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  • Detectives Asking for Public’s Help After Fatal Crash

    Detectives Asking for Public’s Help After Fatal Crash

    Fair Oaks Police District – Detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying two victims from this morning’s fatal single vehicle crash.  Officers responded to the crash around 4:26 a.m. on southbound Route 28 near the McLearen Road exit. Preliminarily, it appears a newer model gray Honda CRV was driving at an excessive speed…

  • UPDATE: Additional Charges for Man Caught Unlawfully Filming in Fitting Rooms

    UPDATE: Additional Charges for Man Caught Unlawfully Filming in Fitting Rooms

    Detectives from our Major Crimes Bureau have identified three additional victims recorded in dressing rooms over the holidays. Over 100 videos were found on the phone of 39-year-old Mumtaz Rauf. Rauf, of Alexandria, was arrested for unlawful filming of a minor December 24th after officers were called to the Forever 21 clothing store based on…

  • MEDIA ALERT: New Charges in Unlawful Filming Case

    MEDIA ALERT: New Charges in Unlawful Filming Case

    Major Ed O’Carroll, Commander of the Major Crimes Bureau, will provide a briefing to the community about the latest charges against Mumtaz Rauf. WHERE: Public Safety Headquarters 12099 Government Center Parkway Lobby Fairfax, Virginia 22035 WHEN: Today, at 4 p.m.  PARKING: Please DO NOT park in the fire lanes. Parking is available in two garages.…

  • UPDATE: Detectives Expand Call for Unknown Victims in Unlawful Filming Case

    UPDATE: Detectives Expand Call for Unknown Victims in Unlawful Filming Case

    Detectives continue to analyze data and work toward identifying the approximately 60 victims who were recorded in dressing rooms over the holidays. We are now asking for anyone to contact us who was shopping at Forever 21, Gap, H&M, and Old Navy between December 15th and 24th at Fair Lakes Promenade, Fair Oaks Mall, Springfield…

  • Detectives Asking for Public’s Help Identifying Unknown Victims in Unlawful Filming Case

    Detectives Asking for Public’s Help Identifying Unknown Victims in Unlawful Filming Case

    Fair Oaks District – Detectives are asking for the public’s help identifying victims from video recordings found on the phone of 39-year-old Mumtaz Rauf. Rauf was arrested December 24th for the unlawful filming of a minor at the Forever 21 store in Fair Oaks Mall. Detectives have been working diligently since Rauf’s arrest to identify…

  • Home Security Reminders After Numerous Burglaries Reported in Three Police Districts

    McLean, Reston, and Fair Oaks Districts – Detectives are asking for your help in solving at least 13 residential burglaries that have occurred in the McLean, Reston, and Fair Oaks police districts. The below burglaries have occurred over the last two months: 5200 block of Knight Arch Circle, Fairfax 11800 block of Robertson Farm Circle, Fairfax…

  • Man Arrested for Unlawful Filming of Minor in Fair Oaks Mall Fitting Room

    Man Arrested for Unlawful Filming of Minor in Fair Oaks Mall Fitting Room

    Fair Oaks Police District – A 39-year-old man is facing a felony charge after he was caught filming a minor in a Fair Oaks Mall dressing room.  Mumtaz Rauf, of Alexandria, was arrested for unlawful filming of a minor Monday afternoon around 4:00 p.m. Officers were called to the Forever 21 clothing store based on…

  • UPDATE: Victim in Fatal Single-Vehicle Crash Identified

    The victim of the fatal single-vehicle crash has been identified as 30-year-old Luis Antonio Mejia Castaneda.   (Original release date: November 7, 2018) Fatal Single-Vehicle Crash in Fairfax Fair Oaks Police District – Our Crash Reconstruction Unit continues to investigate a fatal single-vehicle crash.  Officers responded to the intersection of Lee Highway and Waples Mill Road…

  • UPDATE: Man Arrested in New York for February Shooting in Fairfax

    UPDATE: Man Arrested in New York for February Shooting in Fairfax

    Fair Oaks District – Detectives from our Major Crimes Bureau identified and located a suspect in the shooting that occurred February 10 in the area of Westbrook Drive and Devin Green Lane. 25-year-old Baljeet Singh, of Queens, New York, was arrested there yesterday for attempted malicious wounding and shooting into an occupied vehicle. Singh is…

  • Detectives Seeking Public’s Help with Burglary

    Fair Oaks Police District – Detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying three individuals they believe are responsible for a burglary that took place yesterday around 12:50 p.m. in the 5300 block of Poplar Valley Court in Centreville. Three males were seen running across Stringfellow Road near Autumn Willow Drive where they jumped…

  • Shots Fired Near Westbrook Drive and Devin Green Lane

    Fair Oaks District – Detectives from our Major Crimes Bureau and Crime Scene Section are investigating a call for shots fired in the area of Westbrook Drive and Devin Green Lane. Around 6:30 a.m. officers were called to the location for shots fired into a moving vehicle. A dark SUV was seen leaving the area.…