The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office released a composite sketch of a suspect who inappropriately touched a female cyclist on the Washington and Old Dominion trail in the area of the Loudoun County/Fairfax County line on May 22nd Around 12:41 p.m., a 61-year-old Leesburg woman was riding with a friend on the W & OD trail [...]
A joint investigation concerning fictitious immigration documents conducted by the Leesburg Police Department and the Northern Virginia Gang Task Force has resulted in charges being placed against three Leesburg residents for Obtaining Money by False Pretense. On May 27, 2011, the Leesburg Police Department’s Emergency Response Team, assisted by members of the LPD Criminal Investigations [...]
An investigation into the rash of vehicle tamperings in the 500 block of Glade Fern Terrace in the early morning hours of May 26, 2011 has led to the arrest of an Alexandria man. Yonathan Melaku, 22, of Alexandria, VA was arrested and charged with four counts of Grand Larceny. Yonathan Melaku was taken before [...]
At approximately 3:30 AM Thursday morning, the Leesburg Police Department received a call from a citizen who heard car windows being smashed. Officers arrived on the scene in the 500 block of Glade Fern Terrace
The Arlington County Police Department is assisting the Arlington County Fire Department with a fatal fire investigation. At approximately 11:18 p.m., the Fire Department was called to the 1200 block of North Nash Street for smoke coming from an apartment. The sole resident of the apartment was transported to a local hospital where he was [...]
Police are investigating an apparent domestic-related homicide. Officers were called to an apartment in the 5100 block of Woodmere Drive around 10:55 p.m. on Friday, May 27, for a stabbing. They located a 40-year-old man inside the home with trauma to his upper body. He was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Around [...]
City of Fairfax Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash which occurred shortly before 1:30 AM on Monday, May 23 on Pickett Road near Colonial Avenue. Initial investigation indicated that a black 1997 Ford Explorer appeared to have been traveling southbound on Pickett Road near Colonial Avenue. The driver struck the median strip and a [...]
Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 15.6 percent higher in March 2011 than in March 2010, reaching $80.8 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. March 2011 was the highest month since [...]
The Richmond Police Department is investigating a collision that occurred yesterday afternoon between a Richmond school bus and a sport utility vehicle. It happened approximately 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Belmont Road and West Belmont Road. Karl Anthony McClendon, 46, of the 1700 block of Jacquelin Street, a passenger in the sport utility vehicle, [...]
Police are seeking a man who entered a residence in the 3400 block of Osborne Road, restrained a female resident and took items from the house Sunday afternoon. The suspect, armed with a revolver, entered the residence at approximately 4 p.m. Sunday, May 29. He directed the female resident to lead him to another resident’s [...]