Fairfax County housing employee

busted on identity theft charge

Fairfax County police detectives arrested a former employee of the Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development who is accused of using a client’s personal information to fraudulently rent an apartment in Centreville.

The Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development started investigating the case in March 2009. In mid-May, it turned the case over to the Fairfax County police. Detectives charged Leslie Y. Jones, 40, of Centreville, with felony identity theft with the intent to defraud.