Northern Virginia

Fairfax County police have released images of two suspects wanted for stealing a dog from a local pet store. It happened back on Oct. 16 at XO Pups in Chantilly. Police say two men stole a puppy worth $4,000. “It’s a crime, and it’s devastating for us not knowing where this puppy is every single day that passes,” said Ayman…

Voters in Loudoun County’s District 32 are preparing for a special election to fill a state senate seat vacated by Suhas Subramanyam, who won a congressional race, with a firehouse primary. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

A Fairfax County, Virginia, judge sentenced a man to life in prison for shooting and killing his friend before shooting a stranger, blinding that man. Kebbren Leigh-Gaye, who was just 18 years old, died after the shooting on Jan. 8, 2022, on Richmond Highway (Route 1) at Dart Drive, in the Hybla Valley area. He was a friend of the…

Protections for reproductive rights, marriage equality and the restoration of voting rights for some felons could be enshrined in the Virginia state Constitution, if a measure begun on Wednesday in the state’s General Assembly is seen through to the end.

Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins’ trial on federal bribery, fraud and conspiracy charges was postponed Thursday until mid-December after the judge said Jenkins suffered panic attacks.

A driver is charged with involuntary manslaughter after he allegedly hit a 73-year-old farmer who was checking his mail in Fauquier County, Virginia and drove away, according to Virginia State Police. Dennis Dunning, 54, was arrested and taken into custody without incident at his home in Catlett, Virginia, on Wednesday, Virginia state police said. ...

Police in Fairfax County are touting two years of using license plate reader cameras as a crime fighting tool. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

A federal judge said the bribery, fraud and conspiracy trial for former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins will continue Thursday morning with jury selection.

The Ghaisar family has said the officers violated their own policies by chasing Ghaisar, who was unarmed when they opened fire. The family did receive a $5 million settlement from the government last year in a civil lawsuit alleging wrongful death.

Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins’ federal trial was delayed from its expected start Tuesday after the judge said Jenkins was suffering from a medical condition.

News4’s Jummy Olabanji spoke to Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis about the seven teens charged in a crime spree, the arrests made in the daytime street racing in Tysons and how license plate readers make for smarter policing. 

A group of suspects smashed through a 7-Eleven in Alexandria, Virginia, with a pickup truck and broke apart an ATM early Tuesday morning, police say. Alexandria police received a call at about 2 a.m. about an ATM robbery at 331 South Whiting St. During the robbery, employees were told by the suspects to stay behind the counter before smashing throu...

A 73-year-old farmer was crossing a road in Fauquier County, Virginia, after going to his mailbox Friday night when he was fatally struck by two drivers. Now his family is pleading for information in the hit-and-run case. For four generations, Garland Heddings’ family has been farming land near Catlett. Heddings devoted his life to raising cattle a...