Tag: police
First responders salute healthcare workers treating COVID patients at Fairfax Hospital
Fairfax County police officers and firefighters took part in a Siren Salute to Healthcare Heroes event at Inova Fairfax Hospital April 29. Dozens of physicians and nurses stood along Gallows Road, as police cruisers and firetrucks drove by with lights flashing and sirens blaring in honor of the healthcare workers on the frontlines of the … Continued
Police recover stolen vehicle after traffic pursuit
Gaskins [FCPD] An Annandale resident was arrested April 24 for vehicle theft following a traffic pursuit, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. The incident happened shortly after 9:30 a.m. at the intersection of McWhorter Place and Heritage Drive in Annandale. Officers attempted to stop the driver of a 2003 Honda Civic that had been previously … Continued
Personal hygiene donations needed
The Fairfax County Communities of Trust Committee has launched the Help from the Heart Community Drive to collect personal hygiene and cleaning products for families and individuals facing hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. Items can be dropped at collection boxes at all eight Fairfax County police stations, including the Mason Police Station at 6507 Columbia … Continued
Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run accident
The Royce Court intersection on Hummer Road. [Google Maps] Updated, 7 p.m.: Police are searching for a dark-colored, four-door sedan with front-end damage involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident shortly after 6 a.m. this morning in Annandale. The pedestrian, Angel Paz Lopez, 42 of Alexandria, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was walking across … Continued
Police prefer voluntary compliance with social distancing rules
Violating the social distancing rules is a Class 1 misdemeanor. UPDATED April 2: While the Fairfax County Police Department has the authority to charge people who violate the stay-at-home order, they prefer to get people to voluntarily comply. Violations of key provisions in executive orders issued by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam aimed at curbing the … Continued
Recent crimes include robbery, break-in, DWI
Hamby [FCPD] Someone broke into the Millenium Care Pharmacy at 6305 Castle Place in Seven Corners and stole property, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. The burglary happened at about 9 a.m. on March 23. The suspect was described as a man wearing a light-colored shirt and dark-colored pants. There was a DWI arrest on … Continued
Pharmacies robbed, men assaulted
The Fairfax County Police Department reports the following recent crimes in the Annandale/Mason District area: There was a malicious wounding in Bailey’s Crossroads on March 13. A man was on the 3300 block of Glenmore Drive, shortly before 10 p.m., when he was approached by five juveniles. One of the juveniles asked the victim a … Continued
Hit-and-run driver arrested
Claros [FCPD] Fairfax County Police have arrested a man in connection with the fatal hit-and-run accident Feb. 1 on Industrial Road near Backlick Road in the Springfield area of Mason District. Willams Claros, 52, of Alexandria, was arrested March 10 and charged with involuntary manslaughter and felony hit-and-run. He was taken to the Fairfax County … Continued
Woman arrested for assaulting officer
Martinez [FCPD] As Fairfax County Police were arresting a woman for being drunk in public and were putting her into a police car in Bailey’s Crossroads, she kicked an officer multiple times. As a result, Alicia Martinez, 32, of Fairfax, was also charged with assault on law enforcement. That incident happened at about 5:45 p.m. … Continued
Planning Commission approves Pine Ridge police facility in Annandale
The layout of the new FCPD Operations Support Bureau, with Winterset Varsity Park on the right. The Fairfax County Planning Commission approved a new facility to house the Police Department’s Operations Support Bureau on a 10-acre lot at 3911 Woodburn Road in Annandale. The OSB is currently housed in a former elementary school on that … Continued
Police solve 22-year-old cold case
A composite sketch of the suspect in 1998 and a photo of Juan Johnson taken in Charles County, Md., in 2004. [FCPD] The Cold Case Squad in the Fairfax County Police Department’s Major Crimes Bureau identified an offender in a sexual assault case that occurred in Mason District in August 1998. The suspect had posed … Continued
Vandal targets Ring cameras at the Parliaments
Vandalism at the Parliaments captured on a Ring doorbell. [WJLA] Fairfax County Police are investigating vandalism at the Parliaments apartment community in Annandale, in which someone has spray painted peepholes in doors and Ring video doorbells, according to a Feb. 19 “7 On Your Side” report on WJLA. The news program quotes one resident who … Continued
Man arrested for soliciting sex from minors
Gregory [FCPD] Fairfax County Police arrested James Gregory, 21, of Falls Church, for using social media to solicit sex from minors. Detectives from the Major Crimes Bureau’s Sex Crimes Squad began their investigation last month when a juvenile victim disclosed unlawful sexual contact with Gregory to their parents. Detectives believe Gregory used several social media … Continued
Police respond to changing demographics
The Fairfax County Positive Aging Fair serves the county’s growing population of seniors. Demographic trends in Fairfax County – the population is getting older, richer, and more diverse – have major implications for all aspects of the local government. At a recent Mason Police District community engagement meeting, 2nd. Lt. Marques Lowery of the Fairfax … Continued
Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run accident
Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Crash Reconstruction Unit are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a vehicle and its driver involved in a crash that resulted in the death of a pedestrian on Industrial Road near Backlick Road in the Springfield area. David Velasquez, 29, of Arlington, was walking in the right … Continued