A Springfield-area teenager has been arrested on charges that he abducted a 5-year-old girl from her bed and then sexually assaulted her in a wooded area near her home, Fairfax County police said Thursday. The 16-year-old was arraigned on four charges in Fairfax County juvenile court Thursday in connection with the Aug. 27 incident. Read full article > >

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Teenager charged in abduction of 5-year-old girl

A Springfield-area teenager has been arrested on charges that he abducted a 5-year-old girl from her bed and then sexually assaulted her in a wooded area near her home, Fairfax County police said Thursday. The 16-year-old was arraigned on four charges in Fairfax County juvenile court Thursday in connection with the Aug. 27 incident. Read full article > >

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A “flash mob” believed to have been organized on the Internet robbed a Maryland convenience store in less than a minute, police said Tuesday, and now authorities are using the same tool to identify participants in the crime.

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‘Flash mob’ robs 7-11 in 60 seconds

Fairfax County police have created an internal task force to track down the man they say slashed at least nine young women in shopping malls across the county since February, police said Friday. Police also met with officers from neighboring counties Friday to expand the reach of the investigation, said Fairfax police spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell.  “This was an opportunity for outside agencies to learn what was going on and hopefully be ready in case they see a similar situation,” Caldwell said. Read full article > >

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“Jackass” star Ryan Dunn was drunk and speeding up to 140 mph when his 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 crashed and caught fire on a Pennsylvania highway early Monday, police said Wednesday.

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San Diego police said a family of four who were found dead in their home Tuesday morning were victims of a murder-suicide. The victims were identified as Alfred Pimienta, 44, his wife Georgina, and their two daughters, Priscilla, 17, and Emily, 9….

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Grammy-award winning songwriter Joseph Brooks has died of an apparent suicide, New York police said Sunday. The songwriter, whose biggest hit was 1977′s “You Light Up My Life,” was awaiting trial on charges that he molested a woman in 2009. In January,…

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A man was shot in Northwest Washington on Saturday afternoon by an assailant who the victim said fled on a bicycle. In a kind of reversal of that incident, police said that the night before, robbers tried to take a man’s bike before fleeing on a bus.

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Shooter approached on bicycle, victim tells police

Remains found Monday on Long Island, New York, have been identified as being human, police said Tuesday.

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Police: Long Island remains are human

The adoptive mother of a Florida girl found dead in her husband’s truck has been charged with first-degree murder, police said Saturday. Carmen Barahona also faces seven counts of aggravated child abuse.

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Mom arrested in death of girl found in pest control truck

Backing down from earlier threats, Wisconsin police said on Sunday that they wouldn’t evict the hundreds of protesters still camped out in the state capitol building in Madison. The activists, who are raging against a bill proposed by Republican Gov….

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A singer is being sought for questioning in connection with the death of a woman following a cosmetic procedure, police said Friday.

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A singer is being sought for questioning in connection with the death of a woman following a cosmetic procedure, police said Friday.

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Butt-enhancement death: Singer sought

The father of missing Swiss twins sent a letter to his wife saying he had killed them before committing suicide, police said Friday.

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Swiss police said Monday there have been no sightings of 6-year-old twin girls since they were abducted by their father more than a week ago.

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