On Monday, April 18, detectives charged John Martin Mercado, 19 of the 6800 block of Ben Franklin Road in Springfield, with murder in connection with the death of William G. Martines-Palma on March 25. Mercado was also charged with malicious wounding, stemming from an incident on March 27. Although an arrest has been made, detectives…
Earlier this month, Governor Terry McAuliffe signed into law new rules for the collection, storage and analysis of Physical Evidence Recovery Kits (PERK). These kits are utilized in evidence recovery for the investigation of sexual assault cases. When a PERK requires testing to identify a suspect and/or prosecution of a case, it is promptly sent…
This report is published every weekday, except county holidays. The information in each report covers significant criminal incidents generally from the day before; reports published on Monday cover the preceding Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Some incidents may appear a day or two after the occurrence. The report contains selected crimes, including animal-related incidents and property…
Kathleen Antonina Capitano As a result of a joint investigation between detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Major Crimes Division, and agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Washington Field Office’s Child Exploitation Task Force, a 24-year-old female was charged with four felony counts of use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses…
Colonel Edwin C. Roessler Jr., Chief of the Fairfax County Police Department issued the following statement with regard to today’s court action in the Adam Torres trial, “My thoughts and prayers are with the Geer family, the friends of Mr. Geer, our community, and the men and women of the Fairfax County Police Department as…
After an extensive investigation into the sexual assault that occurred on Tuesday, April 5 in the 14400 block of Woodmere Court, detectives from the Major Crimes Division were able to identify and apprehend a suspect. Malcolm Raheem Hall, 28, of Centreville, was arrested on April 14 around 8:30 p.m. He was taken into custody and…
The Police Department’s Crime, Traffic and Intelligence Analysis Division of the Planning and Research Bureau has made available the 2015 Incident-Based Reporting (IBR) crime statistical data for Group A offenses. This report summarizes the Fairfax County Police Department’s CY2015 crime data as reported to the Virginia State Police Incident-Based Reporting System. The IBR system was…
This report is published every weekday, except county holidays. The information in each report covers significant criminal incidents generally from the day before; reports published on Monday cover the preceding Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Some incidents may appear a day or two after the occurrence. The report contains selected crimes, including animal-related incidents and property…
This report is published every weekday, except county holidays. The information in each report covers significant criminal incidents generally from the day before; reports published on Monday cover the preceding Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Some incidents may appear a day or two after the occurrence. The report contains selected crimes, including animal-related incidents and property…
This report is published every weekday, except county holidays. The information in each report covers significant criminal incidents generally from the day before; reports published on Monday cover the preceding Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Some incidents may appear a day or two after the occurrence. The report contains selected crimes, including animal-related incidents and property…
This report is published every weekday, except county holidays. The information in each report covers significant criminal incidents generally from the day before; reports published on Monday cover the preceding Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Some incidents may appear a day or two after the occurrence. The report contains selected crimes, including animal-related incidents and property…
Animal Control officers responded to a report of approximately two dozen dead birds in the area of Avion Parkway and Lee Jackson Memorial Highway on Friday, April 8 around 10 a.m. Animal Control officers determined the birds were all of the same species, believed to be European starlings, and there was no apparent cause of…
