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Photos in missing Va. mom Mamta Kafle's case shows evidence against husband Naresh Bhatt
MANASSAS, Va. (7News) — Naresh Bhatt returned to court Thursday morning after facing accusations related to the disappearance and presumed death of Mamta Kafle, a Manassas Park mother who has been missing since last month. Kafle's 37-year-old husband, who has been charged with concealing a dead body, appeared in...
Police: Loudoun County judge arrested for public intoxication
LEESBURG, Va. (DC News Now) — The Leesburg Police Department has arrested a Loudoun County judge for public intoxication overnight on Saturday. Police said that at about 1:30 a.m., they responded to the report of a person walking down the Leesburg Bypass near South King Street. Officers made contact with the man and he was […]
Man killed, another injured in wrong-way crash on Bristow Road in Nokesville
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — The Prince William County Police Department (PWCPD) said a man is dead after his car was hit by a wrong-way driver in Nokesville. Shortly before 6:30 p.m., officers responded to the area of Bristow Road near Windy Hill Drive for a crash. There, police learned that a […]
LPD Charges Speeding Driver with Fourth DWI
An Ashburn man faces multiple charges after he was pulled over for driving 85 miles per hour on East Market Street in Leesburg. According to the report, a Leesburg Police officer conducted the traffic stop in the 45-mph zone just after 11:40 p.m. Aug. 29. The driver, Jimmy Lopez Gomez,...
Arlington man, 22, killed in Sterling double homicide ‘never held a grudge’
An Arlington man and his girlfriend were killed in a shooting in Loudoun County yesterday. Diego Alexander Woollett, 22, was one of two people shot and killed in the area of Huntington Square in Sterling early Thursday morning, police said. Police responded to the area around 4:30 a.m., finding Woollett...
FCPD charge Sterling man in deadly hit-and-run on Leesburg Pike
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Detectives in Fairfax County said a driver was charged in connection to a deadly pedestrian crash on Leesburg Pike in Great Falls on July 20. In an update on Aug. 30, the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) announced 63-year-old Guanglu Xia, of Sterling, was charged with Felony Hit-and-Run. […]
Fairfax County police looking to identify suspects involved in robbery of businesses
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — The Fairfax County Police Department (MPD) said it’s looking for two suspects involved in the burglaries of two businesses in McLean. Police said that on Aug. 27 at about 2 a.m., they responded to the report of a burglary in the 7500 block of Leesburg Pike. Officers determined […]
Pedestrian hurt in crash on Main Street in Fairfax
FAIRFAX, Va. (DC News Now) — The Fairfax City police said a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle near Woodson High School on Thursday. In a post on X, the Fairfax City Police Department said the crash happened on Main Street near Whitacre Road. Details are limited; however, police said their injuries did not appear […]
Too good to be true: Fairfax man preyed on those looking to get rich quick
A Northern Virginia man faces up to 25 years in prison related to a fraud scheme where he was paid by subscribers who were looking to get rich quick and “beat the stock market.”. Rick Tariq Rahim, 56, of Great Falls in Fairfax County, pled guilty Wednesday for his...
Morning Notes for August 30, 2024
Great Falls Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud — “The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia announced on Thursday that a Great Falls man pleaded guilty on July 23 to wire fraud. Court documents revealed 56-year-old Rick Tariq Rahim, deceived customers who wanted to invest using his automated trading bots,” losing over $300,000 of his clients’ money in stock trades. [DC News Now]
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