Background investigator admits to security lies
A former background investigator from Northern Virginia pleaded guilty to falsifying his security checks for prospective federal employees.
Stewart Chase, 53, of Sterling, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in D.C. to making a false statement to authorities. He faces up to five years in prison, and has agreed to pay back $131,000 in restitution to the federal government.
Chase, a contract employee for the Federal Investigative Services, admitted to falsifying more than four dozen investigative reports.
In the past three years, eight investigators and two records keepers have been convicted for falsifying background checks, according to Office of the U.S. Attorney for D.C.
Fairfax County police kill Centreville man
Fairfax County police said a 34-year-old Centreville man was shot to death after he refused to drop his gun and approached their officers.
Police spokeswoman Officer Tawny Wright received two calls — one from inside the house and one from a neighbor — for a domestic disturbance at a town home in the 6100 block of Kendra Way around 1:30 a.m. Thursday. Police arrived and saw several broken windows and the garage door was open. A man was inside the garage with a shotgun, Wright said.
The man, identified as Ricardo Leon, approached the officers, who ordered him to stop and drop his weapon, police said. The man refused and continued toward them, and one or more officers fired on him, Wright said.
Two shot outside Woodbridge lounge
Two men were shot outside a Woodbridge nightclub.
Police arrested and charged Emmanuel Christian Lugo, 25, with two counts of aggravated malicious wounding and two counts of using a firearm in commission of a felony.
Police said Lugo and another man got into a fight inside the K2 Restaurant and Lounge that spilled outside at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. One shooting victim was clinging to life Thursday evening while the other is expected to live.
-Scott McCabe
