The Metro transportation system has suspended two employees who are facing federal charges in connection with the alleged theft of coins from transit stations in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.The two men were charged with conspiring to commit a theft. The...
Month: January 2012
Boys could face charges in computer caper
Police are deciding whether to charge a pair of Fairfax County, Virginia, middle school students with a crime, after they allegedly used stolen passwords to tamper with school software.The potential juvenile crime was reported when administrators from Lake Braddock...
Mistrial declared in drunk-driving trial
A jury could not reach a verdict in the case of a former professional football player charged with felony drunk driving, forcing a Fairfax County judge to declare a mistrial.The man, 68, has already been convicted of drunk driving two times. If prosecutors decide to...
Task force works to quash crime in Northern Virginia
In its first two years, the Northern Virginia Violent Crimes Task Force, comprised of officers from local police and federal agencies, has tallied more than 200 state and federal convictions of offenders dealing in drug trafficking, drug sales, robbery, burglary and...
Surveillance cameras approved for inside Fairfax schools
School board members in Fairfax County, Virginia, recently voted to let schools in the district decide individually whether to use interior surveillance cameras. The effort to deter juvenile crime was approved with an estimated $885,000 budget.Most board members and...