The FBI has charged Yonathan Melaku in last fall’s shootings at the National Museum of the Marine Corps and Pentagon.
The 22-year-old U.S. Marine reservist was arrested Friday at Arlington National Cemetery after police saw him inside the cemetery in during the overnight hours. Investigators feared he was carrying explosive, bomb-making material in a backpack he was carrying.
That’s when Kimberly Alexander, who’s held the position since 2009, announced she has accepted a similar position in Culpeper.
Alexander is the eighth person to hold the job in Dumfries in 17 years.
FBI authorities are not commenting on the report as it still an ongoing investigation, said spokesman Andrew Ames.
Yonathan Melaku, 22, was arrested at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday after police feared he had bomb-making materials in a backpack he was carrying.
Police were called at 1:15 a.m. Monday to Marumsco Hills Elementary School at 14100 Page Street in Woodbridge. They found six windows on the building had been smashed out.
Afterward, rescue crews were called to treat the injured hand of the alleged offender, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
Stafford, Va. –– County leaders passed a resolution Tuesday that will allow more urban development at the Quantico Corporate Center.
Kimberley Alexander, 33, was chosen out of 51 applicants who applied to be Culpeper’s new town manager.
“She proved to be the top candidate in a field of very talented people who applied,” said Mayor Chip Coleman in a press release. “She has faced some tough issues in her previous position and handled them well.”
Raymond Elkins owns a AAA towing shop in Springfield, and last week came to a job fair at Stratford University at Potomac Mills.
He’s looking for 10 people who can not only change a battery and help stranded motorists, but also for someone who can deliver customer service with a smile.
Police say a man walked into the bank in the Ashdale Plaza near Interstate 95 at 2:19 p.m., threatened a clerk with a hammer and demanded money. He got it and then fled the scene.
No one was injured and police have now deployed K9 units and a helicopter to search for the intruder.
Flames broke out at 44 Joshua Road in North Stafford, just off Garrisonville Road (Va. 610).
Two adults and one child were inside the house when it caught fire, and all of them managed to escape the burning house without injury, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.
A Stafford sheriff’s deputy traveling south on Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) saw an SUV headed in the opposite direction traveling at a high rate of speed. The deputy flipped on his emergency lights and began pursuit.
The deputy pulled up behind the truck and told his dispatch center he was pursuing gray Chevrolet Silverado with Oklahoma license plates traveling at 69 mph, said Stafford Sheriff’s Maj. David Decatur.
