Northam Takes Huge Lead | Big Crowds For Reston Girl's Vigil | Bank Heist: News Nearby

There was plenty of news across Virginia and Washington, DC, on Thursday. If you missed any of it on your local Patch, here’s a roundup of some of the top stories from the past 24 hours.

• Northam Leads Gillespie By Eight Points In New Poll
• Massive Crowd Fills Lake Anne Plaza To Remember Nabra Hassanen
• Bank Robbed Near Spring Hill Station In Tysons

'Pizzagate' Gunman Gets 4 Years In Prison

WASHINGTON, DC -- A North Carolina man who walked into a Washington, D.C. pizza restaurant with an assault rifle and said he was there to investigate the “Pizzagate” internet conspiracy theory of a child sex ring operation has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Nabra Hassanen May Have Been Sexually Assaulted, Police Investigating: Report

RESTON, VA — A new report adds another disturbing wrinkle to the brutal murder of Reston Muslim teen Nabra Hassanen, claiming that police are investigating the possibility that she was sexually assaulted by her killer.

Metro Union Holds Bizarre 'Funeral' On Anniversary Of Deadly Fort Totten Crash

WASHINGTON, DC — In an increasingly nasty battle with WMATA leadership, the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 -- which represents Metro workers -- held a mock funeral for the middle-class workforce on the anniversary of the deadly Fort Totten Metro crash that claimed the lives of eight Metro passengers and a train operator.

Sterling Hit-and-Run Driver Is At Large: Police

ASHBURN, VA — Loudoun County police are looking for the motorist who struck a pedestrian Tuesday night on a Sterling street and drove away. Sheriff's deputies responded at about 9:51 p.m. to the scene of the hit-and-run accident, in the vicinity of East Holly Avenue and North Fillmore Avenue, according to a police report.

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• Video: Crystal Griner Throws First Pitch In Women's Congressional Game
• Two Stafford Teens Reported Missing: Sheriff's Office
• Missing Man Disappeared in Manassas Wednesday Night: Police
• Shoplifter Steals Over $300 Of Items At Springfield Macy's
• 2 Men Doused With Bleach At DC Bar: Report

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