West Springfield Police District – Detectives are investigating after a body was discovered yesterday evening in a wooded area near the 7500 block of Lee Chapel Road in Fairfax Station. Officers responded shortly after 5 p.m. when a hiker found a body in an advanced stage of decomposition. The body was transported to the Office…
West Springfield Police District – Detectives from our Crash Reconstruction Unit are investigating a fatal single-car crash that occurred today in Fairfax Station. Officers responded around 12:57 p.m. to the 9800 block of Hampton Road for a crash involving a 1998 Volvo sedan. A preliminary investigation determined the Volvo was traveling eastbound on Hampton Road…
West Springfield Police District – A Springfield man is facing multiple charges after a shooting in the 7700 block of Bedstraw Court this afternoon around 4:52 p.m. When officers arrived, they found Javon Prather, 24, of Springfield, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Officers immediately rendered first aid until rescue personnel arrived. Prather was pronounced dead…
West Springfield Police District – 21-year-old James Gregory of Falls Church is facing two felony charges of carnal knowledge and the use of a communication device to solicit a minor. Detectives from the Major Crimes Bureau’s Sex Crimes Squad began their investigation last month when a juvenile victim disclosed unlawful sexual contact with Gregory to…
West Springfield Police District – A 37-year-old man died today after he was hit by a car on Friday evening. Fesha Girma, of Burke, was crossing Burke Center Parkway at the intersection of Pond Spice Lane around 7:30 p.m. The driver of a 2014 GMC Acadia was traveling eastbound on Burke Center Parkway proceeding through…
The victims of the shooting last night in Burke have been identified as Patricia Marie Bounds, 67 and Sean Patrick Bailes, 19. The deceased suspect has been identified as Marcellus William Bounds IV, 36. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will be conducting autopsies to confirm cause and manner of death. (Original release…
West Springfield Police District – Detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying three people who committed a burglary earlier this month in the 9500 block of Third Place, Lorton. The suspects approached an elderly couple in front of their home and told the couple they were doing landscaping work at a neighbor’s house.…
West Springfield Police District – Detectives are asking for help identifying the suspect of a larceny that occurred at the Audrey Moore RECenter, 8100 Braddock Road, Annandale. On Tuesday, June 18, around 12:30 p.m., the suspect entered the RECenter, failed to check in at the desk and is believed to have taken personal items from…
West Springfield Police District – Detectives are investigating after two men were treated for gunshot wounds Wednesday evening. Officers first responded shortly after 6 last night to the 5200 block of Queensberry Avenue in Springfield for a person who had been shot. Officers found Johnathan Velasquez Romero, 19, of Springfield with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his hand.…
West Springfield Police District – This past April, a 56-year-old Annandale music teacher was arrested and charged with eight felony counts of indecent liberties by a custodian for sexually abusing two former students. Detectives from our Major Crimes Bureau began their investigation in May 2018 when a juvenile disclosed being inappropriately touched by Jeffery Cummins…
West Springfield Police District- Detectives are asking for the public’s help identifying a pair of suspects who target purses left in parked cars. The pair are believed to have committed similar crimes up and down the East Coast. The couple tend to use the stolen credit cards at Apple, Best Buy and Target stores. Detectives…
