News of crime and punishment across Fairfax County.
MAN STEALS TWO BOXES OF ALCOHOL FROM VIENNA CONVENIENCE STORE: An employee at 7-Eleven, 537 Maple Ave., W., told Vienna police on Oct. 26 at 1:19 p.m. that a man had walked into the store, taken two boxes of alcohol and fled the store without paying.
POLICE ARREST MAN FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS AFTER INCIDENT AT VIENNA STORE: An employee at 7-Eleven, 537 Maple Ave., W., told Vienna police on Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. that a man who appeared to be intoxicated had entered the store and requested to purchase beer.
When the employee refused to sell the man the alcohol, the man kicked the counter and left the store. Upon officers’ interaction with the man, they detected signs of impairment.
Police arrested the 42-year-old Falls Church man, who was belligerent and made repeated threats toward the officers as they took him to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, police said. Authorities charged the man with being drunk in public.
VIENNA VEHICLE REPORTED STOLEN AFTER FAMILY TIFF: On October 25, a resident living in the 700 block of Frederick Street, S.W., told Vienna police that her vehicle had been stolen.
The resident advised that her son-in-law had given her a vehicle, which she titled in her name.
After an argument with his estranged wife, the son-in-law took the vehicle and sold it, police said.
VIENNA MAN REPORTS PROPERTY DAMAGED BY MAN SEEKING TO COLLECT DEBT: Vienna police officers responded Oct. 22 at 10:03 p.m. to a fight between two men in the 300 block of Nutley Street, S.W.
A resident told police that a man had come to the back door of the home to speak with him and demanded money.
The resident said he owes a friend money and believed the man was there to collect it, police said.
When the resident turned the man away and went back into the home, the man took a brick and smashed the glass in the back door and a window on the side of the home, then fled the area in a vehicle, police said.
SECURITY GUARD REPORTS VANDALISM AT VIENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: A security officer at Vienna Elementary School told Vienna police on Oct. 24 at 8 p.m. that he had found a burnt trash can by the playground and three broken windows in the school.
VIENNA POLICE HELP MAN AVOID DONATION SCAM: A resident living in the 400 block of Glyndon Street, N.E., told Vienna police on Oct. 26 at 3:42 p.m. that he had received a phone call from a man claiming to be with a police association, who was attempting to collect donations.
The caller stated the group would send an unmarked cruiser to the resident’s home the following day to collect his check, police said.
Police advised the resident not to leave a check for the caller and to report any further correspondence from him.