White Oaks Elementary School in Burke (via Google Maps)
White Oaks Elementary School’s principal and assistant principal have both been permanently removed from their posts after a special education teacher was charged in June with multiple assaults of students.
In a message sent to the school’s staff and families on Oct. 30, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid confirmed that principal Ryan Richardson and assistant principal Dana Chen won’t return after they were put on administrative leave this summer during a police investigation into the assaults.
Eastbound Old Keene Mill Road at Field Master Drive in Burke (via Google Maps)
A motorcyclist died last week following a crash on Old Keene Mill Road in Burke.
Officers responded to a report of a two-vehicle crash at the Field Master Drive intersection around 3:53 p.m. on Oct. 30, the Fairfax County Police Department reported today (Monday) in a press release.
Fairfax County Parkway closed after a three-vehicle crash at Reservation Drive in Burke (via Google Maps)
Two people have been taken to a hospital following a crash involving three vehicles on Fairfax County Parkway in Burke.
The parkway’s southbound lanes are closed at Lee Chapel Road, while the northbound lanes are closed at Huntsman Blvd in the wake of the crash, the Fairfax County Police Department announced at 9:16 a.m.
White Oaks Elementary School in Burke (via Google Maps)
A new charge has been filed in connection to a teacher’s reported assaults of students at a Burke elementary school.
Dana Chen, an assistant principal at White Oaks Elementary School (6130 Shiplett Blvd), has been charged with failing to report assault allegations against special education teacher Elizabeth Yoshimi Nagagata, the Fairfax County Police Department announced yesterday (Wednesday).
A Fairfax County police car with lights on at the Mosaic District (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)
A Reston man has been arrested after allegedly stealing lottery tickets from several convenience stores around Fairfax County.
Detectives with the Fairfax County Police Department began investigating after officers were called to the 7-Eleven (2793 Chain Bridge Road) in Oakton for a report of a larceny and assault around 3:57 a.m. on Sept. 15, according to the police scanner.
Students help Holy Spirit Catholic Church pastor Rev. John O'Donohue sort winter coat donations (photo by Patty Tang/Holy Spirit Catholic Church)
As the heat of summer starts to fade, some Fairfax County churches are refocusing their charitable efforts on the community’s needs for the coming winter.
With support from the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington, four churches in the county launched a winter coat drive earlier this month with the goal of collecting 10,000 coats for refugees, people experiencing homelessness and other community members in need.
Bradfield Drive at Braddock Road in Burke (via Google Maps)
One of the drivers in a two-vehicle crash that killed three people in Burke earlier this year is facing a potential fine.
The Fairfax County Police Department announced today (Wednesday) that its Crash Reconstruction Unit detectives have charged Tei Hu, 71, of Fairfax with failing to yield on a left turn in connection to the Feb. 4 crash.
Giant Food celebrates the grand reopening of its newly remodeled store in Springfield with a ribbon cutting (courtesy of Giant)
Giant Food has reopened its store at the corner of Fairfax County Parkway and Huntsman Blvd in Burke after a major remodel, offering special promotions to celebrate the grand opening.
Located at 7501 Huntsman Blvd, the updated store now features a range of new amenities designed to enhance the shopping experience.
The Virginia ABC store at Plaza at Landmark in Lincolnia (via Google Maps)
Fairfax County police have made headway on a months-long investigation into over a dozen thefts targeting local liquor stores.
Detectives believe the crimes were all committed by the same “crew,” identifying a man arrested in Alexandria and three juvenile individuals as suspects, though others may also be involved, the Fairfax County Police Department said yesterday (Monday) in a news release.
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.
