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🗞️Man sentenced to 18 years in attempted child exploitation case
A man who repeatedly tried to exploit a purported 14-year-old — who was actually an undercover Fairfax County police officer — for lewd images and sex last year was sente…
FCPD is hiring school crossing guards
The Fairfax County Police Department is hiring crossing guards for part-time morning and afternoon shifts at schools throughout the county. The Fairfax County Board of Su…
Three suspects indicted for homicides
A grand jury on Sept. 21 has indicted suspects in three homicides that occurred during the past year following preliminary hearings in the Fairfax County General District…
🗞️BREAKING: Four critically hurt in crash near Shirlington during police chase
Four people were critically hurt when a police crash ended in a crash in Shirlington Circle early Monday morning. The crash happened just before 1 a.m., as Virginia State…
🗞️BREAKING: Multiple people shot at house near Columbia Pike
Several people have been shot at a townhouse in the Arlington View neighborhood near Columbia Pike. The shooting happened shortly before 3 a.m. on the 1600 block of 10th …
🗞️Feds accuse Alexandria-based computer forensics firm leaders of hiding Russian ownership
The founder and the CEO of an Alexandria-based digital forensics software firm have been arrested after allegedly hiding that the company is owned and controlled by Russi…
UK police say 5 men arrested over suspected attack at a US-operated air force base in England are British nationals
LONDON (AP) — UK police say 5 men arrested over suspected attack at a US-operated air force base in England are British nationals.…
🗞️British police investigate whether arrests near US-run air base foiled an Iran-linked attack
FAIRFORD, England (AP) — Police were holding five men on Monday and examining suspected explosives found near a U.S.-operated air force base in England, as counterterror …
🗞️JUST IN: County Board orders release of footage from fatal Columbia Pike police shooting
The County Board has ordered the release of available footage from a fatal Columbia Pike police shooting earlier this year. The Board announced this morning (Friday) that…