The Wolf Trap Foundation, based in Vienna, Virginia has filed suit in Federal court in Alexandria, claiming trademark infringement against a tiny not-for-profit organization more than 50 miles and two counties away asserting that their use of “The Barns of Rose Hill†in Berryville will confuse Wolf Traps patrons. Wait, what? Berryville sits west of [...]
Route 50 eastbound was closed for approximately 1½ hours Thursday morning due to a serious crash that happened at approximately 7:00 a.m. The incident occurred at the intersection of Route 50 and Elk Lick Road near South Riding. The investigation revealed a 40-year-old man from Maryland, was driving a Ford F350 pick-up truck that was pulling [...]
An arrest was made last night by Leesburg detectives charging one suspect with several crimes committed in the South King Street area of downtown Leesburg. The crimes occurred in the early morning hours of September 2, 2011. Leesburg resident Blake Stroud, age 31, was arrested on the following charges: Burglary –Cooley Gallery Grand Larceny – [...]
Crash Reconstruction Investigators have released surveillance video of the suspect vehicle involved in the hit and run of a motorcycle on December 13, 2011. The hit and run occurred around 5:15 p.m. on that Tuesday in the area of S. Cottage Road and S. Fox Road in Sterling, Virginia. The vehicle struck the [...]
STERLING — The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has completed the final section of Atlantic Boulevard, giving motorists a continuous 4.5-mile route from Sterling Road to Route 7 and an alternative to heavily traveled Route 28. The new section of roadway, from Magnolia Road to Church Road, will open to traffic in time for Wednesday [...]
Dec 13 2011 | Posted in
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Shortly after noon today, a Virginia Tech police officer stopped a vehicle on campus during a routine traffic stop in the Coliseum parking lot near McComas Hall. During the traffic stop, the officer was shot and killed. There were witnesses to this shooting.Witnesses reported to police the shooter fled on foot heading toward the Cage, [...]
Dec 8 2011 | Posted in
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RICHMOND, VA—Derek Lamar Tompkins, Age 36, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during a bank robbery. His codefendant, David Darnell Lowery, Age 37, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, pleaded guilty to the same charges on November 28, 2011, and codefendant [...]
City of Fairfax Police have charged the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration with driving while intoxicated. Jerome Randolph Babbitt, 65, of 1923 Lakeport Lane, Reston, was arrested on Saturday, December 3. About 10:30 PM an officer on patrol observed a vehicle driving on the wrong side of the road in the 3900 block of [...]
The owner and the former vice president for corporate strategy of Viable Communications Inc. were each sentenced yesterday to 108 months and 55 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a scheme that defrauded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of at least $20 million, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice [...]
Racial minorities pay systemically more for basic water and sewer services than white people, according to a study by Michigan State University researchers. This “structural inequality” is not necessarily a product of racism, argues sociologist Stephen Gasteyer, but rather the result of whites fleeing urban areas and leaving minority residents to bear the costs of [...]
Nov 29 2011 | Posted in
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