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Fairfax County special education teacher charged with assaulting elementary students

Published June 24, 2024 at 9:30AM | Updated November 5, 2024 at 5:15PM

White Oak Elementary School in Burke (via Google Maps)

Fairfax County police have arrested a special education teacher at White Oak Elementary School in Burke for assaulting multiple students.

On April 12, Child Protective Services received a referral that a teacher was seen assaulting a student at school, police said in a Saturday news release.

Detectives took on the case and determined that between September 2023 and this April, Elizabeth Yoshimi Nagagata, 62, of Fairfax allegedly assaulted three students on separate occasions, the release said.

On Friday, Nagagata was arrested and charged with seven counts of simple assault. Nagagata was held at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center without bond.

Detectives would like to speak with anyone who may have information about this case or others possibly related. Those with information are asked to please call the Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, option 4.

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FCPD: Person arrested for stealing police cruiser at Fair Oaks Mall

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 21, 2024 at 3:50PM

Fairfax County Police Sgt. Jacob Pearce briefs media at the scene of a stolen police cruiser crash in Fair Oaks (via FCPD/Facebook)

When an officer went to investigate an allegedly stolen vehicle at Fair Oaks Mall this morning (Friday), one of the vehicle’s passengers commandered the officer’s cruiser and crashed it near the Fairfax County Government Center, police say.

The Fairfax County Police Department says it arrested three people in the incident, which sent two officers and the person who allegedly stole the police cruiser to the hospital.

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FCPD: Man arrested for trying to carjack vehicle for sale in Centreville

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 13, 2024 at 3:45PM

Fairfax County police vehicle with blue lights on (file photo)

A Maryland man was arrested earlier this month for allegedly trying to carjack a vehicle that he claimed to be interested in buying, Fairfax County police say.

Officers were dispatched to the 14600 block of Seasons Drive in Centreville’s Bryarton neighborhood for the reported carjacking at 10:09 p.m. on June 5. According to the Fairfax County Police Department, a Rodney Hart Jr., 25, contacted two other men to express interest in buying a vehicle they’d listed for sale on Facebook Marketplace.

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JUST IN: Chantilly man arrested for decades-old sexual assaults, exposure, police say

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 13, 2024 at 2:30PM

Police say they have connected Edward Eugene Pottmyer, 58, of Chantilly to two sexual assaults and an exposure case (courtesy FCPD)

Police say a Loudoun County man was behind three sexual assault and exposure cases that all occurred in Fairfax County at least two decades ago.

According to the Fairfax County Police Department, detectives used DNA to identify Edward Eugene Pottmyer, 58, of Chantilly as the suspect in a 1998 sexual assault in Fair Lakes, a 2000 assault in the Penderbrook area and a 2004 exposure incident in Burke.

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Man arrested for multiple Dunn Loring home burglaries, police say

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 11, 2024 at 11:45AM

Fairfax County police logo (file photo)

Fairfax County police have arrested a Maryland man who allegedly burglarized multiple homes in Dunn Loring.

The 58-year-old man was arrested following a burglary that was reported in the 7900 block of Tire Swing Road in the Shreve Hill neighborhood around 10:25 a.m. on May 24, the Fairfax County Police Department said in a news release.

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Two drivers arrested after crash on I-495 injures state trooper

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 11, 2024 at 10:15AM | Updated June 12, 2024 at 10:31AM

A Virginia State Police trooper's vehicle was damaged in a crash on I-495 on June 11, 2024 (courtesy Virginia State Police)

Two drivers were arrested this morning (Tuesday) for driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol in connection to a crash on I-495 in Annandale that injured a state trooper.

According to the Virginia State Police, one of its troopers was dispatched to the Capital Beltway near the exit to Little River Turnpike around 3 a.m. for a sedan that had reportedly stopped in a northbound lane.

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Former NBA guard Delonte West arrested in Fairfax County

By Trevor Baratko / Inside NoVA

Published June 10, 2024 at 9:30AM

Fairfax County police (file photo)

Former NBA guard Delonte West was arrested Thursday morning in Fairfax after a brief police foot pursuit.

West, who is listed as a Maryland resident, was being served a warrant for violation of conditions of release and charged with resisting arrest, according to a Fairfax County Police Department statement. He is being held on bond, police said.

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Reported theft at Greenbriar Town Center spurs police chase on I-66

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 24, 2024 at 2:15PM

Virginia State Police stopped a fleeing vehicle on I-66 near the N. Ohio Street overpass in Arlington (courtesy Charles H.)

A police chase that started with a larceny report in the Fair Oaks area ended last night (Thursday) with three people getting arrested on I-66 in Arlington County.

Officers were dispatched to Bath and Body Works in Greenbriar Town Center (13009 Route 50) around 5:59 p.m. in response to a larceny, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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FCPD: Pedestrian killed in crash near Huntington Metro station

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 24, 2024 at 10:15AM | Updated May 27, 2024 at 7:14PM

North Kings Highway at Huntington Park Drive outside the Huntington Metro station (via Google Maps)

A driver who allegedly hit a pedestrian near the Huntington Metro station early this morning (Friday) has been arrested, Fairfax County police say.

Officers were dispatched to North Kings Highway at Huntington Park Drive around 12:38 a.m. after 911 received “multiple” calls for what was initially described as a crash with injury, according to scanner traffic on Open MHz.

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Driver charged with DUI in fatal Groveton motorcycle crash

By Inside NoVA

Published May 20, 2024 at 11:45AM

Fairfax County police DUI enforcement squad (via FCPD/Twitter)

An Alexandria man has been charged with driving under the influence in connection with a deadly Friday morning (May 17) motorcycle crash in Fairfax County.

Around 1:16 a.m., officers responded to the intersection of South Kings Highway and Memorial Street in Groveton for the crash involving a 2023 Kawasaki ZX and a 2007 Ford F-150.