Monday, October 22, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Fairfax County Police Department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.
On the above map, the addresses are block numbers, not specific home or business addresses. The following items are from recent police updates through Oct. 18 from the Mount Vernon Police District of the Fairfax County Police Department. Fatal Pedestrian Crash (marked in blue on above map), Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred around 1:50 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18. A 64-year-old man was operating a 2002 Kenworth dump truck northbound in the right lane of Richmond Highway just south of Huntington Avenue. A man walked into the unlit roadway, crossing left to right and walked into the path of the oncoming dump truck. The driver took evasive action but was unable to avoid striking the man. The driver stayed on the …
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Fairfax County Police Department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.
On the above map, the addresses are block numbers, not specific home or business addresses. The following items are from recent police updates through Oct. 10 from the Mount Vernon Police District of the Fairfax County Police Department. Assault/Weapon (marked in blue on above map), 7100 block of Fairchild Drive, 10/4/12, 10 p.m. The 18-year-old victim reported she was struck by her boyfriend. He also allegedly fired a pistol into the air several times. Roman E. Avila, 18, of Alexandria, was charged with domestic assault and reckless discharge of a firearm. In separate and unrelated incidents: Burglary (marked in green on above map), 8700 block of Liberty Springs Circle, 10/4/12, 12:45 p.m. A resident reported someone entered the home and …
Monday, October 15, 2012
The most recently available restaurant inspection reports from Sept. 26 to Oct. 4 in the Greater Alexandria area.
Between Sept. 26 and Oct. 4, quite a few restaurants along the Route 1 corridor were inspected. For prior restaurant inspection reports, click here. In Virginia, restaurant inspection reports aren't quite as simple as getting a letter grade or an easy to see number rating to post in the front window. That said, we all want to know how our favorite restaurants stack up on cleanliness and sanitation. Inspectors grade restaurants based on critical and non-critical violations. A "critical violation" is one that "poses a direct or immediate threat to the safety of the food being served." Non-critical violations are generally related to cleaning or maintenance. "Ideally, an operation would have no critical violations, or none which are not …
Monday, October 8, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Fairfax County Police Department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.
On the above map, the addresses are block numbers, not specific home or business addresses. The following items are from recent police updates through Oct. 5 from the Mount Vernon Police District of the Fairfax County Police Department. Contributing to Delinquency of Minor (marked in blue on above map), 8400 block of Madge Lane, Sept. 28, 10:15 p.m. The mother of a 15-year-old girl reported her daughter was possibly having sex with an 18-year-old. Following an investigation Olman Centeno Sanchez, 18, of Alexandria, was arrested and charged with consentual sex with a child and possession of alcohol. In separate and unrelated incidents: Peeping (marked in yellow on above map), 5300 block of Bedford Terrace, Sept. 28, 12:30 p.m. The victim …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Fairfax County Police Department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.
On the above map, the addresses are block numbers, not specific home or business addresses. The following items are from recent police updates through Sept. 28 from the Mount Vernon Police District of the Fairfax County Police Department. Assault (marked in red on above map), 4500 block of Colony Court, 9/23/12, 3:35 a.m. The victim was drinking with a couple of acquaintances when a disagreement turned into a physical confrontation. David Rodriguez Barrer, 31, of Alexandria and Alexander Cerna Cabrera, 40, of Alexandria, were each charged with assault. In separate and unrelated incidents: Robbery (marked in blue on above map), 7800 block of Richmond Highway, 9/22/12, 8:30 p.m. The employee victim reported two individuals entered the …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
More flooding could occur along the Potomac River.
As area's heat index regularly exceeds 90 degrees, weather experts are telling us that the last year has been the warmest on record in the United States. Extreme weather events “of the recent past,” like heat waves and droughts, are caused by climate change, reported climate scientist James Hansen and several of his colleagues in an August 6 study. They maintain that in the last three decades, as the average temperature has risen, “the extremes have soared and now cover about 10 percent of the globe,” Hansen wrote in the Aug. 5 edition of the Washington Post. He is a scientist for the Goddard Institute for Space, NASA and a professor at Columbia University. This study follows an Environment Virginia study in July that found that incidences…
M.L. Watkins
9:32 am on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Any pedestrian that attempts to cross Route 1 on a regular basis is aware that it's often difficult in several areas. There are insufficient crosswalks, sidewalks and not enough time to cross with the "walk" sign and one has to hope that drivers allow pedestrians to cross. Many times, pedestrians with crutches, canes or wheelchairs cannot make it across the street safely - crosswalk or not. more ›