Tag: police
Suspect arrested for hate crimes
Mahone [FCPD] Fairfax County Police arrested Dylan Mahone, 20, of Annandale, April 12 in connection with three recent hate-motivated incidents. Two incidents occurred overnight on April 11 at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia and the Little River United Church of Christ in Annandale. The other incident involved anti-Semitic flyers posted on the Annandale … Continued
Jewish community center and church attacked with racist, Anti-Semitic graffiti
Defaced signs in front of Little River United Church of Christ in Annandale. [Josh Byrd] Two religious institutions in the Annandale area were hit with racist and antisemitic graffiti during the night. The Fairfax County Police Department received a call at 7:13 a.m. about “racially biased graffiti, slurs, and possibly symbols,” at the … Continued
Lincolnia store robbed
Advance America [Google Maps] The Advance America payday and title lending outlet in the Plaza at Landmark shopping center in Lincolnia was hit with an armed robbery on April 6, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Two men entered the business at 6244-J Little River Turnpike at about 6 p.m. One held a gun … Continued
Gas station employees detain would-be robber
Hicks A man tried to rob the Exxon station at 7336 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, on March 29, but was rebuffed by the employees, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. A man entered the business at about 7:35 a.m., displayed a knife, and demanded money. Two employees inside refused and a struggle took place. The … Continued
Public urged to report suspected gang activity
Lanham With gang activity on the increase in Fairfax County, law enforcement officials are urging residents to be vigilant, monitor their children, and report suspicious events. At a Town Hall on Gangs hosted by Mason Supervisor Penny Gross March 29, Police Chief Edwin Roessler urged the community to “get engaged.” Parents need to look over … Continued
Neighbors upset by homeless men in vacant homes
Homeless men exiting the vacant house at 3408 Washington Drive. Bailey’s Crossroads residents concerned about squatters in two vacant houses that will be torn down to make way for a new retail center on Leesburg Pike are hopeful that some action will be taken to secure the properties. The police have been called to the … Continued
Burglary, unlawful entry arrests this weekend
Martinez [FCPD] The Fairfax County Police Department’s weekend crime report includes several incidents in the Mason District/Annandale area. Two men were charged with burglarizing an apartment in the 6100 block of Greenwood Drive in Seven Corners at about 10:30 p.m. on March 24. Officers were called for a report of a fight. Two men had … Continued
Gangs actively recruiting in local schools
Roessler There’s been a resurgence of gang activity in Fairfax County, along with “heavy recruiting in our schools,” Jay Lanham, director of the Northern Virginia Regional Gang TaskForce, said at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors’ Public Safety Committee March 21. The meeting featured a presentation on law enforcement policies on undocumented immigrants, as … Continued
Missing teen sought by police
UPDATE: Samantha has been found in the Annandale are, FCPD announced just after 5 p.m. on March 22. She is in good health. – Police detectives are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Samantha Esteves Almeida. She was last seen on the grounds of Inova Fairfax Medical Campus around midnight on March 21. … Continued
Three men arrested for using skimming device
Left to right: Osvaldo Bello Villanueva, Enrique Franco, and Abrahan Noa. [FCPD] Three men have been charged with fraudulently obtaining credit card numbers using a financial skimming device hidden inside gas pumps in Bailey’s Crossroads, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. A fraud investigator from an undisclosed bank contacted FCPD’s financial crimes section on March … Continued
Kathleen O’Leary named Mason’s Officer of the Year
Left to right: Capt. Thomas Rogers, commander of the Mason Police District, PFC Kathleen O’Leary, and 1st Lt. Brooke D. Wright, the station’s second in command. The Mason Police District’s Citizens Advisory Committee has named PFC Kathleen O’Leary Officer of the Year. The award was presented at the March 7 CAC meeting. O’Leary, the crime prevention … Continued
Immigration policy has huge impact on local community
Government leaders and representatives of nonprofit organizations are reaching out to calm fears following the Trump Administration’s hard-line approach to immigrants and travelers, which is encouraging a rising tide of hate crimes. Panelists at March 11 forum hosted by the Fairfax County NAACP at the Kings Park Library spoke about how children are afraid to … Continued
Supervisor Gross to host Town Hall on Gangs
Graffiti is a sign of gang activity, although it’s not known whether this particular example in Annandale is gang related. Mason Supervisor Penny Gross is hosting a Town Hall on Gangs March 29, 7 p.m., at the Mason Government Center. “We need to get gang activity under control,” Gross said. Many residents have been expressing … Continued
Two bodies found in park as gang activity on the rise
FCPD Chief Roessler speaks to the press. [FCPD] The gang problem “is out of control,” said Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin Roessler March 3 at a news briefing on Crater Place in Parklawn on the discovery of two sets of human remains in Holmes Run Stream Valley Park. The remains were found March 2 … Continued
Police officer on leave after crash
A Fairfax County Police officer with the Mason station has been placed on restricted duty following a crash in Seven Corners, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. The officer, who has been with the department for two years, was responding to a call for a disorderly man in the 6100 block of Arlington Boulevard at … Continued