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Anna Chen

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · By Anna Chen

    Former principal charged with embezzling $8,000 in school funds for ‘personal expenses,’ Fairfax County police say – WTOP News (opens the original)

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    A former principal is being accused of misusing school funds in Fairfax County, Virginia. Fairfax County police said Wednesday that 51-year-old Darin Thompson, of Lorton, Virginia, a former principal at Hayfield Secondary School, was arrested after it was determined that he used almost $8,000 in school funds for “unauthorized personal expenses.” Detectives launched an investigation on April 21 after receiving information from the Fairfax County Public Schools Office of the Auditor General that a

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · By Anna Chen

    4 wanted in Springfield jewelry store robbery – WTOP News (opens the original)

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    Police are searching for a group of people who allegedly robbed a jewelry store in Springfield, Virginia, earlier this week. The Fairfax County Police Department said the incident happened on Sept. 27 at around 3:30 p.m. when officers were called to the store, located in the 7000 block of Brookfield Plaza, for reports of a robbery. Preliminary, authorities believe four male suspects drove to the business in a black Acura sedan. They then shattered the glass front door to get in and started smash

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · By Anna Chen

    McLean man sentenced in fatal 2025 Herndon shooting – WTOP News (opens the original)

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    A McLean man will serve more than five years in prison for fatally shooting another man during a confrontation in Herndon, Virginia, last year, according to the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. Kianmehr Shirinipaziziba, 20, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter on May 18 in the death of 39-year-old Jason Hann. The judge imposed a 10-year sentence and suspended all but five years and eight months. The shooting happened May 23, 2025, near Elden Street

  4. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · By Anna Chen

    5 wounded, 1 seriously, in house party shooting in Arlington – WTOP News (opens the original)

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    Five people were shot during a house party in Arlington, Virginia, early Saturday morning. The Arlington County Police Department said officers were called to a home in the 1600 block of 10th Street South just before 3 a.m. to investigate reports of gunshots. There, they found three of the people who had been shot, and medics took them to the hospital. The other two went to the hospital on their own. Police are looking for the suspect, who they say was involved in a fight at the party. He left a

  5. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · By Anna Chen

    Man pleads guilty to impersonating FBI agent at Falls Church polling site – WTOP News (opens the original)

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    A man pleaded guilty Friday to charges he impersonated an FBI agent at a voting site in Falls Church, Virginia, during the 2024 election. Federal prosecutors said Alex Chieu Nguyen, 44, of Annandale, went to Timber Lane Elementary School, which had been set up as a polling place on Nov. 5, 2024 for Election Day. He arrived in a black SUV and was wearing dark sunglasses, a blue zippered sweatshirt with the FBI logo, a fraudulent badge and a holster with an air pistol resembling a Glock handgun. H

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