Tag: crime
It’s scam season, Dominion warns
Dominion Virginia Power warns customers not to fall for scammers who call and tell them they missed a payment and their electricity will be disconnected unless they pay up immediately. These types of scams tend to increase around the holidays, when people are stressed out and distracted. Dominion does not require payment over the phone … Continued
Attempted robbery at Exxon station in Annandale
The suspect [FCPD] Revised 2 p.m., Nov. 23: The Exxon station at 3403 Holly Road in Annandale was the site of an attempted robbery on Nov. 22 shortly after 5 p.m., the Fairfax County Police Department reports. An employee had been standing outside the gas station when he re-entered the business, a man followed him, … Continued
Attempted abduction, bias crime, ped accident in Annandale/Mason area
Several crime and safety incidents happened in the past few days, which we’re lumping together in one post. Mason Crest Elementary School sent an email warning the community about an attempted abduction of a student on Nov. 20. The student, who had just left the school, reported that a man in a gray car approached … Continued
Man charged with molesting child in daycare
Gomez [FCPD] Fairfax County Police have charged a 35-year-old man with having inappropriate contact with an 8-year-old child in the Bailey’s Crossroads area. Police had been called to an apartment in the 3400 block of Glen Carlyn Drive at about 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 17 for a reported sex offense, the FCPD Police Blotter reports. … Continued
Pedestrian robbed in Annandale
A man was robbed Nov. 15 while walking along the 7500 block of Little River Turnpike near Medford Drive in Annandale, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. Two men approached him at about 5:52 p.m. and asked for money. The victim pulled out his wallet. One of the suspects grabbed it and pushed the victim. … Continued
Man arrested for indecent exposure in Bren Mar Park area
Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department have arrested a 53-year-old man Nov. 9 in connection with a series of indecent exposures in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County. Sergio Ferrufino of the 6300 block of Beryl Road reportedly exposed himself to women and children from his apartment window as children were walking to and … Continued
Bank robbery suspect identified
Detectives have identified a suspect in the M&T Bank robbery in Annandale Oct. 31 as Randy Thompson, 29, of York, Pa., the Fairfax County Police Department reports. Family members reported Thompson as missing to the Baltimore City Police Department on Nov. 2. He was last seen in the 2100 block of N. Charles Street on … Continued
Banks in Annandale and Seven Corners robbed
M&T robbery suspect [FCPD] Updated 1:40 p.m. The M&T Bank at 7857 Heritage Drive, Annandale, was robbed on Oct. 31 just before a noon, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. A passed a note to a teller demanding money. An undisclosed amount of cash was handed over, and the suspect fled. The suspect was described … Continued
Lacey store robbed at gunpoint
The Lacey Variety Store [Google Maps] The tiny Lacey Variety Store at 3716 Lacey Blvd., in Bailey’s Crossroads was robbed at gunpoint at about 10:08 p.m., Oct. 26. Two men entered the store wearing masks. One displayed a handgun and ordered a man working there to lie on the floor, while the other took money … Continued
Reports of shooting at Skyline Center was misunderstanding
Fairfax County police officers at the Skyline Center. [NBC4 News] Fairfax County police swarmed the Skyline Center in Bailey’s Crossroads Oct. 15 in response to what had been reported as shots fired in an office building at 5109 Leesburg Pike. The incident later turned out to be a misunderstanding. At first, after ruling out a … Continued
Armed robbery at Seven Corners spa
Lee Boulevard Office Park [Google Maps] Fairfax County police detectives are investigating an armed robbery at the Blossom Spa in Seven Corners on Saturday, Oct. 10, shortly after 8 p.m. A man entered the mom-and-pop business in the Boulevard Square Office Park at 6051 Arlington Blvd. posing as a customer, says FCPD spokesperson Roger Henriquez. … 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
Suspects sought for gym locker thefts
One of the suspects. Fairfax County police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two suspects wanted for stealing items from gym lockers. Two men broke into a locker at Gold’s Gym at 2982 Gallows Road in Merrifield shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 1 and took a set of car keys and a phone. … Continued
Suspect sought for bank fraud in Bailey’s Crossroads
Suspect on bank camera. Fairfax County Crime Solvers is offering a reward of $100 to $1,000 for tips leading to an arrest and indictment of a suspect wanted for bank fraud. Last winter, a man opened a business account at the SunTrust Bank at 5821 Crossroads Circle in Bailey’s Crossroads and deposited a check in … Continued
Police have new tool to prevent domestic violence-related homicides
Kinney The Fairfax County Police Department is using a new screening tool to identify domestic violence victims most risk at of further harm and get them immediate help. Det. Carolyn Kinney described the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) at the Oct. 6 meeting of the Mason Police District Citizen Advisory Committee. The goal is to prevent … Continued