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Chopper Called in for Suspect Search — The U.S. Park Police Eagle 2 helicopter hovered over the Claremont neighborhood — near Wakefield High School — for about half an hour last night while assisting...
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Nonprofits Ask for Funds at Budget Hearing — A public hearing on the county’s proposed tax rate changes is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. tonight. Meanwhile, Tuesday’s budget hearing was largely dominated by...
View ArticleArlington Resident, Fmr. CIA Officer Pleads Guilty to Covert Disclosure
A former CIA officer who lives in Arlington has pleaded guilty to revealing the name of a covert CIA officer to a journalist. John Kiriakou, 48, agreed to a 30 month prison sentence for disclosing the...
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Independent’s Day: Solitary Confinement
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Man Sentenced to 50 Years for Rape, Abduction of Daughter
(Updated at 4:55 p.m.) An Arlington man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the January 2012 abduction and rape of his adult daughter. Circuit Court Judge Louise M. DiMatteo imposed the jury’s...
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Thousands Apply to Live in New Affordable Building — Since it started accepting applications on Aug. 27, the new 122-unit Arlington Mill Residences affordable apartment complex has received...
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Young Republicans to Rally Against Sanders — The Arlington Falls Church Young Republicans will “welcome” Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to Ballston tonight with a “rally for limited...
View ArticleHope Proposes Bill to Eliminate Extra Charges on Phone Calls Made by Prison...
(Updated at 12:30 p.m.) Del. Patrick Hope (D) has introduced a bill to the Virginia General Assembly that would eliminate the 35 percent commission the state charges on all phone […]
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New Top Prosecutor Pledges to Visit Correctional Facilities
Commonwealth’s Attorney-elect Parisa Dehghani-Tafti has announced plans to visit the correctional facilities to which she and her assistant prosecutors will be sending guilty defendants. Tafti, who...
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Snow Removal Ordinance in Effect — “A recent weather event has concluded and deposited snow/ice accumulations of less than 6 inches. Arlington’s sidewalk snow removal ordinance requires residents and...
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Arlington Startup Founder Going to Prison — “An Arlington start-up that promised to help people root out schemes and scams in their own lives was, nearly from the start, a […]
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Bye Bye, Brood X — “Have you noticed dead cicadas on the ground, or that the bugs are not chorusing as loud as during past weeks? It’s because cicadas reached […]
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Arlington’s top prosecutor sticks to reforms despite crime concerns
From Philadelphia to Los Angeles to nearby Fairfax County, and here in Arlington, prosecutors running on criminal justice reform platforms were elected in a wave. But since they’ve taken office, […]
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General Assembly requests study of loud car exhausts, advancing at least one...
(Updated at 4 p.m.) There seems to be bipartisan agreement among state lawmakers about at least one issue: something must be done about the popping and roaring of noisy mufflers. […]
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State prison officials announce decline in recidivism rate
Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) Director Chad Dotson announced today that for the 11th straight year, Virginia has achieved one of the lowest recidivism rates for re-incarceration in the...
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