The Manassas City Police with the assistance of the Northern Virginia Gang Task Force have arrested two juvenile suspects responsible for the Beating and Stabbing of a 19 year old Hispanic male at the Grant Avenue Shopping Center last night. A 15-year-old of Manassas and a 16-year-old of Gainesville have been arrested and charged with [...]
A 2-year-old died after a 50-year-old family member allegedly threw her from a sixth floor, outdoor walkway at Tysons Corner Center, 1961 Chain Bridge Road, on November 29. Around 7:10 p.m., the fire department was called for a child that had fallen from the walkway. The child was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital in life-threatening [...]
NORFOLK, Va. – James A. Metcalf, 35, of Virginia Beach, Va., was sentenced today in Norfolk federal court to 87 months in prison, followed by supervised release for life, for possession of child pornography. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, made the announcement after Metcalf was sentenced by United [...]
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Iraj a/k/a “Roger” Ahmadian, 54, of Collierville, Tenn., was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, followed by three years supervised release for embezzling more than $500,000 from his former employer, Dillon Stone Corporation, a Virginia Beach-based retail marble and granite tile company. He was also ordered to pay restitution in [...]
Jama Idle Ibrahim, a/k/a Jaamac Ciidle, of Somalia, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for acts of piracy against the USS Ashland, which he believed was a merchant vessel that he intended to seize and hold for ransom. Ibrahim pled guilty on August 6, 2010, to attacking to plunder a vessel, engaging in [...]
A West Virginia man is behind bars after assaulting a Tazewell County Deputy Sheriff Sunday night (Nov. 29). Virginia State Police Trooper R.L. Hamilton charged Carl D. Hubbard, 40, of War, W.Va., with one count of attempted capital murder of a police officer. At approximately 7:40 p.m. Sunday, Tazewell County Deputy Sheriff R.D. Holt II [...]
As traffic deaths substantially decreased over the 2010 Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the number of drunken driving arrests by State Police increased by roughly 33 percent. From 12:01 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 24) through midnight Sunday (Nov. 28), preliminary reports indicate nine people died in traffic crashes statewide. In 2009, 16 people lost their lives in traffic [...]
The Leesburg Police Department conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Friday evening, November 19, 2010 on East Market Street near Cardinal Park Drive. This education, prevention, and enforcement initiative was held in conjunction with Checkpoint Strikeforce, a multi-state, zero-tolerance program designed to remove impaired drivers from the roads and to educate the public about the dangers [...]
The City of Falls Church holds the highest recycling rate in Virginia, according to the Virginia Annual Recycling Rate Report issued recently by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. For calendar year 2009, 57.6% of the City’s total waste stream was recycled compared to the statewide rate of 38.6%. The report compares recycling rates of [...]
At approximately 2:00AM Monday Nov. 11th A Loudoun County deputy initiated a traffic stop on vehicle that was observed traveling well in excess of the posted speed limit on Sterling Boulevard. The deputy activated their emergency equipment. After losing site of the vehicle the deputy discovered that the vehicle had crashed near Laurel Ave on [...]