Tag: courts
Annandale homeowner takes land dispute with county to federal court
Flooding on the Laux property before he tried to fix it. The legal dispute between Annandale homeowner David Laux and has risen to a higher level, as the Laux’s are taking their case to a federal court. The conflict started over a year ago when Laux and his wife tried to rehabilitate the lawn on … Continued
Bank robber who escaped from hospital sentenced to 32 years
Assaye The “bicycle bandit” who escaped from Inova Fairfax Hospital March 31 and led police on a nine-hour manhunt was sentenced to 32 years in federal prison Oct. 9, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia reports. Wossen Assaye, 43, of Arlington had been found guilty in July of two counts of … Continued
Judge approves temporary injunction on infill development in Malbrook
Malbrook residents argue this proposed easement along Brooks Place violates their community’s covenants. Residents of the Malbrook subdivision who are fighting an infill development are pleased with the outcome of a hearing on their case in Fairfax Circuit Court Sept. 9. Judge Randy Bellows moved the trial date from March 2016 to Nov. 2, 2015, … Continued
Homeowner battling county over land disturbance violation
The Laux backyard with the Calloway development behind the fence. Annandale resident David Laux is fighting a Fairfax County court injunction charging him with violating the building code and plans to take the case to the state Supreme Court. The county charged Laux and his wife Tara with failing to get a permit when they … Continued
Discrimination suit against Bailey’s principal ‘dismissed with prejudice’
Lemmon The lawsuit filed by four employees of Bailey’s Elementary School against Principal Marie Lemmon charging her with discrimination and harassment has been “dismissed with prejudice.” The suit, filed in federal court in September by former assistant principal Rachel Charlton, former teachers Yolanda Calhoun and Shyrone Stith, and former student J.C. Calhoun, claimed Lemmon and … Continued
Judge rejects motion to dismiss suit against Bailey’s principal
The lawsuit filed by former employees against Bailey’s Elementary School Principal Marie Lemmon and Fairfax County Public Schools is going forward after federal judge T.S. Ellis III rejected the defendants’ request to have the case dismissed. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria Sept. 25 by a former assistant principal, two … Continued
Former employees support lawsuit against Bailey’s principal
Marie Lemmon (right) conducts a tour of the brand new Bailey’s Upper campus in a converted office building before the start of the school year. Five people who had worked for Fairfax County Public Schools have submitted affidavits this week in support of a lawsuit charging Marie Lemmon, the principal of Bailey’s Elementary School, with … Continued
Judge upholds eviction of Pro Maxx Fitness from shopping center
Fairfax County Courthouse The judge hearing the Pro Maxx Fitness eviction case in Fairfax County General District Court Sept. 19 upheld the eviction and ordered the gym’s owners to pay $35,000 in back rent to Carol Zach Reuss, the property manager of Annandale Shopping Center. The gym must vacate by Sept. 30. Reuss later told … Continued