A Reston man will go to trial next month for allegedly killing his roommate less than 24 hours after being released from the custody of the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office.
Marvin Fernando Morales Ortez, 24, is charged with second-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony for the December 2025 shooting of 40-year-old Marvin Ernesto Morales. He has been scheduled for a four-day jury trial in Fairfax County Circuit Court on Dec. 7 before Judge Michael Devine.
A Fairfax County judge has ordered a mental competency evaluation for the man accused of stabbing a Fredericksburg woman to death at a Hybla Valley bus stop earlier this year.
Circuit Court Judge Manuel Capsalis entered an order on Oct. 14 for the evaluation of 33-year-old Abdul Jalloh.
A former Inova Health System physical therapist accused of sexually assaulting a patient last year is scheduled to enter a plea after four additional women reported similar allegations against him.
Samuel Young Choi, 35, of Chantilly faces five counts of aggravated sexual battery in Fairfax County Circuit Court for several alleged assaults between 2022 and 2025 against at least five women.
Fairfax County supervisors are encouraging homeowners to sign up for a new property alert system administered by the Fairfax Circuit Court Office.
The free service for Fairfax County and Fairfax City residents sends an email alert if any documents are filed on their real estate record with the court. The system, similar to others rolled out across the region, is designed to reduce the potential for title fraud.
A Maryland man has been appointed his third defense attorney in what prosecutors say is a ploy to delay his trial on murder charges.
Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Stephen Shannon on Monday (Oct. 26) appointed Thomas F. Koerner Jr. to represent 32-year-old Tylen Jennings.
A Falls Church man could spend decades in prison following his conviction in connection to the non-fatal road rage shooting of an e-bike rider near West Ox Road in the Fair Oaks area earlier this year.
Milad Attai, 26, agreed to plead guilty yesterday (Monday) to malicious wounding and use of a firearm in commission of a felony, the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney announced.
A McLean man was sentenced last week following the May 2025 shooting of a man said to have kicked his Tesla.
Kianmehr Shirinipaziziba, 20, was sentenced Friday (Sept. 25) to 10 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter; four years and four months of that sentence were suspended.
A Fairfax County Circuit Court judge last week issued a summary judgment against the Town of Herndon in its ongoing legal battle against Comstock after the developer backed out of a long-stalled downtown redevelopment project in 2024.
The town’s lawsuit, filed last year, had demanded that Comstock return the title of a nearly 5-acre site in the northeast quadrant of the Elden and Center Street intersection, that had been transferred to the developer with plans for a mixed-use block with apartments, an arts center, retail space and a parking garage.
A Maryland man has been indicted for second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a woman in Annandale earlier this year.
Musa Kargbo, 43, is now scheduled to stand trial on Jan. 11 in Fairfax County Circuit Court. The Prince George’s County resident is accused of killing Isha Koroma, 26, of Alexandria, outside of the Annandale home where she worked taking care of a child, on Nov. 7, 2025.
A McLean man will be sentenced in Fairfax County Circuit Court this week after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 2025 shooting death of a man in Herndon.
Kianmehr Shirinipaziziba, now 20 years old, was initially charged with second-degree murder in the death of 39-year-old Jason Hann.
