May 12, 2026
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Tag: crime

Justin Fairfax kills wife in murder-suicide

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Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, 47, shot and killed his wife, Cerina, inside their home in Annandale, then shot and killed himself in the early hours of April 16. “This has been an ongoing domestic dispute,” Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said at a media briefing in front of their house in the … Continued

Police seek con artists for jewelry thefts

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Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division have identified a woman connected to several thefts committed through sleight of hand, the FCPD reported on April 1. On March 20, at 1:30 p.m., a woman was returning her shopping cart in the 6900 block of Hechinger Drive in the Springfield area of Mason … Continued

Man charged with killing 3-month-old daughter

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Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Homicide Squad and Child Abuse Squad have charged a 28-year-old man in connection with the death of his 3-month-old daughter in Bailey’s Crossroads. On March 27, shortly after 7:30 p.m., officers responded to the 3400 block of Lake Street in Bailey’s Crossroads for the report of an unresponsive … Continued

Man fatally stabbed in Bailey’s Crossroads

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Fairfax County Police arrested a man for a fatal stabbing in the Culmore area of Bailey’s Crossroads on March 29. Officers from the Mason Police Station responded to a report of a stabbing in the 6000 block of Bellview Drive shortly before 9 p.m. They found an adult male inside a residence with multiple stab … Continued

Video released on police-involved shooting

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The Fairfax County Police Department has released the body-worn camera footage from the police-involved shooting at an apartment in Fairfax on Feb. 23. When police entered the apartment in the 3900 block of Persimmon Drive shortly after 5 a.m., Chhatra Thapa, 54, had already stabbed his wife, Binda, and daughter, Mamta, and was in the … Continued

Crime declined last year in nearly all categories

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Crime in Fairfax County is down in almost all categories, Police Chief Kevin Davis reports. Homicides were down 7 percent in 2025 compared to 2024, Davis said in a presentation to the Board of Supervisors’ Safety and Security Committee on March 10. There were 13 homicides last year, which was the lowest number since 2018. … Continued

Stabbing victims honored at a vigil

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About a hundred people paid their respects at a vigil for the two women who were stabbed to death at their Fairfax home on Feb. 23. Chhatra Thapa, 54, brutally murdered his wife, Binda, and daughter, Mamta, with a butcher knife. He was in the process of stabbing Mamta’s husband, Santosh Basnet, when police arrived. … Continued

Nepali community seeks funds for family of stabbing victims

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The Virginia Chapter of the Non-Resident Nepali Association has organized a fundraising campaign to support the remaining family of the victims of a brutal stabbing rampage by Chhatra Thapa, 54, on Feb. 23 in Fairfax. Thapa killed his wife, Binda Thapa, 52, and daughter, Mamta, 33, a nurse. When police arrived on the scene, described … Continued

Police shoot stabbing suspect on I-495

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A Virginia State trooper shot a man who was stabbing people following a crash on the beltway in Annandale shortly after 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 1. According to multiple news reports, a man involved in a crash between the Gallows Road and Little River Turnpike exits got out of his vehicle and started stabbing … Continued