Police Charge Teen Driver In Crash That Killed 2 Oakton High Students Police Charge Teen Driver In Crash That Killed 2 Oakton High Students
Police Charge Teen Driver In Crash That Killed 2 Oakton High Students A grand jury indicted the 18-year-old driver who killed two Oakton High School students as they walked home from school in a crash earlier this month. Several others were also seriously injured in the June 7 wreck.  Usman Shahid, 18, of Fairfax, is expected to turn himself over to authorities on Thursday, June 23, Fairfax County police announced. Shahid will be arraigned on involuntary manslaughter charges, officials said.  Shahid was speeding in his BMW down Blake Lane when he crashed into an SUV at the intersection with Five Oaks Road in Oakton, police said. The sedan ricoc…
Police ID 22-Year-Old As Swimmer Who Drowned At Leesylvania State Park Police ID 22-Year-Old As Swimmer Who Drowned At Leesylvania State Park
Police ID 22-Year-Old As Swimmer Who Drowned At Leesylvania State Park Police identified the swimmer who drowned on Saturday, June 18, at the Leesylvania State Park in Woodbridge. Cristian Rodas, 22, of Fairfax, was swimming with two friends at the park's boating dock just before 1 p.m. when he went under the water, Prince William County police said. His friends dove to find him but weren't able to pull him to safety before he died.  Authorities pronounced him dead at the scene. A medical examiner will perform an autopsy in the coming days. Police do not suspect foul play in this case.  A GoFundMe fundraiser created on Tuesday, June …
Fairfax Schools Employee Shot In Head Memorial Day In DC Dies Fairfax Schools Employee Shot In Head Memorial Day In DC Dies
Fairfax Schools Employee Shot In Head Memorial Day In DC Dies A 29-year-old Fairfax, VA schools employee died weeks after being robbed and shot in the head in Washington DC on Memorial Day, according to police and those who loved him. Christian Gabriel Monje "was viciously attacked over something that has no value in life," according to a GoFundMe launched by Paola Monje in his memory. "He was robbed of his personal belongings and then shot in the head." The shooting happened around 4:30 a.m. on Monday, May 30, in the 1700 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Metropolitan police said. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene an…
Fairfax Man Missing For Weeks Under 'Unusual Circumstances' Fairfax Man Missing For Weeks Under 'Unusual Circumstances'
Fairfax Man Missing For Weeks Under 'Unusual Circumstances' Police are seeking help in locating a missing 53-year-old man in Fairfax. Juan Ward was last seen at 12:47 p.m. on May 25 on the 12500 block of Dillingham Square in Woodbridge.  Police said that Ward was missing under "unusual circumstances." He is 5’11” and 185lbs with black/grey hair, brown eyes, wearing a long-sleeve grey sweatshirt. Missing under unusual circumstances. Call 703-691-2131 with information. 
Virginia 'Throuple' Dead In Murder Suicide Pact, Police Say Virginia 'Throuple' Dead In Murder Suicide Pact, Police Say
Virginia 'Throuple' Dead In Murder Suicide Pact, Police Say "To everyone. To all my friends. I love you. I need to go." That was the cryptic note that 26-year-old Jose Gale Aliaga posted to Facebook before police say he killed two women and then turned the gun on himself in their shared Fairfax apartment earlier this week. Social media posts seem to imply that Aliaga, Angelica McIntosh, 26, and Anne Lollar, 31, were involved in a polyamorous relationship. The three had agreed to a suicide pact before police found their bodies with gunshot wounds in a locked bedroom of a shared Mazarin Place apartment in Fairfax on Tuesday, June 7, police said.  In…
Virginia 'Throuple' Murder-Suicide Stuns Loved Ones Virginia 'Throuple' Murder-Suicide Stuns Loved Ones
Virginia 'Throuple' Murder-Suicide Stuns Loved Ones "To every one. To all my friends. I love you. I need to go." That was the cryptic note that 26-year-old Jose Gale Aliaga posted to Facebook before police say he killed two women and then turned the gun on himself in their shared Fairfax apartment earlier this week. Social media posts seem to imply that Aliaga, Angelica McIntosh, 26, and Anne Lollar, 31, were involved in a polyamorous relationship. The three had agreed to a suicide pact before police found their bodies with gunshot wounds in a locked bedroom of a shared Mazarin Place apartment in Fairfax on Tuesday, June 7, police said.  I…
Man Electrocuted To Death In Fairfax County: Police Man Electrocuted To Death In Fairfax County: Police
Man Electrocuted To Death In Fairfax County: Police The man who firefighters rescued from a tree Friday morning, June 3, after he was electrocuted has died, authorities said.  The man was trimming tree branches in the 4600 block of Luxberry Drive, in Fairfax near the Nova Medical Group, around 8:30 a.m when he was electrocuted, Fairfax County Police said on Twitter.  Officers on scene of a death investigation in 4600 blk of Luxberry Dr. Prelim, a man was trimming tree branches & was electrocuted. He was taken to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Detectives are responding to investigate. For updates, https://t.co/sjnCBzqCEn…
Fairfax Veterinarian Details Atrocities In Ukraine After 2-Week Trip Fairfax Veterinarian Details Atrocities In Ukraine After 2-Week Trip
Fairfax Veterinarian Details Atrocities In Ukraine After 2-Week Trip Dr. Courtney Katsur couldn't stand to watch news of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The atrocities, the endless violence, and the evil all turned her stomach. But she wasn't about to do nothing.  The Fairfax veterinarian took a short leave from her job at Town & Country Animal Hospital to fly to Ukraine and help the animals there. She spent two weeks in the country and returned earlier this month more eager than before to help the often-forgotten victims of war.  "I knew that I have a skill/profession where I could help not only the animal victims of this war that…
Two Dead In I-495 Crash Weren't Wearing Seatbelts: Police Two Dead In I-495 Crash Weren't Wearing Seatbelts: Police
Two Dead In I-495 Crash Weren't Wearing Seatbelts: Police Two unbelted men died and a woman was in critical condition following a head-on crash on Interstate 495 on Tuesday, May 17, authorities said. A Mazda 3 collided with a Buick Encore near the Chain Bridge Road exit in Fairfax, causing the Buick to burst into flames after the impact, Virginia State Police said. The Buick driver, Patrick Mullins, 32, of Catlett, Va., and Kaan Karabekir, 28, of Bethesda, Md., who was behind the wheel of the Mazda, died at the scene. Neither were wearing a seatbelt.  Paramedics rushed a woman who was in the Buick to Inova Fairfax Hospital with lif…
Fairfax Mom Wins $200K Mother's Day Gift In Virginia Lottery Fairfax Mom Wins $200K Mother's Day Gift In Virginia Lottery
Fairfax Mom Wins $200K Mother's Day Gift In Virginia Lottery Lakeshia Wallace was taking it easy the day before Mother's Day at her Fairfax home and decided to play the Virginia Lottery game on her phone. She was one happy momma by the end of her gaming session.  The mother of three walked away with $237,633 after playing the Cash Buster Multiplier game. “It’s unreal!” Wallace told the Virginia Lottery. “I didn’t sleep that night. I tossed and turned. I kept thinking, ‘Is this real?’” It was very real. She got the check to prove it.  The Cash Buster Multiplier is one of several options people can play on the Virginia Lottery. Visit&n…
Fairfax Mom Susan Medina Survived By High School Sweetheart, Daughters Fairfax Mom Susan Medina Survived By High School Sweetheart, Daughters
Fairfax Mom Susan Medina Survived By High School Sweetheart, Daughters Susan Baker Medina who friends called "a bright light in a dim world," died unexpectedly at her Fairfax home earlier this month, according to her obituary. She was 46 years old. The Woodbridge native married her Gar-Field High School sweetheart Jay Medina in 2000, and share teenage daughters, Allison and Olivia.   Medina was a dedicated clinical educator at Inova Alexandria Hospital, but she always put family first, her obituary reads. They treasured their trips to Hilton Head, S.C.  "Susan was a beautiful light and spirit in this world. Just one look at her twinkl…
Victims Shot Dead From Upstairs Apartment In Prince William County: Police Victims Shot Dead From Upstairs Apartment In Prince William County: Police
Victims Shot Dead From Upstairs Apartment In Prince William County: Police Bullet holes believed to have come from an upstairs apartment were found in the ceiling of a unit where two men were found dead by police performing a welfare check Saturday, May 14 in Fairfax, authorities said. Malik Xavier Davis, 23, of Woodbridge, and Christian Jamar Roberts, 23, of Dumfries, both suffered gunshot wounds and were unresponsive when police responded to the Woodbridge Station Apartments just after 4 p.m., county police said. Detectives were investigating the incident to determine what led up to the shooting. Preliminarily, the incident does not appear to be random and …