McLean Police District – Gamaathige Desoya, 80, of Vienna, was served on summons releasable charges related to a fatal pedestrian crash on August 12 on Kirby Rd in the McLean District. Detectives from our Crash Reconstruction Unit determined Desoya was attempting to make a left turn onto northbound Kirby Road but turned into the southbound lanes striking Brigitte Forster while
Read moreWest Springfield Police District – A 22-year-old man died in a motorcycle crash yesterday afternoon in Fairfax Station. On August 31 at 1:22 p.m. officers responded to Henderson Road near Thistledown Trail for a single-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle. Preliminarily, detectives determined Merle Webster Beach Jr., 22, of Springfield was driving a stolen 2004 Suzuki motorcycle at a high rate
Read moreFairfax, VA – The Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) has used drones for small jobs since 2019, but in the past year, FCPD’s drone program has expanded to assist the department’s helicopter program with a lot more detailed work. In May 2019, the Fairfax County Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) program, more commonly known as its drone program, was approved to
Read moreThe following release is from the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia Defendants Charged With Multiple Counts of Hobbs Act Robbery and Firearms Offenses WASHINGTON – A superseding indictment was unsealed today charging 16 alleged members (named below) of a violent crime ring that committed multiple armed carjackings, armed robberies, money laundering, and firearms offenses.
Read moreFair Oaks Police District – A man was safely taken into custody following a 6-hour barricade that ended around 10 p.m last night in a neighborhood near Monument Drive and Government Center Parkway. On Tuesday around 4 p.m., officers were called to the 4000 block of Park Chase Drive in Fair Oaks for the report of a man armed with
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