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  Northern Virginia Sep 10

  Fairfax County board to vote on data center guidelines

  The county’s Board of Supervisors is voting on new guidelines for how and where data centers should be built. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.
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  Northern Virginia Sep 9

  Timeline unveiled in PetSmart boarding facility death

  New details have emerged regarding the investigation into three dogs who died shortly after staying at a PetSmart animal boarding facility in Alexandria. News4 has previously reported that prosecutors are not filing any criminal charges against PetSmart employees, but an attorney for the pet owners argued that while the employees may not have been responsible for the deaths, the attorneys…
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  Crime and Courts Sep 4

  Contract worker accused of unlawfully filming children in Fairfax County elementary schools

  A man who worked for a contractor that provided afterschool programming at Fairfax County elementary schools faces 24 felonies related to unlawfully filming girls inside two schools. The suspect, 25-year-old Arturo Elmore-Adon, is already in custody for alleged crimes against a minor. Now, he’s charged with several more felonies. “Holding a really disturbing and sick man accountable for his actions…
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  Northern Virginia Aug 23

  Missing Virginia woman's husband accused of concealing body; search ongoing

  The husband of a Northern Virginia woman who has been missing more than three weeks was taken out of their home in handcuffs on Thursday morning, News4 video shows.
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  Stafford County Aug 22

  Stafford County families say they're waiting up to 2 hours for school bus

  Problems with the software that generates school bus routes in Stafford County, Virginia, and a shortage of drivers has some families waiting up to two hours for their kids to be picked up. Stafford County Public Schools acknowledged the problem last week — the first week of school — and made improvements over the weekend. But Tameka Franklin, who told…
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  Northern Virginia Aug 1

  Young man shot by Prince William police struggled with mental health, friends say

  Video from a neighbor early Thursday morning shows Ramirez’s father at the scene as weapons specialists and crisis negotiators surrounded the 22-year-old, with rifles perched on stands to protect the neighborhood.
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  Prince William County Aug 1

  Police shoot, kill 22-year-old man in Woodbridge

  Friends of the victim said they were hung out with him just a day earlier and everything had seemed fine, but they said they knew he struggled with his mental health and had recently refused to seek professional help. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.
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  Crime and Courts Aug 1

  Virginia ABC sees 50% increase in theft from liquor stores

  Thieves increasingly are targeting Virginia’s liquor stores this year, according to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC). Through June, about $800,000 worth of merchandise has been swiped from ABC store shelves — almost a 50% increase over the same time last year, according to ABC data. Deputies in Stafford County responded to a report of a theft at an…
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  Stafford County Jul 29

  Firefighter burned during controlled fire using Stafford County equipment unauthorized for personal use

  A Virginia volunteer firefighter suffered severe injuries during a controlled fire in which he and two other firefighters — his brother and father — used department equipment without authorization. Alex Byers, a volunteer with the White Oak Volunteer Fire Department, almost died in late May while attempting a controlled burn of yard waste in the backyard of a rural Stafford…
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  Gun violence Jul 25

  Manassas Mall shooting suspect was awaiting trial in another shooting case

  A Prince William County supervisor called out the criminal justice system because one of the suspects in a shooting at a mall earlier this month was already awaiting trial for another violent crime but wasn’t being held in jail. Two groups got into a fight at Manassas Mall July 9 and several shots were fired, injuring at least one person….