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May 25, 2022 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
Thread: @FairfaxCountyPD is holding a presser on Facebook at 1 p.m. about the sentencing of 36-year-old Julian Velasquez of Lorton. Valesquez was arrested in connection with distributing a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, causing a person to die.
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The presser has started. Fairfax Police Chief Kevin Davis extends thoughts and prayers to the families affected by the shootings in Texas and Buffalo.
WATCH LIVE ON @wusa9: @CAIRNational is holding a presser outside Fairfax County Public Safety Headquarters calling on police to renew their efforts to find the body of Ahmed Hasheem Ebrahim who was killed in January. His body was disposed of in a dumpster bit.ly/3yyyIZF
Two people have been charged in connection with Ebrahim's death but his body has yet to be found.
Frederick County Sheriff's Office and Frederick County Public Schools are holding a joint press conference about social media threats made against Black students at Middletown Middle School.
Here is a link to watch the press conference live on @WUSA9 which should be starting shortly:
Mar 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
WATCH LIVE on @wusa9: The MCPS Board of Education (@mocoboe) is live discussing the school mask mandate.
Superintendent Monifa McKnight says a resolution is brought forward to discuss a mask-optional policy in schools.
McKnight reads aloud resolution and says "respect" is an important part of the transition to making masks optional in @MCPS.
MCPS will continue to track COVID data, and, she adds, COVID has taught us things can change quickly, so they will be prepared to reevaluate strategies.
Feb 11, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
🧵: Fairfax County Police say a woman is in custody in connection to an apartment shooting that occurred Thursday evening. A man was killed and a woman was seen fleeing the scene.
Officials are about to provide an update so I'll be watching for @wusa9.
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A tweet from Fairfax County Police says a woman connected to the shooting was taken into custody in Harrisonburg, Va.
Thread: I am watching the Greater Olney Civic Association meeting where there will be a discussion in support of adding speed cameras on the MD-200 Intercounty Connector. Legislation on the matter is pending in Maryland Delegation.
Here's a link to view the agenda for this meeting: goca.org/wp-content/upl…
Jan 27, 2022 • 19 tweets • 5 min read
HAPPENING NOW: @marycheh is speaking after a person was shot and killed outside the Days Inn hotel in DC. Watch live on WUSA9:
D.C. Police Commander Duncan Bedlion said there was a party in a hotel room and an exchange of gunfire took place. Bedlion urges residents with information to come forward by calling 202-727-9099.
Watch on @WUSA9: Police are preparing to hold a briefing after a student was shot at Magruder High School in Derwood. A person connected with the shooting is in custody.
It's almost 5 p.m., and students haven't yet been dismissed from school.
"Today we begin anew, all of us, together," Youngkin said. He said after a pandemic and mental health "incidents that have woken us up" to the challenges of the pandemic.
He says Virginians chose a new vision for the future and he's excited to speak to that future.
Aug 24, 2021 • 104 tweets • 64 min read
Thread: Here's the correct link to watch the @mocoboe meeting, which features in person testimony for the first time since the pandemic started.
I'll be watching and live tweeting for @mymcmedia. Also follow @TVJordanLindsay who is covering in person.
Interim Superintendent Monifa McKnight announces these two appointments, which are confirmed by the @mocoboe.
