ALEXANDRIA, VA—Justin Strom, aka “Jae,” “Jae Dee,” or “J-Dirt,” 26, of Lorton, Virginia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on accusations of recruiting at least seven high school girls to engage in commercial sex for his prostitution business. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, [...]
On April 25, 2012 Dispatcher Amy Milliman received the 2011 Vienna Rotary Club’s award for “Service Above Self”. She was presented with the award by Rotarian George Creed at a banquet held in her honor at the Marco Polo Restaurant in Vienna. Colonel Robert A. Carlisle, Chief of Police, was also presented with a donation [...]
On April 24 at 1:36 PM a 42 year old Centreville man, reported that at 11:30 AM he was involved in an altercation with a male subject at the Korean BBQ on Jermantown Road in the parking lot. The victim reported that the man had punched him repeatedly in the face, knocked him to the [...]
In observance of Earth Day—April 22—Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Office of Food and Nutrition Services has offered schools the opportunity to partner with them in their efforts to start school gardens and to use fresh produce from those gardens in school menus. As a result, 33 schools responded and received seed money and tomato seed [...]
Alexandria Police have charged Frederick Michael Sayles, 34, of Selma, California, Gabriel Hernandez Sepeda II, 38, of Fresno, California and David Ray Flowers, 38, of Fresno, California following a joint undercover narcotics investigation by Alexandria Police, the Alexandria Commonwealth Attorney’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration. They have each been charged with conspiracy to import [...]
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a house fire, Saturday, April 14, 2012, at approximately 3 p.m., in the Herndon area of Fairfax County. The single-family home is located at 12363 Pinafore Court. Firefighters encountered heavy smoke and fire coming from the garage, second floor, attic, and roof of the one and [...]
ALEXANDRIA, VA—Ramiro Espinoza Jamaica, aka “Criminal,” 20, of Manassas, Virginia, pled guilty late yesterday to sex trafficking a 14-year-old female runaway. Jamaica is a member of SUR–13, a transnational Hispanic street gang. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington [...]
Today is Virginia Tech Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth of Virginia. At 9:43am today there will be an official moment of silence in the Commonwealth, followed by the ringing of the Capitol Square Bell Tower in Richmond once for each victim of the tragedy. ——
Irene has been retired from the official list of Atlantic Basin tropical storm names by the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) hurricane committee because of the fatalities and damage it caused in August 2011 and will be replaced by Irma. Storm names are reused every six years for both the Atlantic Basin and eastern North [...]
ALEXANDRIA, VA—Jason Laposay, 40, of Burke, Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly making videos of his explicit sexual activity with an elementary-school-age girl and receiving thousands of images of child pornography. He was also accused of obstructing justice by destroying electronic evidence sought by law enforcement. Neil H. MacBride, United States [...]
