Reston Police Officer Fired

RESTON, VA -- The Fairfax County Police Department has formally fired a police officer who worked out of the Reston District Station about a month after he was arrested in connection with the death of a 6-month-old girl.

Police announced Aug. 28 that 38-year-old Jason Colley of Monrovia, Md., had turned himself in at the Frederick County Law Enforcement Center after an indictment was signed by a Maryland judge in connection with the child's death.

His firing was effective at close of business on Friday, Sept. 28, police said.

Colley faces charges of child abuse in the first degree resulting in death, child abuse in the first degree resulting in severe physical injury, and felony assault in the first degree. The baby died back on Oct. 31, 2017, and a criminal investigation led police to Colley, police say.

Fairfax County Police were notified by Maryland State Polie that Colley was a suspect on April 20. Before taking his next shift on April 23, Colley was relieved of duty and placed on paid administrative leave.

Colley had been an officer for 10 years and had been working out of the Reston District Station.

"The charges Colley faces are abhorrent," Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr. said in the Aug. 28 statement. "This afternoon I served Colley notice of separation from employment in accordance with Fairfax County Personnel Regulations and the Code of Virginia."

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