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Fairfax County Police released a video Thursday morning of suspects possibly connected to a series of robberies in the Huntington area.
Police are looking for four suspects, all black males between 16 to 25 and possibly driving a dark colored older sedan.
Suspect Jaime Granados, 21, fled on bicycle after he robbed one person and attempted to assault and rob another, according to police.
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Police closed Lenore Lane while they investigated Tuesday morning incident.
Matthew is charged in the abduction and murder of Hannah Graham, a West Potomac graduate who was a student at the University of Virginia.
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Officers were called to wooded area Friday afternoon.
No one was home when fire broke out. Fireplace ashes too close to combustibles caused the fire, according to the county.
No one was home in the apartment on Southgate Drive when the fire broke out; the family was displaced by the fire.
Firefighters contained damage to basement, according to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue.
Incident took place in the morning; suspect covered his face with black Northface headband, FBI says.
Damages were estimated at $500, according to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue.
Fairfax County Police say new safety measure helped prevent further escalation of force at incident in 7600 block of Richmond Highway.
Hybla Valley man charged with impersonating an officer, according to Prince William County Police.
Police say the man, an Alexandria resident, was sitting in the center of Route 1 northbound just prior to Southgate Drive.
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More than 70 firefighters responded to blaze on Beechcliff Drive off Richmond Highway corridor.
Incident took place Sunday night, Dec. 21, when a man entered the lobby and held up an employee.
Police say he was approached from behind by a man who assaulted him, took property and fled.
Attorneys for the man accused of abducting UVA student Hannah Graham have requested a gag order in a 2005 Fairfax attempted murder case.
Suspect broke window, slid under bars in middle of the night robbery of store on Telegraph Road in Fairfax County just south of Alexandria.
Incident took place at store on Fairhaven Avenue.
Dogs came to the police department from the “Puppies Behind Bars” program.
Incident took place Friday in 6300 block of Richmond Highway.
FCPD charged teen with disregarding police signal to stop, felony hit and run and possession of marijuana.
Watch out for fake charities, online efforts to steal your personal and banking information, and gift card scams.
Richmond's CBS-6 reports Jesse Matthew DNA matched cigar butt, stains on Morgan Harrington's T-shirt and scrapings from Fairfax case.
A quarter of the bank robberies in the past two years in Northern Virginia and D.C. took place in December.
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The man accused of abducting UVA student Hannah Graham pleaded not guilty Friday morning to charges from a 2005 sexual assault case.
Incident took place Friday, police say.
Matthew, suspect in disappearance of UVA student Hannah Graham, faces charges in a 2005 Fairfax City case.
Eagle had a broken wing and also may have suffered from pesticide poisoning. Officer Kathy Prucnal secured it with a blanket.
Matthew F. Thompson was 37, police said.
More than 400 pedestrians have been struck and injured in Fairfax County in the past three years.
Seven police agencies from Northern Virginia will team up to conduct "saturation patrols" detecting and arresting drunk drivers.
Incident took place Saturday, Oct. 11, off of South Kings Highway.