PRSRT STD U.S. Postage Serving PAID Areas of Burke Elkton, MD Fairfax PERMIT #31 Attention Postmaster: Time sensitive material. Requested in home 02-06-09 Feeding The Hungry News, Page 4 Classified, Page 16 Classified, ❖ Sports, Page 11 ❖ Calendar, Page 8 Bulova New County Chair Lisa Whetzel, executive News, Page 3 director of Our Daily Bread, holds one of the bowls that the charity will selling as part of its ‘Empty Bowls’ Koger Case fund raiser. In U.S. Court News, Page 3 Photo by Derek B. Johnson/The Connection B. Johnson/The by Derek Photo February 5-11, 2009 Volume XXIII, Number 5 Read us online at connectionnewspapers.com www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Fairfax Connection ❖ February 5-11, 2009 ❖ 1 Crime Activities reported by the City of Fairfax advised he looked up a Secret CREDIT CARD THEFT / FRAUD and confronted the suspect and appears to be between 25-30. He is police department through Jan. 30. Shopper job offer through Craig’s List 4300 George Mason Drive / arrested him. Lisandro A. Gomez, 20, approximately 6-feet 8-inches in online. He was mailed a check and Sunrise Assisted Living Center. of the 800 block of Gregario Drive, height and weighing about 200 was instructed to cash the check, and Silver Spring, Md., was charged with On Jan. 28, at 2:20 p.m., the victim pounds. The suspect was wearing a ARSON then send a money gram to a subject obtaining drugs by fraud. He was reported that sometime between Dec. black down vest, grey hooded sweat in California. The bank the check was transported to the Fairfax County 4100 Block of Berritt St. On Jan. 25, 27 and Jan. 23, an unknown shirt and grey sweat pants. The written on was notified and advised Adult Detention Center. Bond was set at 3:35 p.m., an unknown person set person(s) stole his credit card. The Patrol Division is investigating the there were several fraud alerts on the at $1,000. fire to a newspaper and walked down suspect(s) made several case. account. the street with it ablaze. The suspect unauthorized transactions on the 9600 Main St. / Ulta Cosmetics. On then set fire to a second newspaper card. The Patrol Division is LARCENY Jan. 23, at 3:57 p.m., the store and left it burning on the sidewalk in BURGLARY investigating the case. manager reported that between 3:50- front of a residence. The Fire Marshal 11015 Main St. / AT&T. On Jan. 23, 3:57 p.m., a man and a woman will be investigating the case. 3600 Block of University Drive. On at 2 p.m., the manager reported that entered the store and began Jan. 26, between 7:45 a.m.-5:45 between 1:30-2 p.m., an unknown concealing merchandise. The p.m., unknown person(s) gained FRAUD ARREST male entered the business and BAD CHECKS manager confronted the suspects and entry into the residence and stole an 10521 Fairfax Blvd. / Rite Aid concealed several Bluetooth headsets they both fled the store. The Patrol 9766 Fairfax Blvd. / Cash Store. X-Box 360 and the accessories. There Pharmacy. On Jan. 27, at 9:15 in his jacket and left the store Division is investigating the case. On Jan. 26, at 1:48 p.m., a subject were no signs of forced entry. The a.m., the pharmacist reported that an without paying. The loss is valued 10000 Block of Mosby Woods attempted to cash a check from Criminal Investigations Division is unknown person gave her a forged over $700. The suspect is described Waterborne Energy. The subject investigating the case. prescription to fill. Officers arrived only as a black male, bald, and See Crime, Page 7 2 ❖ Fairfax Connection ❖ February 5-11, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Fairfax Connection Editor Michael O’Connell News 703-917-6440 or [email protected] Bulova Declares Victory Friday Democrat wins Sentencing narrowly over Herrity. Fairfax County Chairman For Koger By Julia O’Donoghue Special Election Results: The Connection *Fairfax County provided these unofficial returns for the Fairfax County chairman special election Feb. 3. Feds to request upervisor Sharon Bulova (D- District Voter Turnout Bulova Herrity six-to-eight years Braddock) won the special elec- (Percentage) tion for Fairfax County Board of Braddock 22.7 8,750 5,849 in prison for S Hunter Mill 15.5 6,655 5,129 Supervisors chairman Feb. 3 by a Dranesville 17.1 5,810 6,252 embezzlement. narrow margin of less than two percent. Lee 13.3 4,665 3,489 Robbie Hammer In a countywide race where 107,713 votes Mason 15.7 4,510 3,519 were cast, Bulova beat Supervisor Patrick Mount Vernon 14.7 5,066 5,256 By Ken Moore Providence 14.7 5,148 4,356 Herrity (R-Springfield) by 1,217 votes, ac- The Connection Springfield 18.9 5,758 9,155 by Photo cording to unofficial results reported by Sully 11.9 3,437 5,023 Fairfax County. Sharon Bulova (D) smiles either the United States Bulova will be sworn in as the county at her victory party Tues- government nor Jeffrey day night. N chairman Feb. 6. She follows U.S. Rep. Scott Koger’s defense at- Gerry Connolly (D-11), who resigned from torney call his criminal actions “so- the position in early January to join the U.S. eral years. With the exception of U.S. Sen. phisticated,” but Koger’s embezzle- Congress. John Warner’s last race, Democrats have bent U.S. Sen. George Allen (R) with 58 ment of $3 million from 400 home- As chairman, Bulova, a 21-year board typically dominated top-of-the-ballot elec- percent of Fairfax’s vote in 2006. Both owner associations using 140 bank veteran, has her work cut out for her in tions in Fairfax for the past eight years. Democratic presidential candidates — John wire transfers was conducted over 2009. Kerry and Barack Obama — also won years. Fairfax County must close a pro- Fairfax County, with 52 percent of the “The defendant took steps to cover jected $650 million budget hole in “This is going to be a tough vote in 2004 and 59 percent of the vote up and explain away his criminal next year’s budget and the supervi- in 2008. behavior which made his theft more sors would have to raise the property time and I am going to need The last two Fairfax County chairmen, tax rate 14 to 15 cents just to keep Connolly and Democrat Kate Hanley, also most residents’ property taxes ap- you to be understanding.” won Fairfax County chairman’s race by “The struggle for proximately the same. — Sharon Bulova, newly elected chairman a larger margin than Bulova. “This is going to be a tough time Hanley beat former Supervisor Elaine Mr. Koger only begins of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and I am going to need you to be un- McConnell (R-Springfield) in a 1995 spe- with this [federal] derstanding,” said Bulova to the cial election with 52 percent of the vote crowd during her victory speech. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine won their and approximately 3,500 ballots. During sentencing.” her 1999 re-election campaign, she faced respective races for Virginia governor in — Peter Greenspun, THE BULOVA-HERRITY race is the clos- 2001 and 2005 with 54 percent and 58 per- minimal competition from other candidates. est high-profile county-wide contest be- cent of the vote in Fairfax County. Demo- defense attorney tween a Democrat and Republican in sev- crat U.S. Sen. Jim Webb (D) beat incum- See Bulova, Page 13 difficult to detect,” according to As- sistant U.S. Attorney Jack Hanly. “A significant term of incarceration is Herrity Concedes Close Contest needed to reflect the seriousness of the defendant’s crime, to impose just punishment, and to deter him from Republican chairman candidate came close Frank Wolf (R-10) was also on hand. future offenses.” Koger, 39 of Oak Hill, is scheduled to a win, trailing Bulova by 1,217 votes. WHILE THE PRELIMINARY results to be sentenced Friday, Feb. 6 in fed- showed him behind, about 3,000 votes had eral court in Alexandria. Koger, who By Mike DiCicco ported their results, and the feeling was that not yet been counted on election night and also faces criminal charges in Fairfax The Connection the numbers could easily turn around. Herrity chose not to concede until the fol- County (see below), pleaded guilty In the end, Springfield came through for lowing afternoon, Feb. 4. to wire fraud and tax evasion last wo hours after the polls closed Tues- Herrity, with the second-highest voter turn- Herrity said he was not surprised by the November. Tday night, the shoulder-to-shoulder out in the county — 18.9 percent — favor- 16 percent countywide voter turnout, not- Sentencing guidelines in the case crowd at J.R.’s Stockyards Inn in ing the Republican by more than 3 to 2. The ing that it was comparable to the turnout recommend that Koger be sentenced McLean was tense but upbeat. Supporters only district with higher turnout was in the last special election for the county to between 78 and 97 months in of Supervisor Pat Herrity’s (R-Springfield) Bulova’s Braddock District, where her lead chairmanship, the 1995 race between prison, and that he pay more than run for the county chairmanship ate, drank, was smaller than Herrity’s margin in Spring- Democrat Kate Hanley and Republican $1.2 million in restitution as well as chatted excitedly and crowded around a field.