Police and Fire News

Sex offender pleads guilty making threats against Howard University

John Edgar Rust pleaded guilty to transmission in interstate commerce of a communication containing threats to injure the person of another.

A bank located in the Mount Vernon Square shopping center in Hybla Valley was held up earlier today, according to police.

A two-alarm fire on Monday in the Belle View area was caused by an electrical malfunction in an attic fan, according to the fire department.

Securing funding for the Richmond Highway widening project remains a work in progress, State Sen. Scott Surovell said Wednesday.

A man faces a slew of charges after a chase early Sunday morning that ended after he was allegedly hit by his own car, according to Monday's police

Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire that broke out this afternoon in a garden apartment building in the Belle View area.

High winds that swept through the area early Friday morning have taken down numerous trees and power lines, leaving thousands without power.

Two teenagers are facing felony charges after allegedly making threats about a possible shooting at Walt Whitman Middle School on social media.

One person was shot and one person was stabbed Tuesday night in the 3500 block of Buckman Road, according to the Fairfax County Police.

There were two robberies within a mile of each other Friday afternoon in the Hybla Valley area, according to Monday’s Fairfax County Police blotter.