Crime & Safety
Police: Woman Holds Up Convenience Store at Knifepoint
Officers make arrest in Sunday morning incident.

Fairfax County Police took a woman into custody Sunday for an alleged robbery at knifepoint that took place at a local convenience store.
The robbery took place in the 7800 block of Richmond Highway Sunday at 11:09 a.m. when a woman entered a convenience store and demanded merchandise. A knife was displayed to an employee, police said.
The suspect took merchandise and fled. There were no injuries.
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Responding officers took Latosha Murray, 22 of the Alexandria area of Fairfax County into custody and charged her with robbery.
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