On March 14, 2016, officers from the West Springfield District station observed a disabled vehicle in the middle of Rolling Road near Viola Street. What began as a routine traffic incident resulted in arrests for a major credit card fraud ring. Officers noticed what appeared to be unlawful drug paraphernalia in the vehicle. They also found several credit cards, gift
Read morePolice are investigating a larceny that occurred at the Springfield Volkswagen Dealership located at 6601 Backlick Road, in Springfield, on Monday, February 1. Sometime between 9:15 a.m. and 10:05 a.m. the victim left her purse in an office and returned to find her wallet along with other personal items stolen. The victim’s credit cards were used a short time later at nearby
Read moreFranconia neighborhood patrol units observed suspicious activity in the 6800 block of Springfield Blvd on Thursday February 25, at around 4 p.m. One of the officers observed a male bring out a backpack and place it into a vehicle. He also smelled an odor of marijuana coming from the room that the subject had just exited. A drug sniffing canine
Read moreOfficers and retail security teams are working hard at area shopping malls this month; helping keep visitors safe this holiday season. At least five people in two separate incidents were charged with offenses at malls over the weekend. Police personnel from the Tysons Urban Team were contacted by store security at Bloomingdales around 8:45 p.m., Friday, December 18. Two men
Read moreOfficers are busy at area shopping malls keeping them safe this holiday season. Three people in two separate incidents have been charged at area stores in recent days. Store personnel from J.C. Penney’s at Springfield Town Center observed a man purchasing an unusually large amount of gift cards and reported it to security. Officers saw the man get into his
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