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PRSRT STD U.S. Postage Springfield PAID Elkton, MD PERMIT #31 Attention Postmaster: Time sensitive material. Requested in home 11-14-08 Franconia ❖ Kingstowne ❖ Newington Jean Paul Talavera, Adrian Pardo and Maxim Vallerand-Parisi walk with each other during Clermont Elementary’s Walk for the Homeless on Friday. Classified, Page 16 Classified, ❖ Sports, Page 14 ❖ Koger Pleads Guilty News, Page 3 Faith, Page 12 ❖ RenovationRenovation RethinkRethink News,News, PagePage 33 Calendar, Page 10 Walk with Purpose News, Page 4 Photo by Robbie Hammer/The Connection Photo www.connectionnewspapers.com www.ConnectionNewspapers.comNovember 13-19, 2008 Volume XXII, Number 46 Springfield Connection ❖ November 13-19, 2008 ❖ 1 2 ❖ Springfield Connection ❖ November 13-19, 2008 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Springfield Connection Editor Michael O’Connell News 703-917-6440 or [email protected] WSHS Falls On Fix List FCPS staff may be forced to pull back on planned building renovations. By Julia O’Donoghue The Connection Photos by Photos Les Albers of American Legion Post 176 salutes airfax County Public Schools the flag during the singing of the National Anthem projects that its student during a Veterans Day ceremony at the American population will increase by Legion Post 176 in Springfield on Nov. 11. Robbie Hammer F 14,000 and swell to a his- toric high of 182,000 pupils over the next five years. After a period of relatively stagnant enrollment, the school system expe- On Their Day /The Connection rienced a significant bump in its popu- lation this year, when an extra 3,700 additional students, roughly equal to Legion, VFW posts take the populations of Herndon and part in joint Veterans Day South Lakes high schools combined, showed up on its attendance sheets. ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11. School officials attribute the stu- Commander Lew Lipscomb of the American Legion Post 176 pays his respects during a moment of silence. “The need for a renovation is still the Koger Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement same at West Springfield High School.” Still faces charges including attempted capital is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attor- — Erik Hawkins, leader murder of police officers in Fairfax County. ney Jack Hanly and of SOAR West Springfield Trial Attorney Caryn Sheriff’s Photo Sheriff’s Mark, of the Depart- dent increase in large part to the By Ken Moore 10 in federal court in Alexandria to wire ment of Justice’s Tax downturn in the housing market. The Connection fraud and income tax evasion. Division. Fewer families appear to moving out Jeffrey Koger, already jailed in Fairfax of Fairfax County and into outer sub- effrey Scott Koger admitted to em- County Adult Detention Center on other JEFFREY KOGER urbs like Loudoun and Prince William Jbezzling approximately $3 million charges, waived prosecution by indictment Jeffrey Koger ALSO FACES three counties, mostly likely because they from 400 homeowner associations and consented that his plea agreement counts of attempted cannot sell their current house or af- using 140 bank wire transfers, according to could continue Monday. capital murder of po- ford to move, said Dean Tistadt, the statement of facts filed Monday, Nov. 10 U.S. District Court Judge Leonie M. lice officers, two counts of aggravated schools’ chief operating officer. with his plea agreement in federal court in Brinkema is currently scheduled to sentence maiming and five counts of use of a fire- Tistadt also speculates that several Alexandria. Jeffrey Koger in February. arm in the commission of felonies in Fairfax parents who either had enrolled or Koger, 39 of Oak Hill, embezzled the He faces a maximum penalty of 25 years County courts. planned to enroll their children in pri- money and invested funds in personal ac- in prison, $500,000 in fines and full resti- According to police reports and testimony vate school might be opting for the counts and businesses he was involved in, tution, according to Acting U.S. Attorney at Koger’s preliminary hearing in June, county public school system to save including: $733,000 in Jordan’s 8 restau- Dana J. Boente. Koger stopped his 1990 Jeep Cherokee be- money. rant on Capitol Hill; $374,960 to pay a con- “The defendant took various actions to hind a taxicab stopped at a traffic light at “I think some students are return- tractor to remodel his Oak Hill house and conceal his scheme from the homeowners’ the corner of Seminary Road and North ing from private schools. We hear it the Tri-Fitness, Inc. facility in Annandale; associations and their auditors,” according Beauregard Street in Alexandria in the early from principals all the time,” he said. $40,000 for a down payment on a 2005 to agreed upon statement of facts. “If the morning of Feb. 2, 2008. Chevrolet Corvette convertible; $60,000 for defendant received a complaint that money Koger got out of his Jeep, walked to the THE POPULATION boom is not a down payment on a house in New Mexico; was missing from a particular homeowners’ taxi driver’s window, and fired several shots good news for school communities and $56,668 for windows and doors for his association account, he would provide a into the cab. The driver was seriously in- like the one at West Springfield High home. false explanation.” jured. School, which has been lobbying for Koger was the former chief financial of- Jeffrey Koger also evaded $775,273 in Koger shot two other men in another car, renovation funding that will mostly ficer of his father’s real estate management federal income taxes by failing to file per- who escaped him by driving into the Fairfax likely be diverted to handle school ca- firm, Koger Management Group, which filed sonal income tax returns from 2003-2006, County Police Station on Franconia Road. pacity shortages. for bankruptcy in July 2007. Robert Koger, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Koger eventually fled in his Jeep to elude At a Nov. 10 work session, Tistadt the father, reported to the Fairfax City Po- In 2005, he received taxable income of more a Virginia State trooper. Koger crashed into proposed the School Board leave all lice in November 2006 that he believed his than $810,257. a traffic control box in front of Springfield uncommitted funding in the capital son Jeffrey Koger had embezzled $800,000, The IRS, Secret Service, FBI, Fairfax City, Shopping Mall, and got out of his car with plan free until at least next summer, kicking off the investigation. Fairfax County and Alexandria City police Jeffrey Koger pleaded guilty Monday, Nov. departments investigated the case, which See Pleading Guilty, Page 5 See Board, Page 7 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Springfield Connection ❖ November 13-19, 2008 ❖ 3 Week in Springfield News Photo by Photo Robbie Hammer Bulova Runs For Chair Republican Herrity may Sharon Bulova (D) also throw his hat in ring Age: 60 Current Home: The /The Connection Cloisters of Fairfax, Fairfax to succeed Connolly. County resident since 1996 Hometown/Grew Up By Julia O’Donoghue In: Pikesville, Md. The Connection Education: University of Virginia (classes via Fort Belvoir extension campus), airfax County chairman Gerry Connolly (D- Northern Virginia Community Clermont Elementary At-large) won his new position in the U.S. College, business manage- Congress on Nov. 4, but two of his col- ment (1977) Walk for Homeless students participate F Family: husband Lou leagues on the Board of Supervisors have in the annual Walk DeFalaise, two adult children, for the Homeless at been preparing for his departure for months. three grandchildren the school on Friday afternoon. The students Supervisor Sharon Bulova (D-Braddock) and Su- Professional experience: bookkeeper, sales and pervisor Patrick Herrity (R-Springfield) have made office manager conducted canned food drive and sold T-shirts to Political experience: Braddock District Supervi- help raise money for the Carpenter Shelter in little secret of their interest in chairman’s position, sor (1987-present), former aide to Annandale District Alexandria. The school raised their goal of especially since Connolly was the favorite to take Supervisor Audrey Moore (1984-1987) $2,000, which will also be matched by Fannie Virginia’s 11th Congressional District. Civic experience: founding member of Virginia Even before Connolly made his election night vic- Railway Express Operations Board (1989 – present), Mae. Governors Commission on Rail Enhancement for the tory speech, Bulova shared plans for her county chair- 21st Century (2004-present) man campaign kick off Nov. 12. Herrity, who is chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Arrowhead Global Solutions, a Patrick Herrity (R) local technology company, said he will make a final Age: 48 decision regarding the chairman race later this week. Current Home: Clifton/ Centreville The Springfield supervisor has been shaking hands Photo courtesy of courtesy Photo Hometown/Grew Up at events like the Vienna Fourth of July festival and In: Springfield others miles outside his district for months. Education: Virginia Tech., The countywide race to succeed Connolly is likely B.S. in accounting (1982) Family: Wife Nancy and to be short and fast. The chairman will step down in two high school children early January and county officials expect a special Professional experi- ence: chief financial officer at Arrowhead Global Solutions, Tara Loehr Tara “I have done a very good job of government contractor (2005- present) Political experience: Springfield District Super- steering the county through visor (2008-present) Civic experience: former executive committee of tough fiscal times before and I Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, former board Students and staff members member of Northern Virginia Technology Council, Veterans Day of Springfield Estates El- will again.” youth athletics coach ementary walk out of the — Supervisor Sharon Bulova school on Tuesday, Nov.