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NEW: Teen charged with murder for fatal stabbing of coworker in Great Falls

Published August 19, 2026 at 3:45PM | Updated August 19, 2026 at 7:25PM

Police arrest Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos (via FCPD/X)

A 19-year-old man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Reston woman at Difficult Run Park in Great Falls on Monday (Aug. 17), the Fairfax County Police Department announced today (Wednesday).

Maryland resident Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos was taken into custody this morning in Lanham after detectives determined he had “repeatedly” stabbed 42-year-old Carmen Lizet Puch in her car and doused her in gasoline, intending to set her on fire, police officials said at a press conference.

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Man shot by police after allegedly grabbing officer’s gun during Annandale pursuit

By Mary Stachyra Lopez

Published July 28, 2026 at 2:05PM

Chief Kevin Davis (center) briefs the media on an officer-involved shooting during a press conference in Annandale. (Screenshot via FCPD)

A police officer fired his weapon three times after a man hiding in the woods allegedly tried to grab the gun from the officer’s hand at his side, the Fairfax County Police Department said.

One of the shots hit the man, whose name has not yet been disclosed, and he was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the police.

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Most crime rates dropped in 2025, Fairfax County police data shows

By Jared Serre

Published March 12, 2026 at 12:10PM

Fairfax County Police Department chief Kevin Davis (photo via FCPD/Flickr)

All but one of the Fairfax County Police Department’s major crime statistics dropped in 2025, according to police data released this week.

Rates of carjackings (down 48%), non-fatal shootings (37%), burglaries (27%), robberies (19%), shoplifting (11%), sex offenses (11%), vehicle theft (10%) and homicides (7%) all saw a year-over-year drop, Police Chief Kevin Davis told the Board of Supervisors’ Safety and Security Committee on Tuesday (March 10).

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Fairfax County police intend to partially encrypt radio communications

By Jared Serre

Published March 10, 2026 at 3:45PM

Fairfax County Police Department's in-car radio system (via FCPD/Facebook)

The Fairfax County Police Department is moving forward with plans to partially seal off its radio communications from the public.

The department has proposed encrypting its “main channels” to both limit the disclosure of sensitive information and prevent “someone’s worst day from being used for entertainment,” officers told the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors at a Safety and Security Committee meeting this afternoon (Tuesday).

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FCPD: Hit-and-run victim was alive before being hit by Fairfax police car

By Jared Serre

Published October 23, 2025 at 3:50PM | Updated October 23, 2025 at 4:12PM

Body camera footage from the September hit-and-run in Hybla Valley (photo via FCPD)

A Fairfax County police officer remains on restricted duty after striking a hit-and-run victim with his police cruiser last month in Hybla Valley.

Both criminal and administrative investigations continue into the Sept. 24 incident, which may have contributed to the death of a 62-year-old woman, police said in a press conference today (Thursday).

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FCPD plans countywide expansion of efforts to combat shoplifting, retail theft

By Scott McCaffrey

Published May 27, 2025 at 10:00AM

Fairfax Assistant Police Chief Bob Blakley (screenshot via Fairfax County)

Fairfax County police aim to export successes they’ve had fighting retail theft in Tysons to other corridors across the county.

Despite targeted efforts, “shoplifting remains our Achilles’ heel,” Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis told the Board of Supervisors during a Safety and Security Committee meeting last week.

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Fairfax County police say they’re on track to meet staffing goals by 2030

By Scott McCaffrey

Published May 22, 2025 at 11:45AM

Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis (screenshot via Fairfax County)

The Fairfax County Police Department is on track to meet staffing goals by the end of the decade, if it can maintain recent hiring momentum.

“We feel really comfortable about where we are,” Police Chief Kevin Davis said in a briefing for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ Safety and Security Committee on Tuesday (May 20).

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People to rappel ‘over the edge’ of Reston Station office building for fundraiser

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 4, 2025 at 8:15AM

Looking down the office building at 1900 Reston Station Blvd (courtesy Comstock)

Over the next two days, residents and visitors at Reston Station will be treated to the sight of people rappelling down a 17-story office building for charity.

The Google-anchored building at 1900 Reston Station Blvd will be the site of an Over the Edge fundraiser tomorrow (Saturday) to benefit the National Military Intelligence Foundation (NMIF), a Clifton-based nonprofit that supports national security and intelligence workers through professional development and student scholarships.

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FCPD: Falls Church HS teacher and others charged in online child exploitation operation

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 11, 2025 at 1:15PM | Updated February 11, 2025 at 1:31PM

Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis announces arrests by child exploitation unit detectives on Feb. 11, 2025 (via FCPD/Facebook)

A recent online operation conducted by child exploitation detectives resulted in seven arrests, including that of a Falls Church High School teacher, the Fairfax County Police Department announced this morning (Tuesday).

Richard Berkowitz, a health and physical education teacher at the school in West Falls Church, was arrested on Jan. 29, two days into the operation, but Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid was asked to hold off on notifying the community so the operation could continue, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said at a press conference.

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FCPD makes arrests in ‘organized’ thefts at ABC stores, Tysons retailers

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 16, 2024 at 10:30AM | Updated August 22, 2024 at 11:51AM

The Virginia ABC store on Leesburg Pike in Dunn Loring (via Google Maps)

The Fairfax County Police Department is continuing to crack down on retail store thefts with the assistance of local businesses, Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control and other law enforcement agencies.

Recent investigations have yielded arrests in several cases that targeted “high-end” retailers, particularly in Tysons, and Virginia ABC stores around the region, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis announced at a press conference yesterday.