Weekly Top Stories: Police Chase in Belle Haven, Fatal Head-On Collision with Police Car

Police Chase Cab Driver into Belle Haven

Fort Hunt Road between Belle View Boulevard and Quander Road is closed, due to a crash investigation.

The incident started out as a traffic pursuit in the City of Alexandria, said Don Gotthardt, Fairfax County Police Department police spokesman. The crash occurred at approximately 12:08 p.m. Wednesday.

Police: Mount Vernon Resident Joseph Hardin Killed in D.C. Shooting

Mount Vernon resident Joseph Hardin, 30, was killed Saturday at about 1:15 a.m. in a shooting outside a nightclub in the 1900 block of Ninth Street NW, according to Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.

Detectives from the police department's Homicide Branch arrested and charged suspect Cedric Spicer in connection with the shooting, according to a news release.

Man Dies After Head-On Crash with Police Car, Officer in Stable Condition

According to a news release from the Fairfax County Police Department, 40-year-old Cicero I. Limberea died after hitting a Fairfax County police cruiser head-on around 12:30 a.m. Thursday morning while heading eastbound in the westbound lanes of Little River Turnpike.

The release states officers responded to a domestic call in the 4800 block of Tapestry Drive. Officers spoke with a man at the home and the man left shortly after. An officer spotted the man speeding down Roberts Road and later, make a right turn into oncoming traffic on Little River Turnpike where he only just missed hitting several vehicles.

Weekly Crime Report: Three Men Assault Teenaged Boy

Assault (blue on map), 5 p.m., Feb. 15, Commonwealth Boulevard/Roberts Road, A 16-year-old reported that three men assaulted him. They fled after hitting him. He was not seriously injured.

In separate and unrelated incidents:

Graffiti (red on map), 4:40 p.m., Feb. 18, Burke Road/Heritage Square Drive, Spray painted letters were found. The owner was notified to remove the graffiti.

Police Arrest Two in Vehicle Shootings, After receiving numerous tips from the public, police arrested and charged two Arlington men in connection with vehicles shot in the Newington Forest and Terra Grande neighborhoods in late 2012.

The Clifton Cafe is Growing

Business at the Clifton Cafe is just as strong as its coffee. The small shop opened in 2009 and owners Erin Tengesdal and Lisa Populoh are working to get a wine and beer license, build a patio out front and, eventually, a deck in the back. 

"Business is booming. It's more than we could ever ask for," said Tengesdal to Patch. "I'm loving it."  

The coffee shop, which also serves 30 varieties of crepe, has seen 30-40 percent increases in sales every year since it opened in 2009.

More Office Buildings Coming to Kingstowne

Besides the empty office building across from Kohl's that will be finished in June, there are even more office buildings coming to the Kingstowne area.

According to its website, The Halle Companies — which also owns parts of Kingstowne Towne Center — plans to build a Kingstowne Towne Center Office and Retail building to be located at 5931 Kingstowne Village Parkway and 5951 Kingstowne Village Parkway.

A Burglary, and Lorton and Fairfax Station Arrests

A business was broken into in the 8500 block of Terminal Road in Lorton on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2013. An employee reported that a safe was stolen, and that entry was made through a window.

Sequestration: Pitting Federal Employees vs. Contractors?

The Department of the Army issued a state-by-state analysis of its plans to implement spending cuts under sequestration. The proposed implementation plan would impose furloughs on hundreds of thousands of federal employees, and leave the Army's much larger and costlier contractor workforce relatively untouched.

On average nationwide, the Army wants to furlough nine U.S. Army civilian employees for every one contractor position. This outrageously unfair and disproportionate ratio is far worse in states with the highest concentrations of military installations, such as Alabama, California, Kentucky, Maryland, and Virginia.  Seventeen states have a ratio of 19 or 20 to one. The disparities are astounding and unjustifiable.