WHEN SHE graduated from Paul VI Catholic High School, Allie Weiskopf Chase had a free ride to any school in Virginia, with intentions to study journalism.
She took a detour, however, and applied to Boston College on a whim. When she was accepted, her parents told her she needed to find a way to pay the tuition. Read more..
FAMILY, FRIENDS and business associates wrote letters to the judge on his behalf. And the defendant, himself, Chris Rouse, promised to never grow or use pot again.
But in the eyes of the court, his words were as flimsy as smoke, evaporating into air as soon as they were uttered. In the end, the person Judge Robert Wooldridge saw standing before him in court last week was a drug dealer of significant proportion.
"The amount of marijuana involved here is a matter this court cannot ignore," said Woolridge. Read more..
TWO BROTHERS from Herndon were arrested and charged with stealing money from donation boxes at St. Leo The Great Church in the City of Fairfax. Surveillance cameras in the lobby of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church, 3704 Old Lee Highway, showed two men entering the church on Friday, April 25. One man was shown putting his hand in a basin of holy water, making the sign of the cross, and removing his hat before opening a donation box and removing an undisclosed amount of cash, according to Sgt. Pam Nevlud of the Fairfax City Police Department. Read more...