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Feds Seize 150 Web Domains from Counterfeit Merchandisers on Cyber Monday

WASHINGTON—Seizure orders have been executed against 150 domain names of commercial websites engaged in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted works as part of Operation In Our Sites, the Department of Justice, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the ICE-led National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR [...]

Nov 28 2011 | Posted in Headline | Read More »

Eight Firearms Stolen During Residential Burglary in Leesburg

The Leesburg Police Department is investigating a residential burglary that occurred on Friday November 18, 2011. At approximately 5:46 PM, Leesburg Police officers were dispatched to a residence in the 100 block of Morven Park Road, SW for a reported burglary. Officers met with the homeowner who advised that sometime between the hours of 8:30 [...]

Nov 22 2011 | Posted in Headline,Leesburg Va News | Read More »

Loudoun BOS Approves Phase II of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has approved a Memorandum of Agreement on Phase II of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project which will expand Metrorail to Dulles Airport and Loudoun County. The agreement approved Tuesday night will lower the cost of the project by nearly $1 billion, includes an above-ground alignment for the Metro station [...]

Nov 16 2011 | Posted in Headline,Loudoun County | Read More »

Teen Driver Charged with DUI in Loudoun County Parkway Accident

An 18-year-old Leesburg man was charged with DUI (under 21) after being involved in a serious crash Tuesday morning on Loudoun County Parkway. Around 7:15 a.m. on November 15, 2011, Loudoun County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the westbound exit of Loudoun County Parkway at Route 7 for a two vehicle crash. A 2010 Hyundai driven [...]

Nov 15 2011 | Posted in Ashburn,Headline,Loudoun County | Read More »

Accident Claims Life of Oakton Motorcyclist

A 32-year-old man was killed on Tuesday, November 8 when the motorcycle he was riding struck a passenger car. The crash occurred on White Granite Drive near the intersection of Chain Bridge Road shortly after 2 p.m. Darren Frederick Morrell of Valentino Drive in Oakton was operating a 2005 Honda CBR sport bike east on [...]

Nov 14 2011 | Posted in Headline | Read More »

Parents Charged in Drowning Death at Reston Hotel

On September 18 around 8:15 p.m. police responded to the Westin Hotel, on Sunrise Valley Drive because of an apparent drowning.Police discovered the body of a one-year old female, Wreef Wafy Almutiri. After investigating the incident, police have charged the parents in this case and both turned themselves in on Monday, October 31. Wafy Abdullah [...]

Nov 7 2011 | Posted in Fairfax County,Headline | Read More »

ATF and Customs Raid Store in Shenandoah Valley

Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ATF along with US Customs Service agents conducted a law enforcement operation at the 340 Quick Mart in Berryville, Virginia at around 11:30 am this morning. The operation was conducted under a sealed indictment. Arrests were made and a vehicle was seized during the operation…. Read [...]

Nov 2 2011 | Posted in Headline | Read More »

Serial Bank Robber Sentenced to Just Over Five Years in Prison

WASHINGTON—Jerome Thomas, 65, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for a string of bank robberies committed over a 16-month period, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Thomas, of [...]

Oct 31 2011 | Posted in Headline | Read More »

Wegmans Uses Shopper’s Club Card to Notify of Recall

On October 26th, 2011, CDC announced that a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infection is linked to Turkish Pine Nuts purchased at Wegmans grocery stores. The CDC investigation has identified illness in 42 individuals from six states, including four persons in Virginia. The Turkish pine nuts were available for purchase from bulk bins and they [...]

Oct 31 2011 | Posted in Headline,Loudoun County | Read More »

October Storm Causes Dozens of Accidents in Loudoun

The freak winter storm that passed through our area caught many drivers by surprise and snarled roads over the weekend. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office worked 60 crashes, mostly weather related, during the inclement weather on Saturday, October 29, 2011. Deputies also responded to a total of 30 disabled vehicles. A crash worked by the [...]