*** Chief Roessler plans to brief the media at Public Safety Headquarters (12099 Government Center Parkway) at 11:30 this morning in the Press Briefing Room on the 2nd Floor*** We are actively investigating an in-custody death in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County. Patrol officers from our Franconia District Station responded to a domestic call for service at 4:35 yesterday
Read moreDetectives this afternoon are investigating an in-custody death of a 68-year-old inmate at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center (ADC). The man was found unconscious in his cell late this morning, and CPR was attempted, but unsuccessful. The medical examiner will examine the body, but preliminarily, there are no signs of foul play. The inmate had been incarcerated at the
Read moreThe Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ruled the September death of a 53-year-old inmate who suffered a medical emergency in her cell at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center (ADC) a homicide. Our detectives received the autopsy results yesterday which revealed that Henrietta Smith, of Washington, D.C., died of blunt force trauma to the head. Detectives believe this
Read moreToday, Raymond F. Morrogh, Commonwealth’s Attorney for the County of Fairfax, notified Colonel Edwin C. Roessler Jr., Chief of the Fairfax County Police Department, that four police officers committed no wrongdoing after trying to help a man with special needs who had wandered away from his caretakers. Our Internal Affairs Bureau has also determined the officers were in compliance with
Read moreThe Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has informed detectives with our Major Crimes Division that it has determined that the cause of death of Kelly Maurice Scott was “Acute Peritonitis due to Perforated Duodenal Ulcer” and the manner of death was “Natural.” The final autopsy report is not yet complete. Scott was found unresponsive in his cell at the
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