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Caregiver accused keeping boy, 9, locked up, beating him repeatedly
A 9-year-old boy told police he was locked in a room, forced to urinate in a bottle and repeatedly beaten in a Reston, Virginia, apartment by a woman who was supposed to be caring for him, court documents say.
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‘It was 100% intentional': Killer's confession to 1994 murder of Virginia mom
“I’d probably be a serial killer,” Stephan Smerk recently said after the brutal 1994 killing of Robin Lawrence in West Springfield.
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Spotsylvania deputy cleared in shooting of Marine veteran
A Virginia deputy who shot and killed a man who authorities say pointed a gun at a woman has been cleared of any wrongdoing.
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Search warrant details jail conversations of au pair accused in Herndon double-murder
A Northern Virginia man accused of having an affair with his family’s au pair, and then working with her to kill his wife and another man has been denied bond.
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Impostor posed as lawyer to take thousands from Northern Virginia immigrants
A woman posed as an attorney and took thousands of dollars from Northern Virginia immigrants, and when victims confronted her, she threatened to turn them in to immigration officials, prosecutors say. Jasmine Moawad pleaded guilty in February to one felony count of obtaining money by false pretenses. On Monday, victims told their stories to a Fairfax County judge who will...
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Shooter sentenced to 58 years in Virginia landscapers' deaths
A man found guilty of murdering two landscapers as they worked in Alexandria, Virginia, will spend 58 years in prison.
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‘Overwhelming': Local pilots, volunteers fly supplies to Helene victims in North Carolina
There is a growing hurricane relief effort underway in Northern Virginia, as volunteers and pilots at the Leesburg Executive Airport gather supplies and fly them to devastated towns in North Carolina after Helene.
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‘Miracle no one was killed': Driver sentenced for high-speed Virginia chase
A man was sentenced to more than six years in prison for leading police on a high-speed chase that prosecutors in Virginia called the worst case of eluding they’ve seen in a decade. The afternoon of Oct. 30, Joseph Christopher Daniel fled in a stolen Hummer when Loudoun County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call about suspicious activity near...
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Fairfax County considers meals tax
Restaurant workers demonstrated outside the Fairfax County, Virginia, government center Tuesday in opposition to a meals tax being considered by the Board of Supervisors to increase county revenue. A meals tax would be assessed on all prepared foods – including drinks sold along with them – from restaurants, cafeterias, coffee shops, food carts and ready-to-eat grocery items. At 1%, a…
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‘Kindest person': Man, 19, fatally shot while trying to break up fight in Virginia
A 19-year-old man was shot to death trying to break up a fight early Sunday morning, according to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office. Christian Whalen was at a bonfire party in a wooded area off Spotswood Furnace Road when another teenager shot him. A sheriff’s deputy drove him from the scene to a rescue station, from where he was...