🌱 Patch AM: Why a longtime Fairfax officer is charged after a Burke Target trip.

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• Why a longtime Fairfax officer is charged after a Burke Target trip.

Also on today's calendar: Registration is Open - JSSA Northern Virginia, MD Virtual 50+ Employment Expo and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Warmer; a stray a.m. shower, with a high of 76 and low of 51 degrees.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 83, low: 58.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Fairfax County police officer, a 23-year veteran on the force charged, accused of shoplifting (washingtontimes.com) — A Fairfax County police officer is facing two misdemeanor shoplifting charges after Target staff reported he under-rang items at the Burke store and another at Springfield Town Center on the same day. The 23-year department veteran, most recently a school resource officer, has been placed on administrative leave and is set to retire, while Fairfax County's police chief condemned the alleged misconduct.
   

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Thursday October 15
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🗞 Nearby News

Springfield

• Slogans that fit to a T(shirt) (altoonamirror.com)
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George Mason

• Local Event: George Mason Friends New Location and Ribbon Cutting Event (patch.com)
• Women's Tennis Shows Out at George Mason Invitational (mountathletics.com)
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Annandale

• Rick Renzi Says Jack Smith 'Used the Process' to Destroy Him Politically, Demands End to Prosecutorial Immunity (libertyonenews.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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