Fairfax Safety Monitor

Violent crime in Fairfax County has jumped nearly 92% since Steve Descano took office, with robberies, rapes, murders and aggravated assaults all...

A man believed to be in his 50s stabbed his wife and daughter in their apartment on the 3900 block of Persimmon Drive around 5 p.m., with police...

Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis called Stephanie Minter's murder "entirely preventable," noting his department sent multiple emails to...

ICE agents arrested a three-time deported felon with drug and DWI convictions in Manassas at 4 a.m., directly challenging Governor Spanberger’s...

Alexandria police fatally shot a murder suspect who charged at officers after a homicide during a barricade at Canterbury Square Condominiums in the...

The manager of a Haymarket farm and restaurant pleaded guilty to gun and drug trafficking charges after FBI raids. This case adds to documented narcotics enforcement actions across the Northern Virginia region.

DHS reports the man accused in a Fairfax County bus stop killing resided in the US illegally. This detail emerges in the case linked to a woman's death in the county.

Breaking: Huntington Homicide

• 🔥 Fairfax County police are investigating a fatal stabbing that left an adult man dead in the 2200 block of...

Fatal stabbing in Fairfax County's Huntington area: Officers responded shortly after midnight May 9 to the 2200 block of Farrington Avenue for a...

Drug Trafficking Bust

• 🔥 Organization Dismantled: Detectives executed search warrants on March 18 at thirteen vape stores, two storage units,...

Fairfax County detectives executed search warrants on March 18 at thirteen vape stores, two storage units, one vehicle, and one warehouse, dismantling a major drug trafficking organization. Key boost to public safety.

Latest twist in the high-profile Fairfax Au Pair Affair:

• Banfield's sentencing postponed until next month
• Convicted earlier this year of killing...

Shocking crime scene details reveal victims murdered and left in garbage bags; Zamil's roommate Hisham Abugharbieh arrested for two counts of premeditated first-degree murder.

Statewide tribute to Dr. Cerina Fairfax, killed in her Annandale home on April 16 by ex-husband Justin Fairfax in a murder-suicide.

• Gov....

• Justin Fairfax tragedy: Former Lt. Gov. killed wife Serena and two high school-aged children before suicide.
• Chief urges: See someone in crisis?...

Lawrence Smith, 55, of Fairfax, sentenced to 12 months + 1 day prison plus 3 years supervised release for cocaine conspiracy.

• Pleaded guilty Jan....

Mount Vernon Motel Drug Ring Bust

• 🔥 Four Arrested After Raid: Fairfax County Police executed a search warrant on April 17 at Red Carpet Inn on...

Mount Vernon takedown confirmed across sources: 5 a.m. April 17 raid at Red Carpet Inn on Richmond Highway uncovered narcotics operation in multiple...

Domestic Homicides

• 🔥 Mantua Stabbing: Body camera footage shows Fairfax County police shooting and killing 54-year-old Chhatra Thapa after he...

Key police response highlights from released body cam footage in Mantua double homicide:

• Officers arrive at Persimmon Drive apartment to Chhatra...