Crime & Safety

Woodbridge Man Cited For Voter Intimidation Outside Fairfax City Polls

A Woodbridge man was making hand gestures and verbally threatening people outside a Fairfax City polling center on Election Day, police say.

A Woodbridge man was making hand gestures and verbally threatening people outside a Fairfax City polling center on Election Day, police say.
A Woodbridge man was making hand gestures and verbally threatening people outside a Fairfax City polling center on Election Day, police say. (Michael O'Connell/Patch)

FAIRFAX CITY, VA — A 23-year-old Woodbridge man was arrested for voter intimidation on Election Day outside a Fairfax City polling place, according to the City of Fairfax Police.

Officers responded around 4:17 p.m. on Nov. 5 for the report of a man making hand gestures and verbally threatening people outside the polls at the Sherwood Center at 3740 Blenheim Blvd., according to police.

The officers arrested the suspect, whom they identified as Omer Masoud of Woodbridge. After taking Masoud to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, police charged him with one count of voter intimidation and two counts of reckless driving. Mousod was held without bond.

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Mousod has a hearing scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 10 in Fairfax City General District Court on the voter intimidation and reckless driving charges, according to court records.

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