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Crime In Fairfax County

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Fairfax County Homicides Up in 2012

Five more homicides occurred in the county in 2012 than in 2011.

In 2012, the Fairfax County Police Department handled a total of 16 homicides in the area -- five more than were reported in 2011. Public Information Officer Lucy Caldwell said in a recent email 15 of the 2012 cases are already solved or closed.  In 2011, 11 homicides were reported. Before then, the numbers vary: 16 homicides were reported in 2010, 14 in 2009 and 19 in 2008. Caldwell said the majority of the homicides that happen in Fairfax County occur among family members, acquaintances or people who know each other — not between strangers. A Fairafx County police officer found a man dead Dec. 28 in a car crashed off Chain Bridge Road in Vienna, near Glengyle Drive. The U.S. Marshals Service and Prince William County and Fairfax County …

Monday, November 19, 2012

McLean Arrests: DWI, Assault and Other Offenses

The following arrest information was supplied by the Fairfax County Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

The following McLean residents were charged by Fairfax County Police through Nov. 14, 2012.  The names are taken from the list that Fairfax County police publishes weekly of everyone arrested in Fairfax County. Each entry is formatted: name, age, date of arrest and offense. Ashwin Arun Anchan, 32, June 7, 2012: Misdemeanor Assault Phillip Craig Chapman, 46, Nov. 8, 2012: Misdemeanor Assault Joaquin Albert Martinez, 26, Oct. 11, 2012: Failure to appear in court on a misdemeanor offense Evelim Pomaro O'Bryan, 38, May 25, 2012: DWI, first offense Neema Justin Zadeh, 19, Nov. 10, 2012: Assault on a family member

Monday, November 12, 2012

McLean Arrests: Distributing Drugs, Assault, Contempt of Court

The following arrest information was supplied by the Fairfax County Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

The following McLean residents were charged by Fairfax County Police through Nov. 7, 2012.  The names are taken from the list that Fairfax County police publishes weekly of everyone arrested in Fairfax County. Each entry is formatted: name, age, date of arrest and offense. Keith Ian Moore Beecher, 27, Nov. 2, 2012: Failure to appear in court on a felony offense. Matthew Beverly, 23, Nov. 5, 2012: Marijuana possession, 2+ offenses; Driving without a license, first offense. Edward Ernst Engelhardt, 42, Oct. 26, 2012: Assault on a family member. Clifford Wellington Hogan, 29, Nov. 3, 2012: Failure to appear in court on a misdemeanor offense. Maria L. Hurtado Pedraza, 21, Nov. 5, 2012: First offense marijuana possession.  Raymond Erin McBride…

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