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Local advocacy groups denounce Trump ban on immigrants and refugees

January 31, 2017

#advocacy, #community organizations, #courts, #immigration

Korean-Americans at Dulles Airport. [NAKASEC] Local organizations that aid immigrants have denounced President Trump’s executive order temporarily banning immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees from any country. Those groups, along with elected officials, including Rep. Gerry Connolly, Rep. Don Beyer, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, and Attorney General Mark Herring, participated in a protest against … Continued

Former employees accuse Annandale company of wage theft

August 12, 2016

#businesses, #courts, #labor

Former Sweet Home employees and clients demand back wages. Construction worker Nain Rodriguez was promised $18 an hour to work on a project for Sweet Home Improvement, a home remodeling company at 7700 Little River Turnpike. After doing the work, Rodriguez said Sweet Home still owes him $3,220 in back wages even though he won … Continued

HOA files suit to block relocation of homeless shelter to Lincolnia

July 13, 2016

#courts, #homeless, #land use, #Lincolnia, #neighborhood groups, #Planning Commission, #seniors

The entrance to Stonegate at Landmark on N. Chambliss Street. The Stonegate at Landmark Homeowners Association filed a lawsuit July 12 against the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in an attempt to halt the county’s plan to temporarily relocate the Bailey’s Crossroads homeless shelter to the backyard of the Lincolnia Senior Center. The suit, filed … Continued

Agape settles Medicaid fraud allegations

May 4, 2016

#aging, #courts, #health, #seniors

The Agape Adult Day Center at 6349 Lincolnia Road. Agape Health Management Inc., which operates under the name Agape Adult Day Healthcare Center, has agreed to pay $385,917 to settle federal and state civil fraud allegations that claimed Agape submitted false claims for reimbursement to the Virginia Medicaid Program. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the … Continued

Mortgage fraud is family affair

May 2, 2016

#businesses, #courts, #crime

A former vice president of Sun Trust Mortgage in Annandale, Moshin Raza, 51, was sentenced to 24 months in prison April 29 for conspiracy and wire fraud affecting a financial institution, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia reports. His wife, Humaira Iqbal, 40 was sentenced to 15 months in prison on … Continued

Mothers of U.S. citizens push for expanded rights for immigrants

April 19, 2016

#courts, #families, #immigration, #parents

Dreamers Mothers in Action and other immigrant advocates at the Supreme Court. “I would no longer be scared of being separated from my family and I could get a better job,” says Lenka Mendoza of Dumfries, one of many local residents who took part in a demonstration on the steps of the Supreme Court April … Continued

Join the ‘Run for the Children’ April 30

April 12, 2016

#children, #community events, #courts, #entertainment, #Recreation, #sports, #volunteers

Fairfax Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is hosting a Run for the Children 8K Race and 3K Run/Walk April 30 in Fairfax. “This race engages and informs the community about our organization’s inspirational work, while raising funds to help train and support the work of our volunteers,” says CASA spokesperson Ana Machado-Silva. CASA volunteers serve … Continued

Lawsuit charges Virginia’s ‘habitual drunkard’ law is unconstitutional

March 27, 2016

#courts, #crime, #health, #homeless, #state government

Virginia’s “habitual drunkard” statute violates the commonwealth’s constitution by criminalizing the consumption of alcohol by homeless alcoholics, charges a class action lawsuit filed by the Legal Aid Justice Center and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. The complaint, filed in federal court earlier this month, asserts that commonwealth’s attorneys offices have used the Interdiction … Continued

Despite legal setback, Malbrook residents confident they will win

November 16, 2015

#courts, #housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment

Deer enjoy the meadow where an infill housing development is planned near Malbrook. By Darren Gruendel Sex, lies, and videotape – OK, no sex, but there are plenty of lies and there’s a video of horrendous flooding in the continuing drama about Malbrook subdivision’s fight to protect its neighborhood covenants. Malbrook residents were shocked on … Continued

Annandale homeowner takes land dispute with county to federal court

October 16, 2015

#code compliance, #courts, #infrastructure, #land use, #stormwater, #water

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

October 10, 2015

#courts, #crime, #robbery

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

September 11, 2015

#courts, #housing, #neighborhood groups, #real estate

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

July 1, 2015

#courts, #environment, #housing, #land use, #water

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’

May 6, 2015

#Bailey's Elementary School, #courts, #schools

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

December 26, 2014