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Crime & Safety News
All news →Tariff litigation expands as federal court weighs next move
(The Center Square) – Two new businesses have sued to block President Donald Trump's 10% tariffs, even as a federal appeals court considers whether to lift an injunction …
🗞️Bus driver in I-95 mass casualty crash charged with five counts of involuntary manslaughter
A Stafford County grand jury on Monday indicted the tour-bus driver involved in Friday's fiery fatal crash on Interstate 95 near Quantico on five charges of involuntary m…
🗞️First responders honored for saving Bren Mar Park Elementary from fire
Bren Mar Park Elementary School students, staff and PTA leaders gathered last Friday (May 29) to thank those who saved their school the previous month. The full school co…
🗞️Where Wildfire Preparedness Falls Short: 5 Elements Often Missing from Evacuation Plans
🗞️Fairfax Man Charged In Fair Oaks Shooting Near Legato: Updated
A suspected armed shooter is in custody after a man on an e-bike was shot Thursday night in the Fair Oaks area, authorities say.…
🗞️E-Bike Rider Hospitalized Following Dunn Loring Crash: Fairfax Police
Motorists were asked to avoid the intersection of Electric Avenue and Cedar Lane as police investigated a crash with injuries.…
🗞️2-year-old girl dies after Oakton crash that killed 2 adults, injured young boy
After being transported to a hospital, the young girl died on May 21, becoming the third person killed in the Oakton crash that also killed her parents.…
🗞️Man killed in Seven Corners hit-and-run, police search for silver sedan
A man was killed early Tuesday morning in a hit-and-run crash in the Seven Corners neighborhood of Fairfax County, Virginia, and police are searching for the driver of a …
🗞️‘Shopping cart killer’ sentenced to life in prison for 2021 murders
Anthony Eugene Robinson, also known as the "shopping cart killer," was sentenced Friday to life in prison for the 2021 murders of two women in Harrisonburg, Virginia, who…
🗞️2 people accused of stealing $10K worth of Legos, appliances from Fairfax Co. stores
Nearly 10,000 worth of Legos, small appliances, clothing and other merchandise were taken from Fairfax County stores and two people are facing charges in the theft.…
🗞️2 children remain hospitalized after 116 mph Oakton crash kills 2 adults
Data from the Mercedes shows it was traveling at 116 mph five seconds before the crash on Chain Bridge Road over Interstate 66, just after midnight Sunday.…
🗞️Deadly single-car crash in Fairfax Co. leaves 2 dead, 2 kids hurt
Two people are dead and two children are injured, one critically, after a single-car crash early Sunday on Chain Bridge Road over Interstate 66 in Oakton, Virginia, polic…