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Criminal activity suspected in fire at Fairfax County search and rescue training facility

By Angela Woolsey
Surveillance footage of people at Virginia Task Force 1's training site in Lorton before a fire (via FCFRD/X)

While Virginia Task Force 1 remains busy combing through rubble in Venezuela for potential survivors of the earthquakes that devastated the country last week, Fairfax County officials are investigating a fire at its training facility in Lorton.

The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, which sponsors the federally funded urban search and rescue team, responded to the 9900 block of Furnace Road at around 5:20 p.m. on Saturday (June 27) after receiving reports that “a large column of black smoke” was issuing from the training facility.

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Man who fled police, attempted carjacking on I-95 sentenced on gun charge

By Angela Woolsey
Gun left by Jamarion Dawon Jackson on the floor of a car he crashed on I-95 during a police chase (via Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives affidavit)

A man arrested last year after allegedly speeding, fleeing from police and subsequently attempting to carjack another driver on I-95 in Lorton will serve time in federal prison for gun possession.

Jamarion Dawon Jackson, 23, was sentenced today (Tuesday) to four years in prison after pleading guilty in April to possessing a machine gun during the police chase and carjacking incident, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced.

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Flanked by N. Va. lawmakers, Spanberger signs bills in Lorton to boost contraception access

By Sébastien Kraft / Inside NoVA
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signs reproductive health legislation at Occoquan Regional Park in Lorton (photo by Bert Shepherd/Americans for Contraception)

With the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial just a stone’s throw away, Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed landmark reproductive freedom and contraception access legislation Wednesday during a ceremony at Occoquan Regional Park.

The new law, the governor said, protects the right of Virginia women to access and use birth control and reduces the cost of contraception across the commonwealth.

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UPDATED: Motorcyclist killed in crash that shut down Route 1 in Lorton

By Angela Woolsey
Traffic congestion on southbound Richmond Highway at Armistead Road in Lorton after a crash on June 17, 2026 (via VDOT traffic cameras)

A motorcyclist has died following a multi-vehicle crash on Wednesday, June 17 that fully shut down Richmond Highway (Route 1) in the Lorton area.

First responders, including police officers, medics and a helicopter, were dispatched to Richmond Highway at Mims Street at around 3:29 p.m. for a crash involving a motorcycle and a car, according to scanner traffic.

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New U.S. citizens celebrate end of long journeys at Gunston Hall, home of founding father

By Mary Stachyra Lopez
Candidates raise their hands and repeat the oath of allegiance that makes their citizenship official during a naturalization ceremony at Gunston Hall on June 12. (Staff photo by Mary Stachyra Lopez)

Fifty new citizens took an oath of allegiance to the U.S. last week during a naturalization ceremony held at a founding father’s home 250 years to the day that Virginia adopted his seminal prelude to the Declaration of Independence.

As part of two days of “Declaration Day” festivities, citizens from 17 different countries on Friday (June 12) raised their right hands and promised to “support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States” on the grounds of Gunston Hall, once owned by George Mason, who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights.

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Planning commission backs more density, community amenities for Lorton

By Scott McCaffrey
The Workhouse Art Center in Lorton (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Fairfax County Planning Commission on June 3 added its support to a plan to guide development of key Lorton areas for the next two to three decades.

The Lorton Core Study, now headed to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for final consideration, envisions a more urban and connected community.

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UPDATED: Motorcyclist’s injuries from Richmond Highway crash no longer critical

By Angela Woolsey
Police vehicles and a tow truck block southbound Richmond Highway at Mims Street after a crash that seriously injured a motorcyclist (via 511 Virginia traffic camera)

A motorcyclist was hospitalized this morning (Wednesday) as a result of a crash on Richmond Highway in Lorton.

Police officers and medics with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to Richmond Highway at Mims Street for a crash with injury at 8:24 a.m.

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JUST IN: Lorton private school employee charged with child solicitation

By Angela Woolsey
Lawrence Lofzewski (courtesy Fairfax County Police Department)

A former police officer who now works at a private school in Lorton has been charged with child solicitation, the Fairfax County Police Department announced today.

Detectives in the FCPD’s Child Exploitation Unit received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Lawrence Lofzewski, a 37-year-old Springfield resident, “had posted disturbing online content regarding minors,” according to a press release.

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Fairfax County completes largest solar energy project so far on I-95 landfill

By Angela Woolsey
A sign warns against trespassing at Fairfax County's I-95 Landfill Complex in Lorton (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Land in Lorton that once served as a waste disposal site has been transformed into Fairfax County’s largest solar power project so far.

After about a year of construction, a completed 5-megawatt solar array now sits on 37 acres in a closed portion of the I-95 Landfill Complex at 9850 Furnace Road, the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES) announced Wednesday (May 19).

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FCPD: Man charged with stealing, crashing delivery van on Richmond Highway

By Angela Woolsey
A Fairfax County police cruiser (file photo)

A man from the Groveton area will face a slew of criminal charges once he leaves the hospital after allegedly stealing a delivery van and crashing it multiple times on Richmond Highway, injuring himself and another driver.

Officers responded around 3:31 p.m. on Wednesday (May 13) to Richmond Highway and Lorton Road in Lorton after receiving reports of “a multi-vehicle crash involving a stolen package delivery van that had been taken earlier in the day” in Fort Belvoir, the Fairfax County Police Department said.

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