Category Archives: Franconia Police District

Man Arrested for Multiple Assaults in Springfield 

Franconia Police District – A 44-year-old man is in custody for assaulting two women in Springfield yesterday morning. Officers responded at 8:25 a.m. to the 6500 block of Frontier Drive for a report of a man assaulting a woman outside in a parking lot. Officers discovered the man grabbed the victim and assaulted her. Community members who witnessed the incident,

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Officers Seek Community Help Identifying Man Who Exposed Himself 

Update: The man has been identified and arrested. Community Tip Leads to Arrest   | Fairfax County Police Department News (wordpress.com) Franconia Police District – Officers from our Franconia Police District are asking for the community’s help identifying a man believed to be responsible for exposing himself and assaulting a woman. Officers responded at 5:22 p.m. yesterday to the Target

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Woman Dies After Single-Vehicle Crash

Franconia Police District – A 62-year-old woman died yesterday afternoon following a crash that occurred around 1:56 p.m. at the intersection of Franconia Road and Guilford Drive in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County. Detectives from our Crash Reconstruction Unit preliminarily determined Jeanette Shifflet, of Alexandria, was the driver and lone occupant of a 2015 Buick Encore traveling east on

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Imam Charged with Indecent Liberties with a Minor

Franconia Police District  – A 36-year-old imam has been charged with indecent liberties by custodian for a sexual assault that occurred in 2015. Detectives from our Major Crimes Bureau Sex Crimes Squad began their investigation in July after a victim disclosed the unlawful sexual contact with the imam. Detectives determined Said Shirzadi, of Maryland, served as a counselor and spiritual

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Taekwondo Instructor Arrested for Sexually Assaulting a Juvenile  

Franconia Police District – Detectives from our Major Crimes Bureau Child Abuse Squad have arrested a 22-year-old man for a sexual assault that occurred in 2019 at Kong’s Taekwondo Learning Center, 7744 Gunston Plaza, in Lorton. The juvenile victim recently disclosed that while she attended an after-school program at the business an instructor, Rochdi Tibta, of Springfield, had the victim

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