NEW Explorer Post Offered in South County Teens and their parents are invited to learn more about Fairfax County Police Explorer programs at upcoming informational meetings to be held in September 2014. In addition to Post #1742, a new chapter begins this year that will better serve teens in the southern end of Fairfax County,…
Six out of ten kittens (born of the mother cat that tested positive for the Rabies virus) have been tested for rabies. Five of the results returned today and show NO signs of the virus. The sixth result has not returned from the lab yet. Three of the kittens are under home quarantines and the…
Precautions Being Taken A Springfield woman is being vaccinated against rabies after she was bit on Monday, August 4 by an indoor/outdoor cat that was in her care. The cat was euthanized and tested for rabies as a precaution following the bite. The rabies test came back positive on Wednesday, August 6 around 5:30 p.m.…
In the month of August, officers from the Mount Vernon Police District as well as motorcycle officers from the Operations Support Bureau will be actively patrolling the Mount Vernon District concentrating on traffic and pedestrian related infractions. As a law enforcement agency, we do many different things to make our community safer. Our goal during this…
Fairfax County Crime Solvers is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the attached video. This video was recorded on Tuesday, April 15, around 7 a.m. by a resident in the 2600 block of Arlington Drive. The witness observed and recorded the suspect as he peeped into an apartment window and…
Detectives charged Leon Malik Johnson, 18, of 4435 Pembrook Village Drive, with involuntary manslaughter. The warrant was served this morning at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center without incident. There is no familial relationship between the suspect and victim. Correction: The victim resided on Groveton Garden Road not Pembrook Village Drive. Teenager Dies (Original…
Officers responded to the 4300 block of Pembrook Village Drive at 7:55 p.m. on Monday, June 9, for a shooting. Two victims, ages 14 and 16, were found and both were transported to local hospitals. The 14-year-old boy is in stable condition. The 16-year-old, Kevin Johnson, of 4435 Pembrook Village Drive, died at the hospital.…
Mount Vernon Police District – A 59-year-old Fredericksburg-area man died on Thursday, May 15, after being ejected from a 2004 Chevy Suburban. John David Buxton was driving westbound on North Kings Highway, near Kathryn Street, around 7 p.m., when his vehicle struck a curb, traveled up an embankment and struck trees. The vehicle rolled over…
Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred Saturday, May 10. Around 2:02 p.m. a man entered the Wells Fargo bank located at 6300 Richmond Highway, and passed a note to the teller demanding money. For unknown reasons the man left before receiving any cash. There were no injuries. The suspect was described as black,…
Around 1:45 p.m., on Friday, April 18, a man entered the Wells Fargo Bank at 6300 Richmond Highway, implied he had a weapon, and demanded money. He fled with cash and no one was injured. The suspect is described as unknown race, approximately 6 feet tall and 200 pounds. He was wearing sunglasses, a gray…
Mount Vernon Police District – On Wednesday, March 26, at around 8:30 a.m., officers responded to the 8500 block of Highland Lane for a reported abduction. A 12-year-old girl told police that a man grabbed her and pulled her into his apartment as she waited for her school bus inside the apartment building. The…
Around 5:03 a.m., on Thursday, February 20, William Godfrey Jr, 68, of Alexandria, was crossing Richmond Highway near the intersection with Backlick Road. A 2005 Honda Civic, driven by a 58-year-old woman, was going north on Richmond Highway and struck Godfrey. Mr. Godfrey was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was not injured. While…
