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A drizzly, foggy evening served as the setting of another crash on Maple Avenue in Vienna that left a pedestrian critically injured.

The crash occurred around 8:10 p.m. on Saturday (Jan. 10) when a driver heading toward Tysons on Maple Avenue East struck the pedestrian near the Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail crossing, according to the Town of Vienna Police Department.


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A pedestrian was hospitalized after a crash in Vienna that triggered delays along the town’s busiest thoroughfare this morning (Friday).

Vienna Police responded to the intersection of Nutley Street SW and Maple Avenue West at around 6:15 a.m. after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle heading north on Maple.


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A 26-year-old man was arrested last month on the Washington & Old Dominion Trail in Vienna for brandishing a firearm after he became “aggressive” during a dog-related dispute.

Members of the Vienna Police Department responded to the trail on Dec. 21 after the 26-year-old — who had been told to stop whistling at the dog — began following the dog and its owner before pulling out a gun.


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The Vienna Police Department didn’t have to go far to find its newest chief of police.

Dan Janickey, who has served as the department’s deputy police chief for more than a decade, will succeed the retiring Jim Morris starting Feb. 1, 2026, the Town of Vienna announced yesterday (Monday).


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The Vienna Police Department is searching for a vehicle used in the theft of approximately $1,000 in products from a local grocery store.

A white Honda Pilot SUV that officers learned had been stolen was used as a getaway vehicle by two men who reportedly shoplifted the groceries on Monday (Dec. 1), police said.


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Vienna police have identified the teens who allegedly set off fireworks during a fight at the local McDonald’s last month.

An 18-year-old girl from Falls Church and an unnamed 16-year-old have been arrested and charged with causing malicious injury to police officers, throwing a missile at an occupied building, and other offenses, the Town of Vienna Police Department (VPD) announced today (Wednesday).


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A resident of the Vienna Park Apartments was arrested last week after allegedly pursuing his roommate while holding a machete.

Officers were called to the 100 block of Patrick Street SE at 8:16 p.m. on last Monday (Sept. 22) for a “report of a man chasing his roommate with a machete,” the Town of Vienna Police Department said in its most recent weekly crime round-up.


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Vienna is working to keep body-worn cameras, first implemented with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, in operation after the program’s federal funding expires.

The Capital Improvement Plan, presented to the Vienna Town Council at a work session on Monday, Sept. 15, included a plan to bridge the gap between the funding provided for the body cameras by ARPA and that funding being worked into the police department’s operating budget.


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The Town of Vienna Police Department (VPD) is warning about a phone scam that purports to come from the Vienna Police Department.

Vienna Police warned that they will never call to collect fines or request personal information.


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Trash bags and dirt bikes were among the “highlights” of the Town of Vienna Police Department’s past week.

Vienna police cited an 83-year-old man from Dunn Loring for illegal dumping on Wednesday (April 3) after they identified him as the source of a “suspicious black trash bag” dropped off at the police station (215 Center Street South) the previous morning, according to a recap of the week from March 28 through April 3.


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