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  • Help Identify this Man

    Help Identify this Man

    Detectives are investigating an armed robbery and have provided these photos in an effort to help locate a suspect. See info below.   ARMED ROBBERY, 6300 Springfield Plaza, 5/15/14. A 20-year-old employee of the Verizon Wireless store was robbed by a man after the store closed. Suspect bound the victim’s hands and took numerous cell…

  • Fatal Crash in Springfield

    Franconia Police District – Police responded to a home in the 7300 block of Hooes Road for the report of a crash, on Wednesday, March 26, shortly after 10 a.m. During the preliminary investigation, officers determined that one resident of the home, 84-year-old Chong Sik Kim, walked to the mailbox at the end of the…

  • School Employee Charged with Embezzlement

    School Employee Charged with Embezzlement

    Franconia – Police arrested a coordinator of warehouse operations for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) on Monday, January 13. Craig Soderberg, 60, of Lady Anne Court, Alexandria was charged with two counts of embezzlement. Police began an investigation in October 2013 after receiving a request from the FCPS Internal Investigations Section concerning the allegation. The…

  • Man Fatally Struck by Vehicle

    Franconia Police District – Police are investigating a low-speed, fatal crash that occurred on Thursday, January 2, at the Amerigo Gas Station, located at 6134 Franconia Road around 12:36 p.m.  The deceased, 66-year-old Robert John Friedrich, of Springfield, paid for his gas and was walking back across the lot to his car. It appears that…

  • Suspicious Death Investigation in Springfield

    Suspicious Death Investigation in Springfield

    Franconia Police District – Police responded to a report of shots fired at a home in the 7100 block of Healy Drive at around 6 p.m., Wednesday, January 1. Upon arrival to the home, no one answered the door. Concerned for the welfare of the residents, officers attempted multiple phone calls to the home. Police…

  • Bank Robbery in Franconia Area

    Bank Robbery in Franconia Area

    Franconia Police District – On Saturday, December 21, at noon, a man entered the Wells Fargo Bank at 6110 Franconia Road and demanded cash from a teller. An undisclosed amount of cash was handed over and the suspect fled. There were no injuries. The suspect was described as black, approximately 6 feet tall and 220…

  • Bank Robbery in Hayfield Area

    On Friday, December 20, at 10:30 a.m., two men entered the BB&T Bank at 7716 Telegraph Road and ordered the employees to lie on the ground. Both men were armed with handguns and one man demanded cash from a teller. An undisclosed amount of cash was handed over and the suspects fled. There were no…

  • Fatal Crash in Springfield

    Franconia Police District – Police responded to the report of a crash on Wednesday, December 4 shortly after 11 p.m. Brian Benjamin Blaine, 30, of Manassas, was driving his 2001 Honda S2000 convertible southbound on the Franconia-Springfield Parkway, approaching Spring Village Drive. Witnesses reported that the Honda seemed to be racing a dark colored, newer…

  • Police Arrest Serial Peeper Suspect

    Police Arrest Serial Peeper Suspect

    Franconia Police District – After a series of peepings that have occurred since 2011, police arrested a 40-year-old Woodbridge man. Thanks to information from a citizen tip in the Kingstowne area, Michael C. McCarter was arrested and charged with peeping warrants on Friday, October 25. Detectives believe he may be linked to over 200 cases…

  • Pedestrian Identified – Update to Pedestrian Struck and Killed

    Franconia Police District – Detectives have confirmed the victim of the fatal crash is Juliana Hudson-Nichols, 35, of no fixed address. The next of kin has been notified. Original release: October 9, 2013 Franconia Police District – Fairfax County Police are investigating a fatal crash that took place on Franconia Road near the on-ramp for…

  • UPDATE – Suspect Arrested in Alexandria City

    Carlton Thorne Jr., 48, of Alexandria was arrested on Saturday, October 12 in the City of Alexandria. Fairfax County detectives have obtained three warrants charging Thorne with bank robberies that occurred in Fairfax County. Additional charges may be forthcoming. Bank Robbery in the Annandale Area Franconia Police District – Police are investigating a bank robbery…

  • Bank Robbery in the Annandale Area

    Bank Robbery in the Annandale Area

    Franconia Police District – Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred on Thursday, October 10, at the TD Bank, located at 7209 Little River Turnpike. Around 4:30 p.m. a man entered the bank and passed the 31-year-old teller a note demanding money. The victim was unable to give him cash so he fled the…