This past weekend, the owner of an Airbnb rental property in Middleburg held renters at gunpoint, until police arrived, after finding blood and broken windows, furniture and doors. The renters threw a party at the property, and when uninvited guests showed up, a fight ensued. The 77-year-old property owner, John A. “Jack” Andrews, was charged with brandishing a firearm and abduction, and the police and Airbnb are conducting an investigation.
(WTOP)
Thursday, Metro’s Amalgamated Transit Union will hold a rally calling for General Manager Paul Wiedefeld’s resignation in light of the seemingly special treatment white nationalists attending the Unite the Right rally received.
(WJLA)
The apartment complex from which two young children fell and died this year is Falls Church’s Skyline Towers. Months ago, a 3-year-old boy fell through a window screen (the family is suing for $100 million) and on Monday a 2-year-old boy fell from a balcony on the 24th floor.
(WJLA)
An 80,000-signature petition by activist group “MomsRising” was delivered to Nestle’s Rosslyn headquarters on Tuesday, members of the group criticizing Nestle’s marketing tactics to promote infant formula over breastfeeding in developing nations.
(ARL Now)
The man who is suspected of exposing himself to women in Arlington and Washington, D.C., the last few months was previously convicted of indecent exposure during a 2011 incident in Alexandria. The man was arrested in early August after approaching a girl near Dupont Circle.
(WJLA)
To meet requirements that would improve the Chesapeake Bay, the Town of Herndon needs to restore the stream at Sugarland Run South, a project that could cost $1.2 million.
(Reston Now)
High winds brought down several trees, some of them that have been standing since the Civil War, in Fredericksburg and Stafford. The National Weather Service in Sterling has not ruled out that the high winds could have been from a tornado.
(Potomac Local)
Monday, a 33-year-old woman was followed by a man between Woodbridge’s Bowes Lane and Aurora Drive, then was forced to inappropriately touch him after the man revealed he had a knife.
(INSIDENOVA)
