Tag: crime
Police investigate burglary in Annandale
A blog reader reports that the Fairfax County police were knocking on doors on Beverly Manor Drive in Annandale today. The police canvassing follows a burglary on Dale Court that fits the pattern of burglaries that have occurred throughout Fairfax County over that past several months. View Larger Map
Registered sex offender lives in Annandale, state police reports
The Virginia State Police Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry issued a community notification Sept. 30 on Lam Van Diem, a registered sex offender living at 8455 Van Court, Annandale, Va., 20003. Van Court is off Monarch Lane, a few blocks from the Tobin Road intersection and close to Inova Fairfax Hospital and Pine … Continued
DEA program promotes safe disposal of unwanted prescription meds
Got some unneeded prescription drugs lying around the house? Saturday, Sept. 25, is the first-ever National Prescription Drug Take-Back event aimed at preventing the abuse and theft of prescription medications. The Drug Enforcement Administration—in partnership with public health and law enforcement organizations—will be collecting and safely destroying potentially dangerous, expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs at … Continued
Beech Tree Elementary in lock down mode
Beech Tree Elementary School in Falls Church is in lock down mode, pending resolution of a police incident in the neighborhood. At 10:20 this morning, police responded to a domestic violence call at 3300 Hickory Court involving a fight between two family members, a Fairfax County Police spokesperson says. One person with non life-threatening injuries … Continued
Registered sex offender lives on McWhorter Place, Annandale, Va.
The Virginia State Police Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry put out a community notification Sept. 2 about Mondell Wheaton Crew, a registered sex offender living at 7600 McWhorter Place, T2A, in Annandale, Va. Crew, age 47, was convicted of aggravated sexual battery in 1998 and is considered violent. He is described as a … Continued
Annandale resident listed on sex offender registry
The Virginia State Police Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry put out a community notification Aug. 17 about Bruce E. Landrum, of 7504 Rocart Drive, Annandale, Va. Rocart Drive is between Ravensworth Road and Bristow Drive and is about a block from Annandale High School and the Sleepy Hollow Preschool. Landrum, a white male, age 50, … Continued
Watch out for solicitors on Annandale streets–It’s probably a scam
A reader reports that an individual recently seen collecting money in Annandale for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America is most likely a scam artist. A youngish man, looking to be in the mid-20s or low-30s dressed in business attire with a shaved head, was spotted at the intersection of Little River Turnpike and John Marr … Continued
Alleged rapist arrested after attack in Annandale
Fairfax County police have arrested Falls Church resident Rony Herrera Deleon, 27, for allegedly abducting a teen and sexually assaulting her at a townhouse in Annandale. The suspect met the 17-year-old girl on MySpace and arranged to take her to dinner and a movie on July 24. Instead, according to a report in the Washington Post, … Continued
Police seek Annandale doctor accused of sexual battery
Fairfax County police are trying to track down an Annandale doctor, Ravi K. Veluri, who has an outstanding warrant for sexual battery. A female patient, age 24, alleges that Dr. Veluri touched her inappropriately and made inappropriate comments July 15 in his office at the Family Care Medical Center at 4810 Beauregard Street in Alexandria. … Continued
Fairfax Police SWAT team conducts training exercise at Lacey Center in Annandale
In case you heard some shooting and explosions earlier today in the Broyhill Crest area of Annandale, don’t be alarmed; it was just the Fairfax County Police SWAT team carrying out an “explosive entry” training exercise at the Lacey Center. That’s what the police do when they have to break into a building to rescue hostages … Continued
Arrest made in Annandale sexual assaults
Fairfax County Police arrested a 17-year-old allegedly responsible for the sexually motivated assaults that took place in the Avant Apartment Complex in Annandale in recent weeks. The Annandale-area teen was taken to the juvenile detention center and charged with three counts of sexual battery and one count of “animate object sexual penetration,” the police reported … Continued
Sketch of sexual assualt suspect released
Fairfax Police have released a sketch of a suspect believed to be responsible for sexually motivated assaults in the Annandale area. The most recent attack occurred Tuesday evening when an 18-year-old woman was sexually assaulted at the Avant apartment complex in the 7900 block of Charles Thomson Lane. The victim was about to enter an … Continued
Police seek information on Vanessa Pham murder
Fairfax County Police have issued a flyer seeking information on the murder of Vanessa Pham, age 19, whose body was found in her 2008 Toyota Scion shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Sunday in a ditch off Route 50 near the Williams Drive intersection. According to the police she had been stabbed multiple time and was dead … Continued
Three women assaulted in Annandale area
Fairfax County Police Sex Crimes detectives are investigating three cases in which women were assaulted at the Avant Apartment Complex in Annandale. The first incident took place on Sunday, May 9. A 25-year-old woman was walking through a common area of an apartment building in the 4500 block of John Tyler Court around 9:50 p.m … Continued
Largest khat bust in Fairfax County
Mason District Police officers busted a couple of local residents Saturday evening for possession and distribution of the amphetamine khat, a Schedule 1 drug derived from flowering evergreen shrub native to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. According to the police department, an officer on patrol observed what appeared to be a drug transaction in … Continued