A sign for the Charter Oak Apartments in Reston (via Google Maps)
A Reston man faces charges in connection to two sexual assault attempts at the same apartment complex, police say.
The Fairfax County Police Department announced today that its officers arrested Hugo Ernesto Argueta Vasquez, a 43-year-old Reston resident, yesterday (Wednesday) after they were called to the Charter Oak Apartments on Charter Oak Court for an attempted sexual assault at 5:26 a.m.
Fairfax County police arrested a Centreville man over the weekend who is suspected of soliciting sex from an 11-year-old child.
The arrest became complicated when the man allegedly refused to leave his home, and officers learned that he may be armed, the Fairfax County Police Department said in a news release on Saturday (July 13).
Carnegie Diner and Cafe in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)
The last week of June was apparently a tough one for Vienna food service workers.
On the same day that a man reportedly threatened Hawk & Griffin employees and customers over the pub’s Pride flags, a woman got arrested after she assaulted three workers at Carnegie Diner & Cafe (501 Maple Avenue West), the Vienna Police Department says.
Hawk & Griffin in Vienna has a rainbow-colored heart on its front door for Pride Month (photo by Amy Woolsey)
A man was arrested last week after reportedly harassing customers and staff at a Vienna pub over its Pride Month displays.
On Friday (June 28) night, a man walked off the street and began accosting patrons in Hawk & Griffin’s outdoor beer garden “because of our flags displayed for pride month,” the pub’s owners said the following day in a Facebook post.
Fairfax County police arrested a man yesterday (Thursday) for allegedly touching a 6-year-old child inappropriately at a playground in West Falls Church.
Officers were called to the Kingsley Commons Townhouses in the 7300 block of Arlington Blvd shortly after 7 p.m. in response to a report that a man “unlawfully touched” a child.
“Patrol officers were able to quickly locate the man and take him into custody,” the Fairfax County Police Department said today (Friday) in a press release.
Police say Victor Villalobos, a 47-year-old man from Merrifield, has been charged with aggravated sexual battery of a juvenile under the age of 13. He was taken to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where he’s being held without bond.
“Detectives are urging anyone who may have had unlawful contact with Villalobos or has information about this case to contact our Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, option 4, and share any information they may have,” the FCPD said.
A Herndon man has been arrested for allegedly sexually soliciting a child online and then trying to meet them in Tysons, police say.
Detectives from the McLean District Station got a tip around 6:52 p.m. on June 7 that Gerry Frank Burde, 41, had contacted an underage individual “via an internet platform,” the Fairfax County Police Department said in a news release published today (Thursday).
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.
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.
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.
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.