Tag: crime
CSI: Fairfax
The Fairfax County communications center where 911 calls are answered Hardy “No matter how hard you try to clean up a crime scene, we’ll find evidence,” says Fairfax County Det. Derek Hardy. Hardy explained how crime scene investigators use state-of-the-art gear to analyze evidence and reconstruct crime scenes to members of the Mason District Police … Continued
Police seek man who tried to enter woman’s car near Unique Thrift Store
Fairfax County Police are investigating a “suspicious event” that took place nearly three weeks ago at the Fairfax Plaza Shopping Center, 2950 Gallows Road, Merrifield, involving an intruder who tried to enter a woman’s car. That is the same shopping center where Vanessa Pham was spotted, and possibly abducted, just minutes before she was stabbed … Continued
Ohio man faces sentencing for murder of Annandale woman
Auh Danny Kim, a home renovator, pleaded guilty Nov. 9 to the July 2009 murder of Annandale acupuncturist Chung A. Auh in Fairfax County Circuit Court, the Washington Post reported. Auh, 53, had operated a holistic healing business in her home at 4119 on Hummer Road, next to Yechon restaurant. The murder had shocked the … Continued
Police seek suspect who stole car with sleeping toddler inside
Fairfax County Police from the Franconcia station are searching for a suspect involved in a kidnapping and car theft incident that took place in the 7500 block of Murillo Street in Springfield yesterday at about 4 p.m. “The suspect stole a 2006 Honda Pilot left with its engine running and a sleeping 2-year-old boy in the … Continued
Police report bank robbery in Bailey’s Crossroads
The Mason Police District reports a bank robbery at the Bank of America branch, at 5707 Seminary Road in Bailey’s Crossroads at 10:13 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 23. The suspect passed a note to the teller demanding money. The teller complied and the suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. There were no injuries. … Continued
Another bank robbery in Seven Corners
A photo of the suspect taken by a bank surveillance camera Police from the Mason District station are investigating a bank robbery that occurred Sunday, Sept. 18 in Seven Corners. Around 3:20 p.m. a man entered the TD Bank at 6198-A Arlington Blvd. and passed a note to the teller demanding money. The teller complied, … Continued
Evans seeks community input on surveillance cameras in high schools
Sandy Evans, the Mason District representative on the Fairfax County School Board is seeking community input on a proposal to install surveillance cameras in high schools. Send your comments to Evans via email. At a board work session last Monday, the county’s high school principals asked for permission to install cameras inside their schools. The … Continued
Teen charged with abducting and assaulting 5-year-old girl
Police officers from the Franconia Police District arrested a 16-year-old from the Springfield area in connection with the abduction and assault of a 5-year-old girl from her home, Fairfax County Police reported Sept. 15. That incident occurred in a townhouse in the 7000 block of Brocton Court in Springfield. The occupants had called the police … Continued
Annandale man arrested for bank robbery
Officers from the Mason District Police Station’s Neighborhood Patrol Unit arrested a man moments after he apparently robbed an employee working at the BB&T Bank at 6120A Arlington Blvd. on Sept. 8. Montrell Richardson, 33, of 8523 Canterbury Drive, Annandale, entered the bank just before 10:30 a.m. and allegedly demanded money from a 22-year-old teller. … Continued
Any teen can get mixed up with drug abuse, parents say
In 2008, Fairfax County police busted a heroin ring in Centreville involving more than 50 teens and young adults, many of them students or former students at Westfield High School. Four youths died of overdoses. Sixteen people were convicted, with three sentenced to 20 years in prison. Two of the parents and one youth who … Continued
Registered sex offender reported on Medford Drive, Annandale
A registered sex offender, Larry George Stephens, lives at 4031 Medford Drive, Apt. 101, in Annandale, the Virginia State Police reported July 14. Stephens, age 59, was convicted in Fairfax County in 2008 of aggravated sexual battery and indecent liberties with a child in his custody. He is described as white, six feet tall, 185 … Continued
Police seek arsonist responsible for Culmore dumpster fires
Fairfax County Crime Solvers and the Office of the Fire Marshal are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the persons responsible for a series of dumpster fires in the Culmore area. Since February, at least 15 dumpsters have been intentionally set on fire in that area, and fire marshals believe the same suspect is responsible. … Continued
Police arrest Annandale man of sexual assault at employment agency
Choon Sik Lee The Fairfax County Police Department’s West Springfield station reports that a woman was allegedly forced to watch pornography, then sexually assaulted as she sought employment help July 7 from the World Employment Agency at 7601 Little River Turnpike, Annandale. Police charged an employee of the agency, Choon Sik Lee of 7717 Lafayette … Continued
Seven Corners bank robbed
Fairfax County police from the Mason District are investigating a bank robbery that occurred July 12 at the BB&T Bank at 6120 Arlington Blvd. A man entered the bank at around 10:30 a.m., demanded money, and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. There were no injuries. The suspect was described as black, in his … Continued
$21,000 in reward money offered for tips on Vanessa Pham murder
On the one-year anniversary of the murder of Vanessa Pham, which is still unsolved, Fairfax County Police announced a private cash reward of $20,000 has been offered for tips that lead to an arrest. That’s in addition to the $1,000 offered reward from Crime Solvers. On Sunday, June 27, 2010, police found the 19-year-old college … Continued