Crime & Safety

Police Seek Information on Suspicious Person

Police say a man using a tablet or computer, possibly watching children, was seen near an elementary school.

FALLS CHURCH, VA -- City of Falls Church Police responded to Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, at 601 S. Oak St.), at about noon Friday for a report of a suspicious person, police said in an alert sent out Friday night.

School officials told police that a white male wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and possibly a black hat was standing near the school grounds perimeter, according to police.

The man was using a tablet or computer, possibly watching children, police said. When police arrived, the man was gone. Police searched the area but found nothing.

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Anyone with information is asked to call the City of Falls Church Police at 703-248-5053.

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