Police K-9 tracks down alleged church burglar in Virginia

A suspected church burglar in Fairfax County was arrested after being caught on camera and by a police K-9, authorities said.

Questions grow after second Langley High School employee arrested for sex crimes

An instructional assistant with Fairfax County Public Schools appeared in court Tuesday, accused of masturbating in front of a class full of high school students. 

Video shows officer shoot, kill woman during mental health welfare check in Virginia

Fairfax County police have released body camera footage from an incident last month in which an officer shot and killed a woman during a welfare check in Reston. 

Fairfax Co officer’s lawyer opens up on split verdict and mistrial decision

Former Fairfax County Police Officer Wesley Shifflett's attorney spoke exclusively with FOX 5 just one week after a jury delivered a split verdict in the high-profile deadly shooting case.

Serious crash in Fairfax’s Kings Park West leaves two injured

First responders took two people to the hospital after a serious multi-vehicle crash Wednesday at the intersection of Roberts Road and Collingham Drive in the Kings Park West area.

New 911 call released in Virginia double homicide that left wife dead

The 911 call made on the day of a double homicide in Virginia has been released in the case of a man murdering his wife and another man.

Suspect linked to shooting at busy Virginia shopping center in custody

Police in Northern Virginia say the suspect wanted in connection to a shooting outside a shopping center in Herndon on Sunday night is now in custody. 

Jury finds ex-Fairfax officer Wesley Shifflett not guilty of involuntary manslaughter

A jury has found former Fairfax County police sergeant Wesley Shifflett not guilty of involuntary manslaughter but guilty of reckless handling of a firearm. 

Closing argument prompts mistrial request from lawyers for ex-Fairfax Co. police officer

Defense lawyers say they will seek a mistrial for a former police officer on trial in the fatal shooting a shoplifting suspect outside a busy northern Virginia mall after prosecutors’ closing argument Wednesday included evidence that was never introduced at trial.

Ex-Fairfax County police officer takes the stand in involuntary manslaughter case

Tuesday in court former Fairfax County police officer Wesley Shifflett took the stand to testify that he intended to shoot unarmed shoplifter Timothy McCree Johnson. 

Ex-police officer’s lawyers argue he intended to kill unarmed shoplifting suspect

Lawyers for a former northern Virginia police officer charged with involuntary manslaughter told the judge that he intended to kill an unarmed man suspected of shoplifting a pair of sunglasses.

Bond denied for Virginia man charged in double homicide that left wife, another man, dead

A Virginia man, Brendan Banfield, was denied bond on Friday after being indicted earlier this month for the murders of his wife, Christine Banfield, and another man, Joseph Ryan, at the couple’s Fairfax County home.