Maryland, Virginia car chase ends in arrest

By Luke Garrett
June 25, 2021 | 10:31 PM

A person is in custody after leading multiple police departments on a high-speed chase that spanned several county and state lines. It all started in Prince George’s County, Maryland, when a suspected carjacker fled police around 7:30 p.m. Friday. A Prince George’s County helicopter followed the stolen car, which eventually crossed into Fairfax County near the Mount Vernon District in Virginia. The driver evaded police several times, weaving into the City of Alexandria, until finally being stopped and arrested in Arlington County. Police in Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria and Prince George’s counties aided in the chase. Police have not identified the suspect and the charges.

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Virginia man charged with impersonating a police officer at a police station

By Ian Crawford
August 22, 2026 | 4:17 PM

Police in Prince William County, Virginia, have arrested a man who they say was trying to pass himself off as a cop. And he picked the one place his story was least likely to fly: at a police station. Officers said the man, later identified as Matthew Bailey Thompson, 45, of Manassas, showed up at the gate to a secure parking lot at their central police station on Davis Ford Road in Woodbridge around 7 p.m. Wednesday. He tried to get into the lot by telling them that he was an officer, too.

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