Steve Contorno

Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe boasted recently that 72 percent of his campaign contributors are Virginians, a distinction that helps shed an image that his ties to the state are shallow. But campaign finance reports show nearly $4 of every $5 McAuliffe raised actually came...

Steve Contorno

Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

Democrat gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday released summaries of his income tax returns for three years in hopes of blunting criticisms from his Republican opponent for governor, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, that he has something to hide. Cuccinelli, who let reporters view...

Scott McCabe

Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

A Manassas man is accused of breaking into a former girlfriend's home and abducting two Scottish terriers, killing one dog and dumping the other on the side of the road. Prince William County Police said a homeowner returning to their house Wednesday afternoon found blood throughout the...

Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda

Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

Woman sexually assaulted in Fairfax County home A 27-year-old woman was sexually assaulted inside her Fairfax County home early Sunday morning, police said. The sleeping woman was awoken by a man sexually assaulting her. When she challenged her attacker he fled on foot, Fairfax County police...

Steve Contorno

Published: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

Virginia Democrats said Monday that Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli should appoint an outside investigator to determine whether he properly disclosed his relationship with a Henrico-based supplement maker. The Washington Examiner reported Sunday that state law puts Cuccinelli in...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

A 27-year-old woman was sexually assaulted inside her Fairfax County home early Sunday morning, police said. The woman had been sleeping in her home in the 13000 block of Winding Oak Circle in Centreville when she was woken up by a man sexually assaulting her. The victim challenged her...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

A Springfield couple has been charged with intentionally setting a house on fire in 2008, officials said. German Balladares, 56, and Sandra Balladares, 41, were charged Friday with burning a house and with burning a structure with intent to defraud an insurance company or other person,...

Scott McCabe

Published: Sun, Apr 21, 2013

A former U.S. Army interpreter from Woodbridge has pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents investigating whether he accepted money to help an Iraqi obtain contracts from the United States government. Ramy Elmery, 43, pleaded to one count of making false statements, a charge that carries a...

Liz Essley

Published: Sun, Apr 21, 2013

Few Metro board members face the daily rush hour frustrations of regular rail commuters. Only two Metro board members of the 13 interviewed by The Washington Examiner commute on the transit system daily. Rules passed last year require the board of directors to use the system -- though they...

Steve Contorno

Updated: Sat, Apr 20, 2013

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Gov. Bob McDonnell face on-going scrutiny over their financial and personal relationships with a company embroiled in a state lawsuit, but have so far avoided any official legal action. If there were an investigation into their finances, it would...