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Pedestrian dies from injuries weeks after Richmond Highway crash

Published July 20, 2026 at 8:30AM

Richmond Highway sign (staff photo by Mary Stachyra Lopez)

An Alexandria man has died from injuries he sustained while crossing Richmond Highway in the Hybla Valley area earlier this month, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

Julio Quintanilla, 61, was struck by a 2025 Toyota Corolla heading southbound in the 7900 block of Richmond Highway on July 3 around 8:06 p.m. He was taken to the hospital, and though his injuries were initially believed to be non-life-threatening, the Medical Examiner’s Office informed police on Saturday (July 18) that Quintanilla had died.

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Motorcyclist seriously injured in Route 1 crash near Beacon Center

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 16, 2026 at 2:30PM

Southbound Richmond Highway has been closed at Memorial Street in Groveton after a motorcycle crash (via Google Maps)

A motorcyclist has been hospitalized following a crash on Richmond Highway (Route 1) near Beacon Center.

Police officers and units with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, including medics, were dispatched to Richmond Highway at Memorial Street in Groveton at around 12:51 p.m. for the crash, according to scanner traffic.

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Police: Man found in life-threatening condition after assault in Idylwood

By Mary Stachyra Lopez

Published July 16, 2026 at 8:30AM | Updated July 23, 2026 at 12:17PM

A Fairfax County police SUV with lights on (file photo)

Fairfax County police are asking for the public’s help to find information on a near-deadly assault on a man in the Idylwood area that occurred earlier this month.

Officers responded to the 3000 block of Graham Road in West Falls Church for a report of a suspicious event on July 5 around 11:30 a.m. When they arrived, they found an adult man “suffering from several injuries throughout his body,” police said yesterday (Wednesday) in a press release.

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Soccer coach accused of scamming families with promise of summer camp in Italy

By Mary Stachyra Lopez

Published July 14, 2026 at 10:00AM | Updated July 14, 2026 at 3:35PM

Ahmed Mohamed (courtesy Fairfax County Police Department)

A Fairfax soccer coach has been accused of bilking over a dozen victims out of tens of thousands of dollars through promises of a travel soccer summer camp in Italy.

Ahmed Mohamed, 31, of Fairfax, was arrested on June 30 and charged with 13 counts of embezzlement and another 13 of computer fraud, police announced.

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Fairfax County and Fairfax City police encrypt dispatch radio communications

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 14, 2026 at 8:30AM

A radio can be seen on the belt of a Fairfax City police officer at the 2026 Asian Festival on Main (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Residents, reporters and other interested members of the public now have one less option for keeping track of police activity in Fairfax County and Fairfax City.

The City of Fairfax Police Department announced Friday (July 10) that it is encrypting its primary police dispatch radio channel, so the feed will no longer available through public scanners or online radio streaming services, such as Open MHz.

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Police: Fair Oaks man charged with murder after wife was found fatally shot

By Mary Stachyra Lopez

Published July 13, 2026 at 9:15AM | Updated July 13, 2026 at 3:41PM

Leland Jameson, 64, of Fair Oaks (Courtesy FCPD)

The Fairfax County Police Department has charged a Fair Oaks man in connection with his wife’s death after she died from gunshot wounds last night (July 12).

Leland Jameson, 64, has been charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony. He is being held at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center without bond.

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Man pleads guilty to illegally having gun dropped during FCPD encounter

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 13, 2026 at 8:30AM

Gun dropped during police encounter in Herndon on Feb. 18, 2026 (via U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia)

A Woodbridge man could spend as many as 15 years in prison after pleading guilty last week to possessing a gun despite having a felony conviction on his record, the U.S. Justice Department says.

Khari Wheeler, 27, was arrested on Feb. 18 of this year after a loaded gun “fell from his person” while he was allegedly attempting to flee Fairfax County police officers at an apartment community in Herndon, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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JUST IN: Man arrested again for 2014 pedestrian hit-and-run on Reston Parkway

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 6, 2026 at 2:45PM | Updated July 6, 2026 at 3:07PM

Fairfax County Police Department (file photo)

A Herndon man has been arrested and charged a second time in connection with a crash that injured a pedestrian in Reston more than a decade ago.

Police have accused Enda Browne, now 43, of crashing into a woman who was crossing Reston Parkway at Spectrum Center at around 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Pedestrian using mobility device killed in Hybla Valley crash

By Mary Stachyra Lopez

Published July 6, 2026 at 8:30AM

Richmond Highway sign (staff photo by Mary Stachyra Lopez)

An adult woman who was walking in the Richmond Highway (Route 1) area when she was hit by a truck has died from her injuries, the Fairfax County Police Department said last week.

Detectives from the Crash Reconstruction Unit are investigating the crash that took place around 7:45 p.m. on Thursday (July 2), as the woman was crossing at the intersection of Richmond Highway and Dart Drive.

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Man on Metro tracks in Tysons draws police, requires pause in train service

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 1, 2026 at 1:45PM

Police and Fairfax County Fire and Rescue in Tysons for a man on the train tracks between the Tysons and McLean Metro stations (staff photo)

Metro halted all Silver Line trains between the Tysons and McLean stations for a period this morning (Wednesday) so police could get a man off of the tracks.

Fairfax County police officers were dispatched at around 11:32 a.m. to an address near the McLean Metro station for a passenger experiencing an apparent “medical emergency,” according to scanner traffic.