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A Northern Virginia police officer was put on leave after authorities say he violated policy by alerting federal immigration authorities he was detaining a driver who missed his deportation hearing.

Police declared Gannett’s national headquarters safe on Wednesday after receiving a report that an armed person was seen there, sparking the evacuation of the building and a search for a person of interest.

A man trying to flee police got struck by his own car after he failed to put it in park before getting out and trying to run away from officers, police in Fairfax County, Virginia, say.

A body found Friday morning in a park in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been identified as that of Jholie Moussa, the 16-year-old girl who went missing from her home in the county two weeks ago, officials say.

A 17-year-old boy will be charged with killing a husband and wife inside their home in Reston, Virginia, on Friday after he recovers from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Neighbors of a quiet Reston, Virginia, community are in shock after a couple in their neighborhood was murdered inside their home. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports police plan to charge a teenager in the murders.

A man stripped naked and jumped onto a moving truck in freezing temperatures Tuesday near Washington Dulles International Airport, officials say and stunning video shows.

Weeks after U.S. Park Service Police chased and fatally shot a 25-year-old man near Mount Vernon, Virginia, the chief of Fairfax County Police called for video of the shooting to be released to the public.

More than 350 firearms have been lost or stolen from local and federal police agencies headquartered in the Washington, D.C., area since 2011, according to an investigation by the News4 I-Team.

A man beat his wife with a hatchet before dying of apparent self-inflicted injuries from a chainsaw, Fairfax County police say.

Police believe the teenage girl who died after a man allegedly hit her with a baseball bat as she headed to a mosque in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Sunday was a victim of road rage, not a hate crime.

Police believe they have found the remains of a missing 17-year-old girl that was reported missing early Sunday morning in Fairfax County, Virginia. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports a man has been taken into custody in connection to her death.

For 14 years, the former mayor of Fairfax, Virginia, lived a double life as a methamphetamine addict – until he got caught in August.

A family returned home from a weekend away and found their apartment ransacked, their Quran torn to pieces and the words “F— Muslims” scrawled on a wall, they told police.

The mayor of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, has announced his resignation after he was arrested for allegedly giving methamphetamine to an undercover detective in exchange for a sexual encounter.

Richard “Scott” Silverthorne, the mayor of the City of Fairfax, has been arrested after he allegedly gave methamphetamine to an undercover detective in exchange for a sexual encounter, Fairfax County police say.

A former State Department official pleaded guilty Wednesday to nearly a dozen charges of voyeurism and stalking for recording as many as 25 women in their homes around D.C. The women were recorded in the areas of Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant and U Street in their bathrooms and bedrooms, while having sex, FaceTiming and performing personal hygiene.