Fairfax County summarizes the places where you can find local fireworks displays on the fourth. Of course, there is also the celebration on the National Mall! See the page for details. Some events are not free.
From Fairfax Police:
CONTRIBUTE TO DELINQUENCY OF MINOR, 13900 block of Metrotech Drive, 6/25/12, 12:30 a.m. A manager at the store allegedly saw several people inside after closing. Martha Adkins, 38, of South Carolina was charged with unlawful entry and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. There were two 13-year-old girls who were turned over to Child Protective Services.
This is a little outside our geographic scope, but newsworthy enough to call it to your attention in case you missed the news. Full details here:
Following a complex five-month-long investigation, Animal Control Officers arrested the 26-year-old director of the Reston Zoo on Friday, June 22.
Meghan Mogensen of Silver Spring was charged with animal cruelty and possession of a controlled substance after alleged improper treatment of a sick wallaby.
From Fairfax Police:
SEXUAL ASSAULT, Lake Newport Road/Reston Parkway, 6/23/12, 11:45 a.m. The victim and a friend were walking on a path pushing strollers. The suspect was walking toward them. As the two women approached, the suspect reached out and grabbed the victim on the buttocks. He then fled.
From Fairfax Police:
BURGLARY,13100 block of Ashnut Lane, 6/21/12, 9:30 p.m. The residents reported that someone entered the home and stole computer equipment and jewelry. Forced entry was made through a basement door.
Ashnut Lane is off Frying Pan Road between Fox Mill Road and Coppermine Road.
From Fairfax County police:
BURGLARY, 4100 block of Auto Park Circle, 6/25/12, 7 a.m. An employee reported someone broke into the business and stole cash. Forced entry was made through a front window.
The Connection Newspapers has this informative article on the current state of Phase 2 of the Silver Line, which will connect with Oak Hill. Principally, Loudoun County has to decide whether to play or not. Excerpt:
AS THE DEADLINE NEARS, there is growing ire on either side of the debate. Right wing groups have attacked the Silver Line project as a tax. According to the Washington Post, a group funded by the Koch brothers, a pair of conservative Kansas billionaires, have conducted robbo calls in the county saying that funding the Silver Line will mean a “bailout for developers.”
Clark and other opponents claim they have faced “strong-arming and veiled threats by some developers and elected officials.”
Stephen S. Fuller, the director of the George Mason University’s Center for Regional Analysis, prepared a report in March which warned, if Loudoun does not go along with the Silver Line, “the county’s economy will grow more slowly, driven by gains in lower value added employment and imported income earned by residents commuting to jobs located outside the county.” He saw a loss of $11.2 billion in foregone economic activity in 2030 and $25.6 billion lower gross county product in 2040 “than had Metrorail been extended to the county as planned.”
Yesterday’s powerful thunderstorms caused large scale power outages in Oak Hill. Some neighborhoods have power and some do not. The current scale of the outage can be seen by looking at Dominion Power’s outage map for the Northern Virginia area.
Power generally went out as the thunderstorms passed through around 10:30 AM. The Emerald Chase community was restored around 3:30 PM, while the Franklin Farm Village Center was still in the dark.
Yesterday the area also experienced record heat, with 100 degrees recorded at Washington Dulles International, and 104 degrees at Reagan National Airport.
Delegate Tom Rust sent out this helpful email today of information and news:
According to Dominion Virginia Power, “Crews are assessing damage and working with local emergency personnel to return electrical service to more than 900,000 customers who were impacted by severe storms on 6/29. Restoration work is focusing first on public health and safety facilities including public cooling locations. Work will continue around the clock during the multi-day restoration effort. To Report An Outage: 1-866-DOM-HELP (1-866-366-4357)”. If you experience an outage, it is important that you report it. Also report hazardous or emergency situations by phone. Just over 400,000 customers (about half of their customers) in Northern Virginia are without power.“ Please be patient. This is the fifth largest outage in their history. Know that VA Power has called in aide from other utility companies, but assistance will come from a considerable distance away because of the other neighboring utility companies that were affected. Repairs will take days.
NOVEC has 14,000 customers without power. NOVEC personnel are working around the clock to restore power. To report a power outage, please call 1-888-335-0500.
The Fairfax County Emergency Operations Center has been activated. There is a regionwide outage of telecommunications that includes 9-1-1 service, cell phone service, landline service and the ability to text. In the event of an emergency and you are unable to use 911, residents are directed to go to a local fire or police station to report the emergency or try the non-emergency number.
A state of emergency has been declared for Fairfax County and Virginia as a result of last night’s storms. This declaration expedites assistance to local governments, and in turn to residents of the Commonwealth.
The following air-conditioned facilities operated by Loudoun County are available during normal business hours as places where people can seek refuge from the excessive heat:
* The Senior Center of Leesburg, 102 North Street NW, Leesburg
* Douglass Community Center, 405 E. Market St., Leesburg
* Carver Center, 200 Willie Palmer Way, PurcellvilleAll roads designated with signs as a “snow emergency route” are now being enforced – it is unlawful to park any vehicle on an emergency route or to impede traffic. Residents are asked to restrict nonessential travel. There are at least 130 intersections without power in the county. Drivers should treat each of these intersections as a four-way stop. Please call 1-800-FOR ROAD with any traffic related issues.
From Fairfax County police, following up on a story posted last week:
Following a week-long investigation, Police charged two 16-year-old males on Friday, June 22 in connection with the pellet gun shooting at Rocky Run Middle School last week. Both Fairfax County area teens were transported to the Fairfax County Juvenile Detention Center where they await hearings.
One teen was charged with two counts of malicious wounding and shooting into an occupied building.
The other teen was charged with one count of malicious wounding and shooting into an occupied building.
Malicious wounding is a Class III felony, punishable by 5 to 20 years imprisonment and fines of up to $100,000. Shooting into an occupied building is a Class VI felony, punishable by imprisonment and or fines of up to $2,500.
Good news! A suspect has been arrested in connection with two animal slashing incidents at Frying Pan Park. From Fairfax County police:
Police charged a 17-year-old Herndon area boy in connection with the animal slashings that took place at Frying Pan Park on May 26 and April 26.
Based on a tip investigators received on Friday, June 22, officers arrested the teen on Saturday, June 23 around 4 p.m. at the Reston Police District station. He has been charged with four felony counts of maiming animals, three misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals and two counts of unlawful entry.
Police express their gratitude to the community for helping to keep this case active and in the public eye.