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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Police: Woman Assaulted on W & OD Trail

Fairfax County Police seeking suspect in Tuesday assault and abduction incident on Reston/Herndon border.

Fairfax County Police are looking for clues in an alleged abduction and assault Tuesday on the W & OD Trail on the Reston/Herndon border. A 31-year-old woman told police she was attacked around 7 p.m. while walking along the W & OD Trail. The woman entered the trail off of Reston Avenue and was near the overpass for Herndon Parkway when she noticed a man following her. Near Sunset Hills Road and the YMCA,  the woman was dragged off of the path into a wooded area, police public information officer Don Gotthardt said. The victim struggled with her attacker, who eventually fled north onto a gravel horse trail. The victim did not require medical attention, police said. Police describe the suspect as heavyset, about 25 years old. He was clean …

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Don Joy

2:54 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013

In the overall span of history up to the present, slavery and oppression has most definitely NOT been an especially peculiar feature of whites as regards other races; moreover, it has really just been mainly the way of the world until Christian whites led the way to change the paradigm and put in place a culture of civilization that rejects such old ways. Based on the state of race relations in …   more ›

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Dead Reston Man Co-Owner of Dunkin' Donuts

Bharat Patel opened the Hunters Woods store on Wednesday. On Saturday, he was found dead a block away.

The victim in a suspicious death in Reston on Saturday was an owner/franchisee of the Dunkin' Donuts franchise that opened just days ago at Hunters Woods Village Center. Bharat Patel, 40, along with co-owners Jay and Sri Vederey, opened the franchise at 2280 Hunters Woods Plaza Wednesday morning. By just after midnight on Saturday, Patel was dead. “All of us at Dunkin’ Donuts are extremely saddened to learn of the tragic death of Bharat Patel, a Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee in Reston," a company spokesperson told WJLA TV. "We send our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Bharat. "This tragedy impacts all of us at Dunkin’ Donuts, especially those who had the pleasure to work with him on a daily basis." Jay Vederey said the co-owners…

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Bob Corker

7:23 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012

What drug dealers. I have been trying for weeks and can't find any drugs in reston at all.... Where are they at ? I would love to know because I am fresh out of weed   more ›

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Former FCPS Driver Convicted on Porn Charges

Herndon man will be sentenced in May on eight counts.

A Herndon man who was employed as a Fairfax County Public Schools bus driver was convicted of eight counts of possession of child pornography in Fairfax County Circuit Court on Wednesday. The jury recommended Derrick Nathan Smith serve 180 days in jail. Smith was not accused of committing any crimes against students or on at work when he was arrested by Herndon Police on Sept. 14, 2010. Smith drove routes for several Reston schools, including South Lakes High School, Langston Hughes Middle School, Lake Anne Elementary School and Hunters Woods Elementary School. FCPS says Smith was terminated shortly after his arrest. Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Jonathan Phillips said Herndon detectives traced downloads of child pornography to a …

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