Author: Jared Serre

Jared Serre covers local business, public safety and breaking news across Local News Now's websites. Originally from Northeast Ohio, he is a graduate of West Virginia University. He previously worked with Law360 before joining LNN in May 2024.

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School board member advocates for FCPS to add more security personnel

By Jared Serre
Fairfax County School Board member Mateo Dunne (staff photo by Jared Serre)

Fairfax County Public Schools is rolling out advanced weapons detectors to all middle and high schools, but is that enough to keep schools safe? At least one member of the school board says no.

“Technology can identify a weapon or observe a fight, but it requires a human to intervene to seize the weapon or stop the fight,” Mount Vernon District Representative Mateo Dunne told FFXnow.

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Man who assaulted deaf passenger on Dulles-bound flight sentenced

By Jared Serre
Dulles Airport main terminal (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The man convicted of assaulting a deaf passenger on an airplane bound for Dulles International Airport has been sentenced to prison.

Everett Chad Nelson, 44, was sentenced by a federal judge on Tuesday (Sept. 2) to two-and-a-half years behind bars, though he will receive credit for time served, court documents said.

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Stewart Whitson says he’s not afraid to challenge ‘radical policies’ in Congressional bid

By Jared Serre
Stewart Whitson (staff photo by Jared Serre)

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a two-part series of exclusive interviews with James Walkinshaw and Stewart Whitson, who are competing to represent Virginia’s 11th Congressional District. The story on Walkinshaw will be published tomorrow (Friday).

The task currently facing Stewart Whitson is not an easy one.

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Paisano’s Pizza offers free slices to christen new flagship location this weekend

By Jared Serre
Dishes from Paisano's catering menu (photo by Daniel Szabolcs)

A local pizza chain will celebrate its newest location this weekend.

Paisano’s Pizza will hold a grand re-opening on Saturday (Sept. 6) for its new flagship location, located at 12595 Fair Lakes Circle, according to a company spokesperson.

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Bunnyman Brewing owners seek second restaurant at Lorton’s Workhouse Arts Center

By Jared Serre
Workhouse Arts Center Building W15 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The team behind one of Fairfax County’s most popular brewery brands is eyeing a space in Lorton to house a new dining concept.

The owners of Bunnyman Brewing are in the “final stage of negotiation” to secure a second retail space at the Workhouse Arts Center, co-owner Sam Gray told FFXnow.

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Former FCPS after-school staffer sentenced for child sex crimes

By Jared Serre
Fairfax County Courthouse (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A former Fairfax County Public schools contractor will serve prison time after admitting to committing multiple child sex crimes.

Arturo Elmore-Adon was sentenced Thursday (Aug. 29) to 31 years behind bars, though all but seven were suspended by Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Michael F. Devine, according to online court records.

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Dueling rallies overshadow first Fairfax County School Board meeting of new school year

By Jared Serre
Advocates with FCPS Pride and Students for Life convene for competing rallies outside Luther Jackson Middle School on Aug. 28, 2025 (staff photo by Jared Serre)

Competing rallies outside at Luther Jackson Middle School in Merrifield yesterday (Thursday) quickly commanded attention away from Fairfax County’s first school board meeting of the new academic year.

Dozens of activists from pro-LGBTQ+ group FCPS Pride showed up to applaud the school board for supporting transgender students, while the anti-abortion organization Students for Life of America gathered to condemn Fairfax County Public Schools officials over recent allegations of employees helping students obtain abortions.

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Police swarm Bailey’s Crossroads neighborhood for fugitive arrest

By Angela Woolsey and Jared Serre
Fairfax County police gather outside the Bailey's Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department for a fugitive arrest (staff photo by Jared Serre)

Fairfax County police have arrested a man who was involved in a barricade situation in Bailey’s Crossroads over the weekend.

Asenai Zigita was taken into custody this afternoon (Thursday) near the Barcroft View Apartments by over a dozen officers with the Fairfax County Police Department’s Fugitive Tracking and Apprehension Unit, who gathered outside the Bailey’s Crossroads fire station after making the arrest.

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Alexandria man arrested, charged in Groveton carjacking

By Jared Serre
A Virginia State Police vehicle (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

An Alexandria man was arrested earlier this week in connection to a carjacking in the Groveton neighborhood of Fairfax County.

David Rodney Lewis II, 34, is accused of assaulting a delivery driver in the 3300 block of Lockheed Blvd before jumping into the victim’s vehicle and driving off, the Fairfax County Police Department says.

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FCPS to screen for weapons at school board meetings

By Jared Serre
Fairfax County School Board logo (staff photo by Vernon Miles)

Those attending Fairfax County School Board meetings in the future may need to give themselves a little extra time to get settled in.

Starting this school year, Fairfax County Public Schools announced that it will expand its growing weapons screening program to school board meetings, requiring attendees to pass through OpenGate detectors before gaining entry.

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