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Published December 28, 2023 at 1:15PM

Fairfax County police arrested 10 men in a sting operation focused on online solicitations of sex from children (courtesy FCPD)

Almost a dozen men, whose jobs reportedly range from technology worker to yoga instructor, have been charged with attempting to solicit sex from children after a three-day sting operation by the Fairfax County Police Department.

Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis announced this morning that 10 men were arrested as a result of “Operation ADC Express 2,” which began on Dec. 18 and involved undercover detectives with the department’s Child Exploitation Unit posing online as 13 or 14-year-old teens.

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FCPD: Teen arrested after trying to sexually assault Chantilly woman

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 27, 2023 at 3:00PM

Fairfax County police vehicle (file photo)

A teen was arrested this weekend for forcing his way into a Chantilly woman’s home and allegedly attempting to sexually assault her.

Officers were initially called to the 14600 block of Northwest Place in the Meadows of Chantilly neighborhood at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday (Dec. 23) after getting a 911 hang-up call, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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Man arrested for assault, break-in attempt at Bailey’s Crossroads home

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 14, 2023 at 11:45AM

Fairfax County police car with lights on (file photo)

A man was arrested in Maryland earlier this week for allegedly following a woman, assaulting her and trying to break into her house in Bailey’s Crossroads.

Fairfax County police officers and detectives were called to the home in the 5700 block of Poplar Lane near Bailey’s Crossroads at 12:31 a.m. on Dec. 8 for an assault and burglary, according to a news release.

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FCPD: Cat killed during 21-hour barricade at Culmore apartments

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 12, 2023 at 9:30AM

A man engages in a standoff with police on the roof of a Culmore apartment building (via FCPD/Twitter)

A man who kicked off this week with a 21-hour standoff with police in Bailey’s Crossroads is facing assault and abduction charges.

Additional charges are possible against Brian Ramos, 21, for his killing of a cat during the barricade, which began shortly before 4 p.m. on Sunday (Dec. 10) and concluded after 1 p.m. yesterday (Monday), the Fairfax County Police Department said.

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West Potomac HS student charged with murder for fatal shooting outside D.C. bar

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 7, 2023 at 11:45AM

A West Potomac High School student has been charged with murder for a fatal shooting outside Nellie's Sports Bar in D.C. (via Google Maps)

A West Potomac High School student has been charged with murder in connection to a fatal shooting in October outside a D.C. bar.

Ashton Inabinet, a 16-year-old Hybla Valley resident, was arrested yesterday (Wednesday) and charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting and killing 24-year-old D.C. resident Diamonte Lewis on Oct. 21, D.C. U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves announced.

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Police arrest suspect in September rape at West Falls Church motel

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 6, 2023 at 1:30PM | Updated December 6, 2023 at 2:01PM

Quarry Inn Motel in West Falls Church (via Google Maps)

A Falls Church man has been arrested in connection to a sexual assault at the Quarry Inn Motel (7179 Lee Highway) in September.

Erick Vladamir Chacon Martinez, 23, was taken into custody yesterday (Tuesday) after detectives obtained warrants charging him with raping a woman at the West Falls Church motel on Sept. 16, the Fairfax County Police Department announced today.

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Falls Church man arrested for armed massage parlor robberies two years apart

By Fatimah Waseem

Published December 1, 2023 at 1:30PM

Deep Blue Massage is located in the Professional Courts Condominiums in Seven Corners (via Google Maps)

Local police are searching for additional victims after arresting a Falls Church man in connection to two robberies of massage parlors: one that occurred this fall and one from 2021.

Mohamed Tahir, 33, was arrested on Sept. 9 after a reported robbery at Deep Blue Massage (6105 Arlington Blvd) in Seven Corners, the Fairfax County Police Department reported this morning (Friday).

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Police arrest two men for McLean area home robbery, seek third suspect

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 1, 2023 at 10:15AM | Updated December 1, 2023 at 10:47AM

Fairfax County police helicopter (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

(Updated at 10:45 a.m.) Fairfax County police have arrested two men who allegedly broke into a house in the McLean area earlier this week and robbed and assaulted its residents at gunpoint.

Officers were called to the 1300 block of Spring Hill Road — just north of Tysons and the Dulles Toll Road — at 5:45 a.m. on Monday (Nov. 27) when a 911 caller reported that at least one stranger was in her house “screaming about money,” according to the dispatch on Open MHz.

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Tysons man charged with possessing child and animal porn

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 29, 2023 at 9:30AM

The Fairfax County Adult Detention Center (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A Tysons man who got arrested for allegedly possessing illegal guns is now also facing child pornography charges.

The Fairfax County Police Department announced yesterday (Tuesday) that its detectives have obtained warrants charging 31-year-old Craig Strasbourger with three counts of possessing child sexual abuse material, one count of soliciting a minor, and one count of possessing animal sexual abuse material.

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Tysons man arrested for illegal machine gun possession

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 20, 2023 at 1:30PM

A Tysons resident was arrested after police found machine guns his home (courtesy FCPD)

Fairfax County police confiscated multiple machine guns last week from a Tysons man who was suspected of sending sexual messages to a juvenile.

Detectives began investigating Craig Strasbourger, 31, after receiving a tip in September from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s CyberTipline, which gets reports of child sexual exploitation incidents, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.