the guy. I gave it one and a half years and gave up. He has no desire to actually help and advocate for residents. I was told not to get down in the weeds and to point everyone back to the county. As a public servant, I saw my role differently. I thought it was my role to cut through the red tape to get a resolution, especially since most people calling us were having trouble navigating the county services. Not what I went into public service to do. Most days were spent chasing photo opportunities for him. It made we wonder why he ever wanted to run for the office.
Additionally, let me be clear – this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Would love to meet you sometime and talk about the next supervisor election. I strongly supported Reid. Some say he may run again.