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Three brothers have been sentenced to federal prison for participating in a series of armed robberies across the D.C. area, including two in Fairfax County.

The last of the three, 41-year-old Andre Joel White Jr., received his sentence last Thursday (Aug. 7), bringing an end to the years-long scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced.


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A man has been arrested for a home burglary in the Fair Oaks area that appears to be connected to an armed robbery at a Tysons parking garage.

Police officers were first dispatched to the office building at 8605 Westwood Center Drive around 9:07 a.m. on Wednesday (July 23) for a reported robbery, according to scanner traffic.


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For Vienna deer: be warned, if you see a pile of corn on the ground in a Vienna park later this year, keep an eye out for marksmen in the trees above you.

At a work session with the Vienna Town Council on Monday (July 14), Fairfax County police explained a memorandum of understanding agreed to in April that will allow the county’s deer management program to “conduct operations” in Vienna.


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Police are still searching for a driver who allegedly shot another man on I-495 last month in an apparent act of road rage.

Around 9:12 a.m. on June 11, the victim was driving south on I-495 in a brown 1999 Chevy Suburban SUV near Duke Street in Alexandria when they might’ve cut off the driver of a black BMW sedan, according to the Virginia State Police.


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Four years after voting to prohibit firearms on public property, the Fairfax City Council is contemplating whether to expand those restrictions.

At a city council meeting on Tuesday (June 24), Fairfax leaders took a preliminary look at the 2021 ordinance and planned further discussion for another meeting on July 22.


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A Bailey’s Crossroads man was sentenced Wednesday (June 18) to 25 years in prison for his attempt to carry out a mass shooting at a Haymarket church in 2023.

In March, a federal jury convicted Rui Jiang, 36, of attempting to obstruct the congregants of the Park Valley Church in the free exercise of their religious beliefs, transmitting online threats and a firearms violation.


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The man allegedly behind a recent shooting outside a Bailey’s Crossroads nightclub has been arrested.

Detectives believe Evangel McNeill, a 35-year-old from Maryland, shot another man during an argument outside the Black Rose Lounge (5815 Seminary Road) around 1 a.m. on April 30, the Fairfax County Police Department says.


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Fairfax County police are investigating a shooting outside a nightclub in Bailey’s Crossroads that sent a man to the hospital early this morning (Wednesday).

Officers responded to the Black Rose Lounge at 5815 Seminary Road at 1:02 a.m. for a report of shots fired. According to the police scanner, officers in the neighborhood heard “what we believe is a lot of gunfire” and sent someone to “check it out” before the official dispatch came in.


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Fairfax County police have arrested and charged a man for a shooting over the weekend that was allegedly sparked by a dispute over a storage container unit.

Officers were dispatched to the 3100 block of Woodland Lane in Mount Vernon’s Woodland Park neighborhood for a reported shooting at 8:10 a.m. on Saturday (April 26).


Countywide

Starting next week, Fairfax County Public Schools will begin rolling out a pilot program intended to prevent guns and other weapons from being brought into school buildings.

Randomly selected high schools in the district will see the installation of OpenGate detectors at the building’s main doors, allowing students, faculty and visitors to be screened when entering the school.


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