Wrongway Driver, 27, Killed In Fairfax Crash Was Working Toward Better Life, Best Friend Says
"We're destined for greatness."
That's what Mahdere Fassil would tell her best friend, McKenzie Wilson, in the hard times.
Even when things felt hopeless. Even with obstacles in the way.
Mahdere was convinced better things were on the horizon.
Mahdere, 27, was identified as the wrong-way driver who was killed in a crash on Jeff Todd Way Tuesday, July 18, near Telegraph Road in Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County.
She nearly hit two other vehicles before hitting the Pathfinder, police said, and was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The driver of the Nissan Pathfinder, a …
Wanted Suspect Charged With Assault By Mob Broke Into VA Woman's Home To Hit Her: Police
A 35-year-old woman is being sought on multiple charges after police say she forced her way into a woman's Virginia home, hit her multiple times, and fled.
Latticia Maria Rodriguez, of Manassas, is wanted on charges of malicious wounding, assault by mob, and residential burglary, in connection with the Tuesday, July 18 incident in Prince William County, police said.
Rodriguez had been inside the victim's Mathews Drive home in Woodbridge, with a man, and left only to return around 2:30 a.m., PWC police said.
Rodriguez forced her way inside and struck the victim, a female, several times in t…
Philly Retail Theft Crew Busted With $15K In Merch From Fairfax County Saks Fifth Ave
A Philadelphia-based retail theft crew was busted with $15,000 in luxury items swiped from Saks Fifth Avenue stores in Virginia and Maryland, authorities said.
Ericka Williams, 26, Amin Shamsid-Deen, 30, and Tunisia Amina Shamsid-Deen, 32, were found with Givenchy and Louis Vuitton bags and YSL perfume all totaling approximately $15,000, when police in Fairfax County stopped them on Thursday, July 13.
Stolen merchFairfax County PD
The crew had just left the Saks Fifth Avenue store in Chevy Chase, MD, with the luxury items, and fled in a gold Chevrolet Impala with Pennsylvania tags, poli…
