Crime & Safety
Sex Offender Strikes on Chain Bridge Road, Driver Ignores July 4 Traffic Stop: McLean District Reports
Check out the full crime report from Fairfax County Police's McLean district following the holiday weekend.
Fairfax County Police were called to investigate a sex offense that occurred on the 1900 block of Chain Bridge Road in McLean last Wednesday evening.
The incident reportedly occurred at around 10:18 p.m. A woman was walking when a strange man approached her, touched her inappropriately, then fled the scene. The victim was said not to need medical attention, according to the FCPD Daily Police Blotter.
The suspect was described at a white male in his 20s standing about 5-foot-8. He was wearing blue jeans, a blue t-shirt and carrying a backpack.
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Authorities were also tasked with keeping local roads safe following Independence Day festivities, resulting in another incident in the McLean district early Sunday morning.
A driver approached a traffic stop at the intersection of Fashion Boulevard and Leesburg Pike in McLean at approximately 12:35 a.m. Sunday morning. However, rather than comply with the traffic stop the driver disregarded authorities on site and instead drove away.
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Police eventually tracked down the vehicle in the parking lot of a nearby shopping center. The driver, Jerome J. Diggs, 21, of Fort Washington, Md., was arrested and charged with disregarding signal to stop by police, reckless driving, disregarding a red light and fail to obey a highway sign.
Check out the remainder of last weekend’s police activity in the McLean district:
LARCENIES:
8800 block of Arlington Boulevard, property from business.
8200 block of Crestwood Heights Drive, property from residence.
2900 block of Fairmont Street, property from vehicle.
3000 block of Fairmont Street, property from vehicle.
1700 block of International Drive, wallet from business.
2000 block of International Drive, merchandise from business.
Metro Tysons Corner, bicycle from business.
3100 block of Monticello Drive, license plate from vehicle.
6400 block of Old Dominion Drive, purse from residence.
2600 block of West Street, wallet from vehicle.
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