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Driveway Paving Scams: FCPD’s Tips to Avoid Fraudsters

Fairfax County, VA – Ahead of the spring season, FCPD’s Financial Crimes Unit wants to warn community members of driveway paving scammers looking to take advantage of homeowners. The Scam: The schemes usually begin with solicitation, or a knock at the door. The fraudster typically presents a deal to re-pave a driveway, seal it, or provide other stone or concrete

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UPDATE: One Gun Store Burglar Charged, One to Go

Mount Vernon Police District – Detectives from our Criminal Investigations Bureau have obtained warrants for one man in connection with yesterday’s gun store burglary in Hybla Valley. Yesterday afternoon, detectives were alerted that a man was arrested at the New Carrollton Metro station by Metro Transit Police. The man was possessing one of the handguns stolen in the Hybla Valley gun

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UPDATE: Teen Charged with Manslaughter in Nov. 20 Fatal Crash

McLean Police District – Detectives from our Crash Reconstruction Unit (CRU) have charged the driver with manslaughter and maiming following a fatal vehicle crash that occurred on November 20, 2023 in Idylwood. CRU detectives determined the driver, 17-years-old at the time of the crash, was driving under the influence during the crash. The driver was traveling southbound in a 2003

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UPDATE: Laundromat Burglar Arrested

Mount Vernon Police District –Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division have identified and arrested Timothy Mears, 48, of Woodlawn in connection to multiple burglaries. Preliminarily, detectives investigated multiple burglary reports near one another with the same Modus Operandi (M.O) between December 2023 and January 2024. In early February, with the assistance of officers from the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Patrol Unit,

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ATM Robbery Suspect Caught, Accomplice on the Run

Franconia Police District – Officers from the Franconia Police District apprehended a woman after she assaulted and attempted to rob a victim of his wallet in Springfield. On February 13, around 12:30 p.m., officers responded to the Capital One Bank located at 6949 Commerce Street in Springfield for the report of a robbery. The victim, an adult man, was finishing

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