Tag: police
Police seek bank jugging suspect
Fairfax County Police are seeking a bank jugging suspect who targeted and later robbed someone who had withdrawn a large amount of cash from an Annandale bank. On Oct. 23, at 10:20 a.m., the victim withdrew $2,400 from a bank in the 4400 block of Backlick Road. The victim then drove to a nearby gas … Continued
Weekly crime report – Oct. 23-28
The following incidents in the Annandale/Mason District area were reported by the Fairfax County Police Department. Oct. 23 Auto theft – Americana Drive and Patriot Drive, Annandale Destruction of private property – 2900 Monticello Drive, Falls Church Drug possession/opium, cocaine – South Street and Cedarwood Lane, Falls Church Assault – 5500 Columbia Pike, Bailey’s Crossroads … Continued
Weekly crime report – Oct. 14-22
The following incidents in the Annandale/Mason District area are from a Fairfax County Police Department report. Oct. 14 Assault – 7100 block of Little River Turnpike, Annandale Destruction – 7100 block of Little River Turnpike, Annandale Assault –8800 block of Burbank Road, Annandale Trespassing – 7600 block of Little River Turnpike, Annandale Assault –7600 block … Continued
FCPD is hiring school crossing guards
The Fairfax County Police Department is hiring crossing guards for part-time morning and afternoon shifts at schools throughout the county. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 15 approved nearly $708,000 to restore crossing guards at 10 high schools following strong opposition after the board eliminated high school crossing guards earlier this year. Since … Continued
New ordinance bans criminal blight
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved an amendment to the County Code to establish regulations for curbing “criminal blight.” While regular blight has to do with the neglect of a property, criminal blight refers to specific actions that occur on the property. A property that endangers the public and safety of residents can be … Continued
Supervisors pause new Flock cameras
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has directed the Police Department to pause the installation of any new automated license plate readers from Flock Safety. The Board Matter approved by the BoS on Sept. 15 calls for the board’s Safety and Security Committee to discuss the use of Flock ALPRs at its Oct. 20 meeting. … Continued
Body cam footage shows police-involved shooting in Annandale
The Fairfax County Police Department on Aug. 26 released the body-worn camera footage from the non-fatal officer-involved shooting in Annandale last month. Watch the footage on YouTube. The video shows two officers looking for and capturing Nehemia Fuentes Banegas, 26, of Annandale, a suspect in a domestic violence incident, in a wooded area between Americana … Continued
DeFlock Fairfax wants FCPD to take down the license plate readers
A new advocacy group is trying to get the Board of Supervisors to remove the police department’s Flock license plate readers that are popping up all over Fairfax County. DeFlock Fairfax is concerned that the automated cameras, which continually monitor all traffic, are eroding people’s privacy by creating an easily searchable history of a vehicle’s … Continued
Jimenez condemns ICE agent’s intimidation of a U.S. citizen
Mason District Supervisor Andres Jimenez has issued a statement condemning the actions of an ICE officer who pointed a firearm at a U.S. citizen in Bailey’s Crossroads on Aug. 10. The ICE agents accused Carolina Molina of attempting to run them over with her vehicle. Video from her car’s dash cam shows that didn’t happen. … Continued
ICE agent pulls a gun on a U.S. citizen in Bailey’s Crossroads
A video taken by a woman who was pulled over by ICE in Bailey’s Crossroads on Aug. 10 is going viral. In the video posted by Carolina Molina on Instagram, an ICE agent with his face covered points a gun at her and yells, “You almost ran us over.” Molina, a U.S. citizen and mother, … Continued
Culmore families come together for Unity in the Community
Free toys for kids, resources for adults, and free food for everyone: that’s the concept of the Unity in the Community event in Culmore. George Mason University’s Place-Based Initiative and the Mason Police District sponsored the event, which took place on Aug. 10 just a few hours after an ICE raid in Culmore. The Unity … Continued
The Mason Police Station has a new commander
Major Cristina Burrow has been appointed commander of the Mason Police Station, the Fairfax County Police Department announced on July 31. The former station commander, Major Erin Weeks, had been promoted to the position of deputy police chief and heads the Department of Internal Affairs. Burrow has been with the FCPD since 2011. She served … Continued
Police ID suspect who was shot after grabbing an officer’s firearm
The Fairfax County Police Department has identified the suspect in a police-involved shooting in Annandale on July 28. Officers responded to a residence in the 7000 block of Sutter Lane in Annandale at about 10 a.m. for a domestic incident involving a man armed with a knife, according to an update released by the FCPD … Continued
Police shoot domestic violence suspect in Annandale
A domestic violence situation in Annandale ended with a non-fatal police-involved shooting. A woman called 911 before 9 a.m. on July 28 to say there was an altercation with her husband in their home on the 7000 block of Sutter Lane, behind the Heritage Shopping Center. He was stabbing himself with a knife and was … Continued
Jimenez charged with driving 104 mph in Fairfax
The Fairfax County Traffic Court has provided more details on the reckless driving charge for Mason Supervisor Andres Jimenez. Jimenez was clocked speeding 104 miles per hour on Route 50 by a Virginia State trooper on May 5, according to court records. A deputy clerk at the courthouse said he was stopped on Fair Lakes … Continued