Officers responded to the report of a bank robbery at the Sona Bank at 11527 Sunrise Valley Drive on Saturday, October 10 around 10:30 a.m. A man walked into the bank, handed a teller a note announcing a robbery and demanding money. An undisclosed amount of cash was handed over and nobody was injured. The…
Police charged a man after he reportedly robbed and assaulted a 19-year-old woman near the parking lot of the Best Buy store on Fountain Drive in Reston at around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, October 7. Raul Soto, 25, of no fixed address, reportedly followed a woman from the parking lot, blocked her path and made demands…
Detectives from the Crash Reconstruction Unit are investigating a crash involving a bicycle and an SUV that occurred on Sunrise Valley Drive near Coppermine Road, on Monday, August 31, shortly after 8 p.m. The preliminary investigation suggests that two bicycles were traveling north on Sunrise Valley Drive in the right lane. Neither rider was wearing…
UPDATE – Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested Following a joint investigation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshal’s Service, and our department’s Robbery detectives arrested a 21 year-old Fairfax County man. Nathanael Blackmon, of Herndon, was charged with bank robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Blackmon was arrested the…
Michael Wayne Edwards, 33, of Rydell Road, Centreville was arrested on Thursday, August 6 at the Reston District Station following an investigation of allegations against him earlier that week. A woman who was grocery shopping at the Safeway on South Lakes Drive on Wednesday, August 5 at around 1:15 p.m., reported that a man was…
Major Crimes Detectives arrested Mr. Han I. Tak, 30, of Reston, Virginia, in the afternoon hours of Wednesday, July 1. Mr. Tak was charged with taking indecent liberties with a minor. Tak, who is an instructor at Fox Mill Tae Kwon Do in Herndon, is alleged to have inappropriately touched a juvenile karate student. Anyone with information…
Police are asking the public’s assistance in locating a suspect in a robbery that occurred on Thursday, June 11. A woman was returning to her car after grocery shopping at around 3 p.m. in an underground parking garage at the Harris Teeter on Highland Crossing Drive. The woman, age 47, was approached by a man…
Police identified a third suspect in connection with the Reston robbery and shooting incident that occurred in on Sunday, May 17. Warrants for robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony have been obtained for Jalan Merrill, 21, of the Herndon area. Merrill was taken into custody this afternoon in Leesburg…
Detectives have determined that the incident that took place in the 11600 block of Stoneview Square in Reston on Sunday, May 17 was not a home invasion as initially reported. Subsequent investigation has led detectives to believe the situation was apparently a robbery attempt that led to an altercation and shooting, resulting in the death…
Detectives are investigating a death that occurred in the 11600 block of Stoneview Square in Reston on Sunday, May 17 at around 2:50 p.m. Police have identified the deceased as a 24-year-old Herndon/Reston area man. Next of kin have not been contacted. Initial reports indicated that five men entered an apartment, engaged in some sort…
Detectives arrested a suspect they believe is connected to at least four high-end jewelry burglary thefts on Friday, May 8. Police believe there may be up to three accomplices that have not been arrested yet. Jan Parchewski, 39 of the Chicago area, was charged with burglary and grand larceny following an extensive investigation, involving numerous…
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and Fairfax County Police urge cyclists, as well as all motorists, to be alert to increased numbers of two wheelers on the roadways. With Spring weather and increased daylight, the number of cyclists grows on our congested roadways. Share the road safely, this month and always. Crash Reconstruction Unit…
