Category Archives: West Springfield Police District

Officers Determine Rumors of Robinson Secondary School Threat are False

Earlier today, our department became aware of widespread concern regarding a possible school threat involving Robinson Secondary School. Our school resource officers have determined there was no threat made, nor was there any danger to any students. Tuesday evening, a 15-year-old Robinson student took a picture of himself, holding a toy airsoft gun and posted it on social media. No

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Robbery Suspect Arrested After Seeing Himself on Social Media; Second Suspect Identified and Charged

West Springfield Police District – A robbery suspect who saw himself and his accomplice in surveillance photos released by our detectives has turned himself in. Rodrigo Mercado Rifarace, 19, of Springfield, called the number listed in our April 4 release after seeing photos from the robbery scene circulating on social media. An investigation determined the suspects, Mercado Rifarace and 20-year-old

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Can You Identify These Robbery Suspects?

West Springfield Police District – Detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying two suspects in a robbery that happened in Annandale around 11 yesterday morning. The victim arranged to meet the suspects near Patriot Drive and Heritage Drive to sell a video game. The two suspects robbed the man of the game, implying they were armed. The victim

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Man Electrocuted, Pronounced Dead After Making Contact with Power Lines

West Springfield Police District – A 47-year-old man is dead after he was electrocuted early this morning while standing at his work vehicle near power lines. Officers and paramedics were originally called to the area of Mordor Drive and Furnace Road in Lorton just after 6 a.m. for a report of an unconscious truck driver on the side of the

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Springfield Man Dies in Single-Vehicle Crash

West Springfield Police District – A 36-year-old Springfield man is dead after a single-vehicle crash early this morning in the 8400 block of Alban Road. A preliminary investigation determined that the driver, Frege Adous, was traveling southbound on Alban Road when his 2014 Honda CR-V crossed over the double yellow line and left the roadway. The car traveled through a

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