Police seek serial cutter
Fairfax County police are looking for the man who has been cutting young women in retail stores.
Police say the man is suspected in at least five incidents. The most recent happened Monday, when a man cut an 18-year-old woman at the Forever XXI store at the Fair Oaks Mall at about 5:30 p.m., police said.
The woman suffered a 1.5-inch cut to her buttocks, police said.
The man is believed to be using a box cutter or razor. All of the victims have been in their teens or early 20s.
Police described the assailant as Hispanic, in his late 20s, about 5-foot-6 and having a heavy build. He was wearing white shorts and a short-sleeve shirt.
Woman jailed for stealing $450k from employer
A Bowie woman was sentenced to more than two years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the company where she worked.
Anika Williams, 35, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for stealing from her employer, the now-defunct Paramount Title and Escrow Co., between July 2005 and February 2008.
She was also ordered to pay $455,548 in restitution.
According to prosecutors, Williams created “dummy” files for fake real estate transactions that appeared to be legitimate. She then created checks and wire transactions that appeared to be authorized in the company’s balance reports. Those checks were fraudulent.
– Emily Babay
