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Dead fetus found in a pond in Leesburg, VA
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Dead fetus found in a pond in Leesburg, VA

Leesburg Police have launched an investigation and are urging the public to reach out with any information regarding a deceased “late-term fetus” found in a pond. According to LPD, the body was discovered in the pond behind Park Gate Drive SE by a community member around 4:30 p.m. on March 11. That pond is nestled in a residential community and circled by a trail. Houses run the length along both sides of the pond, and Stryker, a medical technologies and healthcare company, sits at one corner. Emergency services promptly responded the report of the body, the area was secured, and the fetus was removed and transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia for an autopsy. "This is a deeply tragic situation," said Leesburg Police Chief Thea Pirnat. "We urge anyon...
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Woodbridge man charged for death of Newport News man in Fairfax
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Woodbridge man charged for death of Newport News man in Fairfax

Virginia State have announced charges against a Woodbridge man accused of killing a pedestrian in a fatal crash on I-495 west in Fairfax on Sunday, March 10. At around 3:30 a.m., Gregory B,. Bruington, Jr., a 30-year-old Newport News man, was on the left shoulder of the highway at the 175-mile marker changing the tire on a 2017 VW Golf. Carlos Lisandro Nunez-Morales was driving a 2003 Dodge Ram when he ran off the road to the left and hit Bruington, VSP reported. Bruington died at the scene. There was a passenger in the Golf, 24-year-old Hailey Frazier, who was injured despite wearing a seatbelt at the time, according to VSP. Nunez-Morales was not wearing a seatbelt and also suffered injuries that VSP described as minor. Nunez-Morales, who is 26, is facing charges for DUI...
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2 pedestrians killed on I-495 in Fairfax in separate incidents
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2 pedestrians killed on I-495 in Fairfax in separate incidents

Virginia State Police were dispatched to two fatal pedestrian crashes in Fairfax County today within a half-hour. The incidents were in close proximity but are unrelated, police say. Incident #1 The call for the first incident came in at 3:39 a.m. VSP said, at present, it appears that the unnamed individual was on the shoulder of the westbound lanes of I-495 east of Exit 176 changing a tire and got hit by a truck. The individual changing the tire died at the scene. The unnamed driver of the truck was transported to the hospital. VSP said its Fairfax Division Crash Reconstruction Team is assisting with the investigation, and charges are pending. Incident #2 At 3:53 a.m., VSP found a pedestrian in the eastbound lanes of I-495 near Exit 176. Witnesses repo...
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Blackwater man arrested in Stafford allegedly had saw, hammer, & gun
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Blackwater man arrested in Stafford allegedly had saw, hammer, & gun

After a series of alleged early morning incidents, including a manhunt, Stafford County Sheriff’s Office has filed a list of charges against a 26-year-old Blackwater man who reportedly claimed to be landscaping. At around 6:30 a.m., on March 4, a resident on Musselman Rd. heard a noise in his home and found that a man had entered. Upon seeing the homeowner he ran, SCSO reported. Not long afterward, a woman was parked in her driveway on Musselman Rd. when the same man allegedly approached her vehicle with a chainsaw in one hand and a hammer in the other. He “grasped her door handle and brought the hammer up in a motion to swing it toward the car window,” SCSO said, but the woman drove drove off. SCSO said additional calls continued to come in reporting the man going up and ringing ...
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Feds snag 88 lbs. of hash at Dulles amid focus on marijuana shipments
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Feds snag 88 lbs. of hash at Dulles amid focus on marijuana shipments

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) say they’ve uncovered “an increasing trend” of U.S. marijuana growers and retailers shipping products to Europe and Africa where high-quality weed earns them several times the U.S. price. Because of that, CBP is ramping up efforts to intercept those shipments. And it was “during one of these outbound inspections targeted on seizing marijuana,” that CBP officers found nearly 88 pounds of hashish in checked bags at Dulles, the agency reported. On Monday, officers retrieved 28 vacuum-sealed bags of brown bricks in three suitcases that were being loaded onto a flight to Sao Paulo, Brazil. The material field tested as positive for hashish, CBP reported. The traveler associated with those bags was Johnathan Edward Perez, a California resident, an...
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Inmate dies in custody in Alexandria, VA
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Inmate dies in custody in Alexandria, VA

Authorities in Alexandria have reportedly launched an investigation into the death of an inmate at William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center. At around 4 a.m., on February 26, an unnamed deputy reportedly found Ahntais Jacoby Lucas, a 39-year-old Fairfax man, “unresponsive in his cell alone and experiencing an apparent medical emergency,” a statement from Alexandria said. A deputy immediately called for assistance from the jail’s medical staff, and together, they attempted life-saving measures. Medics from the Alexandria Fire Department responded to the scene, and they also attempted treatment, but Lucas was pronounced dead at 4:42 a.m., Alexandria’s statement added. Lucas had been in custody since August 20, 2023. The William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center where this in...
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72 pounds of weed found at Dulles Airport, 2 men arrested
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72 pounds of weed found at Dulles Airport, 2 men arrested

A large marijuana shipment that was reportedly destined for Paris won’t be arriving because authorities seized the 68 bags of vacuum-sealed buds at Dulles International Airport and arrested the men accused of transporting it. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reported that the large bags of weed, which weighed over 72 pounds, were found in three checked suitcases that were being loaded onto a plane headed to Keflavik, Iceland. Las Vegas residents Kaliq Talib McCallister, 33, and Christian Tyler Knight, 28, were identified as the travelers responsible for those suitcases. According to CBP, their plan was to pass through Iceland to get Paris. The material in the vacuum-sealed bags was field-tested, and the results were positive for marijuana, CBP reported. The 72 pounds of marijuana...
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Search for suspect underway after woman sexually assaulted in Alexandria
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Search for suspect underway after woman sexually assaulted in Alexandria

The Alexandria Police Department has detectives in the field today in the vicinity of an alleged sexual assault that occurred overnight. According to APD, a woman was walking in the area of Mount Vernon and Commonwealth Avenue after midnight. A stranger attacked her, assaulted her, and, as of this morning, she was still being treated at local hospital, police say. Detectives are slated to spend today canvassing the area and talking to members of the community. Raul Pedroso, the interim police chief, said the department is ensuring the detectives have all the resources needed for this investigation and he announced the department has increased patrols in the area. “We are committed to ensuring the safety of our community. The search for the sexual assault suspect is a top priority,...
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Home explosion in Sterling kills firefighter
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Home explosion in Sterling kills firefighter

An investigation and autopsy proceedings are underway after 13 people were injured and one was killed in a home explosion on Silver Ridge Drive in Sterling Friday night. Loudoun County Fire & Rescue (LCFR) said a 911 call came in about 7:38 p.m. reporting an odor of gas outside a residence. Rescue units found a 500-gallon underground propane tank with a leak on the side of the residence, said LCFR. They requested the Loudoun County’s Hazardous Materials Response Team as well as additional units from Sterling, South Riding, numerous command staff and safety officers report to the scene. According to LCFR, “a short time later, units on scene reported a catastrophic explosion concurrent with multiple maydays from firefighters inside the residence.” At that point, a Rapid Inter...
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Stringfellow Rd. in Fairfax closing this weekend
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Stringfellow Rd. in Fairfax closing this weekend

Stringfellow Road in Fairfax will be closing this weekend to allow for the installation of a water main. The northbound and southbound lanes of Rt. 645, Stringfellow Rd., between Route 29 and Centreville Farms Road are scheduled to close at 7 a.m Saturday, Feb. 17, until 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, VDOT announced. Local traffic can still use Stringfellow Road between Centreville Farms Road and Autumn Willow Drive. But, Stringfellow Road will be closed to all traffic in both directions between Autumn Willow Drive and Route 29. Through traffic will be detoured via Route 29 and Centreville Farms Road back to Stringfellow Road. VDOT said this work is part of the of the Route 29 Widening Project, which is making improvements along Route 29 between Union Mill Road and Buckleys Gate Dr...
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