Tag: crime
Dog walker stabbed
The Fairfax County Police Department’s daily crime report includes a malicious wounding incident in Bailey’s Crossroads. A 55-year-old woman was walking her dog at around 10:40 p.m. on the 5500 block of Seminary Road April 19 when a man approached her from behind and cut her throat with a knife. She was treated at a … Continued
Annandale bank robbed
The suspect [FCPD] The Wells Fargo Bank at 4260 John Marr Drive, Annandale, was robbed just before 1:30 p.m. on April 18, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. A man walked into the bank, implied that he had a weapon and announced a robbery. A bank employee handed over an undisclosed amount of cash, and the … Continued
Shots fired outside The Block
Fairfax County Police are investigating an incident involving the brandishing and discharge of a weapon outside The Block, 4221 John Marr Drive, Annandale, at around 12:25 a.m. on April 17. Police responded to reports of a large fight in the parking lot by the collection of food vendors, states an item in the FCPD blotter. … Continued
Suspect arrested for hate crimes
Mahone [FCPD] Fairfax County Police arrested Dylan Mahone, 20, of Annandale, April 12 in connection with three recent hate-motivated incidents. Two incidents occurred overnight on April 11 at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia and the Little River United Church of Christ in Annandale. The other incident involved anti-Semitic flyers posted on the Annandale … Continued
Jewish community center and church attacked with racist, Anti-Semitic graffiti
Defaced signs in front of Little River United Church of Christ in Annandale. [Josh Byrd] Two religious institutions in the Annandale area were hit with racist and antisemitic graffiti during the night. The Fairfax County Police Department received a call at 7:13 a.m. about “racially biased graffiti, slurs, and possibly symbols,” at the … Continued
Lincolnia store robbed
Advance America [Google Maps] The Advance America payday and title lending outlet in the Plaza at Landmark shopping center in Lincolnia was hit with an armed robbery on April 6, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Two men entered the business at 6244-J Little River Turnpike at about 6 p.m. One held a gun … Continued
Gas station employees detain would-be robber
Hicks A man tried to rob the Exxon station at 7336 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, on March 29, but was rebuffed by the employees, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. A man entered the business at about 7:35 a.m., displayed a knife, and demanded money. Two employees inside refused and a struggle took place. The … Continued
Public urged to report suspected gang activity
Lanham With gang activity on the increase in Fairfax County, law enforcement officials are urging residents to be vigilant, monitor their children, and report suspicious events. At a Town Hall on Gangs hosted by Mason Supervisor Penny Gross March 29, Police Chief Edwin Roessler urged the community to “get engaged.” Parents need to look over … Continued
Burglary, unlawful entry arrests this weekend
Martinez [FCPD] The Fairfax County Police Department’s weekend crime report includes several incidents in the Mason District/Annandale area. Two men were charged with burglarizing an apartment in the 6100 block of Greenwood Drive in Seven Corners at about 10:30 p.m. on March 24. Officers were called for a report of a fight. Two men had … Continued
Gangs actively recruiting in local schools
Roessler There’s been a resurgence of gang activity in Fairfax County, along with “heavy recruiting in our schools,” Jay Lanham, director of the Northern Virginia Regional Gang TaskForce, said at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors’ Public Safety Committee March 21. The meeting featured a presentation on law enforcement policies on undocumented immigrants, as … Continued
Three men arrested for using skimming device
Left to right: Osvaldo Bello Villanueva, Enrique Franco, and Abrahan Noa. [FCPD] Three men have been charged with fraudulently obtaining credit card numbers using a financial skimming device hidden inside gas pumps in Bailey’s Crossroads, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. A fraud investigator from an undisclosed bank contacted FCPD’s financial crimes section on March … Continued
Immigration policy has huge impact on local community
Government leaders and representatives of nonprofit organizations are reaching out to calm fears following the Trump Administration’s hard-line approach to immigrants and travelers, which is encouraging a rising tide of hate crimes. Panelists at March 11 forum hosted by the Fairfax County NAACP at the Kings Park Library spoke about how children are afraid to … Continued
Supervisor Gross to host Town Hall on Gangs
Graffiti is a sign of gang activity, although it’s not known whether this particular example in Annandale is gang related. Mason Supervisor Penny Gross is hosting a Town Hall on Gangs March 29, 7 p.m., at the Mason Government Center. “We need to get gang activity under control,” Gross said. Many residents have been expressing … Continued
Public officials, religious leaders denounce anti-Semitic attacks and bomb threats
Rep. Gerry Connolly at the podium, surrounded by public officials. [Jamie Smith] Government leaders and the heads of various religious institutions appeared at a news conference at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia March 3 to denounce the recent wave of anti-Semitic vandalism and intimidation nationwide. Hundreds of gravestones were toppled at Jewish cemeteries … Continued
Two bodies found in park as gang activity on the rise
FCPD Chief Roessler speaks to the press. [FCPD] The gang problem “is out of control,” said Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin Roessler March 3 at a news briefing on Crater Place in Parklawn on the discovery of two sets of human remains in Holmes Run Stream Valley Park. The remains were found March 2 … Continued
