Police Look Into Bad Checks, Old Town Hall Assault

Fairfax City police are investigating reports of bad checks, strange merchant accounts and an Old Town Hall assault. Details:

• A Fairfax Boulevard CVS Pharmacy employee contacted police on December 3 after a female customer tried to use a fradulent check and driver's license number to pay for merchandise. She left the store when the check was denied.
• Police are looking for someone(s) who stole a check from a man's unlocked vehicle at a parking lot in the 3900 block of Old Lee Highway. The theft occurred sometime between 12-1 p.m. on December 3.
• The owner of Happy Woof on Willard Way was in for a surprise when she received a packet informing her that an unknown person had applied for a merchant account through a payment service. She contacted police on December 3, shortly after reading the packet.
• A Chick-Fil-A customer called police on December 3 when she discovered someone(s) had broken a window to steal a book bag from her parked vehicle. The theft occurred sometime between 8-9:30 p.m. Though the book bag was found in a nearby parking lot, the iPod contained within it was gone.
• Police are looking for three or four male suspects who jumped a 22-year-old Herndon man as he was walking through the Old Town Hall parking lot after midnight on December 5. The victim told police that his attackers got out of a vehicle as he passed. One of the suspects punched him in the face before the group drove away.

Contact police at 703-385-7960 with any information.