Police and Fire News

County announces three COVID-19 deaths; projections get grimmer

Three men in the Fairfax Health District have died of coronavirus-related illnesses, the Fairfax County Health Department announced Wednesday.

The Fire Marshal's office determined that the fire at the Belle View Shopping Center last October began in a walk-in cooler at Yido Ramen and Sushi.

An inmate at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center has tested positive for coronavirus.

A man died and two other people were injured after a fire inside of a home Saturday evening in the Sequoyah neighborhood.

See incidents reported in the FCPD's daily crime blotters for the Mount Vernon police district from the past two weeks.

A 22-year-old man is facing abduction charges in connection to the May 2019 murder of 16-year-old Richard Hernandez Cruz in the North Hill woods.

The two-alarm fire that damaged a Groveton condominium development Thursday displaced 24 residents and caused an estimated $386,000 in damage.

Firefighters rescued 11 residents during a fire at a Richmond Highway condominium complex on Thursday afternoon.

A man has been charged with felony hit-and-run in connection with the February 29 crash that killed a pedestrian on Old Colchester Road in Lorton.

A man suffered minor injuries in a robbery attempt on Huntington Avenue on Tuesday morning, police reported.