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Driver Succumbs to Injuries from Parking Garage Crash in McLean

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The driver involved in the Tyson’s Corner area fatal crash April 12 died of injuries he had sustained. Joseph Michael Hagan, 89 passed away at Inova Fairfax Hospital where he had been transported following the crash. Hagan was married to the victim, Sumiko Hagan, 81, who died on Thursday, April 12. Reconstruction Unit detectives are [...]

McLean Resident Killed in Parking Garage Crash

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Police responded to the report of a crash in the 8200 block of Greensboro Drive shortly before 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 12. Crash reconstruction detectives were called to the scene. The initial investigation revealed that an 89-year-old man was driving a 2008 Scion on Greensboro Drive and lost control. The vehicle accelerated as it [...]

Fairfax Police Arrest Burglary Suspect after DNA Hit

Police arrested a 45-year-old man in connection with a burglary of an 82-year-old woman’s home in February 2012. After receiving information of a DNA hit, officers responded to the home of Bernell Gripper, 8111 Pine Lake Court, Alexandria around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 11. Gripper was charged with abduction, robbery, burglary, and disabling a [...]

Edward L. Long Jr. Appointed Fairfax County Executive

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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors today appointed Edward L. Long Jr. as county executive, effective April 25. Long has more than 34 years of experience with the county, and retired as deputy county executive and chief financial officer in May 2011. Long replaces Anthony H. Griffin, who retires this month. “Ed is known as [...]

Police Respond to Bomb Threat at Annandale High School

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Police were called to Annandale High School, located at 4700 Medford Drive, around 4:35 a.m. on Friday, March 30, for a reported bomb threat. Two calls were received that reported a bomb at the school. Officers began an exterior search of the school grounds and school officials requested the assistance of the police department’s Explosive [...]

Five Members of Crips Gang Accused of Prostituting High School Girls

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Five members of the Underground Gangster Crips (UGC) set based in Fairfax County, Virginia have been arrested for allegedly running a prostitution business that recruited high school girls and threatened them with violence if they attempted to leave. Including the charges unsealed today, 11 members of area gangs have been charged with underage sex trafficking [...]

Police Investigate Apparent Murder Suicide on Forest Grove Drive

Police are investigating an apparent homicide/suicide that occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 27. Officers were dispatched to a home on Forest Grove Drive around 1:14 a.m. They located the bodies of a 40-year-old man and a 13-year-old girl inside a sport utility vehicle, parked in the driveway. Detectives have determined the [...]

Police Release Composite Sketch of Suspect in Student Assault

A composite sketch of the man that may be a suspect in the March 19, 2012 assault that took place on a path near Frost Middle School: (3/22/12) UPDATE: Police Release Possible Suspect Video in Student Assault Video posted on Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiSx9O0vT00&list=UU19Ipd-a76SABWau32gb-GA&index=1&feature=plcp (3/21/12) UPDATE: Student Assaulted on Path Detectives have released surveillance photos of [...]

Man Killed in Fiery Crash on Fairfax County Parkway Near Franklin Farms Road

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Update: Police have identified the driver in this case as Robert Bittner of Ashburn, Virginia. Mr. Bittner was operating a 1999 Toyota Camry. _______________ Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 12:56 p.m., police responded to a crash on the Fairfax County Parkway near Franklin Farms Road. A 56-year-old Ashburn-area man was driving southbound on Fairfax County [...]

Attempted Robbery at Bank of America on Walker Road

Police were called to the Bank of America, located at 748 Walker Road, around 10:53 a.m. on Tuesday, March 20, for an attempted bank robbery. An investigation determined a man approached a teller and demanded money. The suspect then fled the bank without any money. No one inside the bank required medical attention. The suspect [...]


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