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🌱 Patch AM: Why a Herndon hotel shooting ended in a 10-year sentence

Also check out Taproom Theology; Craving Connection: Addiction & the Search for the Authentic Self on the Herndon Patch calendar

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What's up Herndon! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ā˜€ļø

In today's newsletter:

  • Why a Herndon hotel shooting ended in a 10-year sentence
  • How a Herndon home became central to a shocking murder plot

Also on today's calendar: Taproom Theology; Craving Connection: Addiction & the Search for the Authentic Self and 1 more event.

Find out what's happening in Herndonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: I am on a seafood diet. šŸ¤” (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Herndonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Sunday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 47 and low of 29 degrees.
  • Monday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 47, low: 25.
  • Tuesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 51 and low of 40 degrees.

šŸ“° News we're reading

• Man sentenced to 10 years in killing of 14-year-old Michai Malave (fox5dc.com) — A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison plus probation for the 2024 shooting that killed 14-year-old Michai Malave outside a Herndon hotel on Coppermine Road. The outcome followed a plea deal after a hung jury and a key witness’s unavailability, with the family reluctantly agreeing to avoid more painful delays.
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• VA v. Brendan Banfield: Au Pair Affair Murder Trial (courttv.com) — A high-profile murder trial tied to a 2023 killing at a Herndon home is set to begin Tuesday, with defendant Brendan Banfield facing life in prison. Prosecutors say Banfield and an au pair lover plotted a deadly encounter that left his wife and another man dead, following a months-long investigation and a prior manslaughter plea from the au pair.
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  • Northbound Hunter Mill Road in Oakton was closed due to a single-vehicle crash into an electric pole, but the roadway is now open.
    3:17PM on Jan 9: Northbound Hunter Mills Rd in Oakton is closed due to a single-vehicle crash into a power pole, with the adult male driver… (Nextdoor )
  • Hi Neighbors, I'm writing this post today to find out who's very loud barking dog in the Moneys Court neighborhood, as soon as you turn off of Lawyers/Reston Parkway.
    It has to be between the first couple of houses on the left as we live a street over on Seskey Glen Ct. Our backyards are directly behind each other,… (Nextdoor Oak Hill)
  • NTT DATA Corporation posted a job opening for Graphic Design Senior Specialist in Herndon. Apply here.
  • SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser & Display Installer in Herndon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Herndon here.

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