Tag: crime
Mason Police District honors PFC Kurt Woodward as Officer of the Year
From the left. Lt. Chantel Cochrane, Officer of the Year PFC Kurt Woodward, and Capt. Christian Quinn of the Mason Police District. Police Officer First Class Kurt Woodward has been named the Mason Police District 2015 Office of the Year in recognition of his exceptional efforts to keep the community safe. Station commander, Capt. Christian … Continued
Pedestrian robbed near Heritage Mall in Annandale
A woman walking to the 7-Eleven at 7822 Rectory Lane, Annandale, was the victim of an armed robbery at 5:30 a.m. on Feb. 27. Two men approached her; one of them was armed with a handgun, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. One suspect ripped the victim’s purse from her shoulder, searched her pockets, then … Continued
7-Eleven in Seven Corners robbed
The 7-Eleven on Patrick Henry Drive. [Google Maps] The 7-Eleven at 3011 Patrick Henry Drive in Falls Church was robbed just before 6 a.m. on Feb. 25. A man attempted to steal merchandise, and a “verbal and physical altercation ensured where the suspect struck one of the clerks,” the Fairfax County Police Department reports. The … Continued
Police investigating homicide at Skyline
Skyline Towers [FCPD] Fairfax County police are investigating a homicide in Skyline Towers at 5597 Seminary Road in Bailey’s Crossroads. Fire and rescue units had responded to a report of an unresponsive person in an apartment shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 23. Based on their initial examination, they determined that the victim, an adult … Continued
Armed robbery at Lincolnia area pizza shop
The Vaperz vape shop in Annandale was burglarized. [Google Maps] The Fairfax County Police Department’s blog entry for Jan. 19 reports a commercial robbery, commercial burglary, and sex offender incident in the Annandale/Mason District area. Pizza Boli’s Landmark, at 6303 Little River Turnpike in Beauregard Square, was hit by an armed robbery on Jan. 17. … Continued
New details emerge on Annandale electrocution homicide
Yeon was murdered in this house at 7160 Pennys Town Court. New details have emerged about the murder of Kum Yeon, 56, in Annandale last month. According to reports by WTOP and the Washington Post, she was killed by electrocution after making a sex tape with a 73-year-old man in his home in the 7100 … Continued
Weekend crimes include assaults and robberies
Several crimes occurred in the Annandale/Mason area in recent days, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. There was a domestic violence incident on Parkman Court, Annandale, a block from Braddock Elementary School, just after midnight on Dec. 25. A 51-year-old man became irate during an argument with his wife. He grabbed a machete and allegedly … Continued
Homicide in Broyhill Park
The scene of the crime [WUSA] Updated 11:40 p.m.: Fairfax County Police are investigating a homicide in the Broyhill Park neighborhood between Holmes Run and Falls Church High School. Police responded to a report of a fight in the 7600 block of Trail Run Road on Dec. 25 and discovered an adult man on … Continued
Homicide in Annandale thought to be caused by electrocution
Penny’s Town Court is in the heart of Annandale. [Google Maps] The death of a 56-year-old woman in Annandale Dec. 21 is being investigated as homicide, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. The body of Kum Yeon of Alexandria was found in a house on the 7100 block of Pennys Town Court shortly after 5 … Continued
Two robberies in Bailey’s Crossroads
The Fairfax County Police Department reports a couple of robberies happened in weekend in the Bailey’s Crossroads area, and there was a police pursuit in Seven Corners. A 20-year-old man was walking alone on the 3400 block of Glen Carlyn Drive at about 10:17 p.m. on Dec. 19, when another man approached, punched him, knocked … Continued
Four people arrested for shoplifting in Bailey’s Crossroads
Four people were arrested for grand larceny at the Crossroads Center in Bailey’s Crossroads Dec. 16, the Fairfax County Police Department’s Daily Blotter reports. A shopper noticed four people working together to conceal merchandise, take items from stores, and bring them to a vehicle in the parking lot. Police investigated and found stolen merchandise from … Continued
Truck stolen from Page Chevrolet
Photo of suspected truck thief from surveillance video. Fairfax County Crime Solvers is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the man responsible for stealing a truck from Page Chevrolet at 6500 Little River Turnpike, just east of Annandale. The owner of a 2014 black Chevrolet Silverado brought the truck to the dealership for service on Dec. … Continued
Man arrested for DWI after police pursuit
Fairfax County Police arrested a man shortly after midnight on Dec. 9 at Landmark Mall after a traffic pursuit. An officer observed a vehicle with expired license plates and “defective equipment” at Backlick Road and Hechinger Drive, Springfield, and attempted to stop the vehicle, according to the Police Blotter. The driver struck a mailbox and … Continued
DWI, fraud arrests in Annandale area
Herriott The Fairfax County Police Blotter lists two arrests over the weekend in the Annandale area. A police officer noticed the driver of a Chevrolet Tahoe slumped over the steering wheel apparently asleep at the Old Columbia Pike/Little River Turnpike intersection at about 3:30 a.m. on Dec. 6. When the officer woke the driver, he … Continued
Willston Safeway robbed
Fairfax County Police report an armed robbery at the Safeway at 6118 Arlington Blvd. in the Willston Shopping Center in Seven Corners at about 9 p.m. on Dec. 2. Three Hispanic males took four cases of beer without paying for them. When confronted by store employees, one suspect threatened an employee with a knife and … Continued