🌱 Patch AM: How a loud exhaust stop led to guns and drug charges

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In today's newsletter:

• How a loud exhaust stop led to guns and drug charges

Also on today's calendar: Building The Dream Together Job Fair.

Today's riddle: What did the baby computer say to the mommy computer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cloudy, with a high of 52 and low of 30 degrees.
• Thursday: Becoming windier and colder, temps: high: 35, low: 18. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 38 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Loud Exhaust Leads To 3 Arrests On Weapon, Narcotics Charges: FCPD (patch.com) — Police say a traffic stop in Woodlawn for a loud exhaust led to three Alexandria men facing felony drug and firearm charges, with tips directed to the Mount Vernon Police Station. Officers reportedly recovered two guns and suspected marijuana and psilocybin, and one passenger is charged with attempted malicious wounding of an officer. Court hearings are set in Fairfax County, and investigators are also pursuing a juvenile suspect.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Vernon

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★ Featured events ★

Monday January 19

• Building The Dream Together Job Fair
  Jefferson-Houston PreK-8 IB School, 1501 Cameron St, Alexandria
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday January 14

• PWC Tech Help
  Potomac Library -
  10:30 am
• Play and Learn Science with PBS Kids
  Potomac Community Room Potomac Library -
  10:30 am
• Just Babies
  Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Youth Services Area
  11:00 am
• Author Talk: Melba Moore
  Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library - Large Meeting Room
  12:00 pm
• Spanish Conversation
  Potomac Community Room Potomac Library -
  1:00 pm
• African American Book Club
  Potomac Community Room Potomac Library -
  6:30 pm

Thursday January 15

• Stories and Songs
  James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Beth Patridge Meeting Room
  10:15 am
• Preschool Story Time
  Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Youth Services Area
  11:00 am
• Carefull Knit & Crochet
  Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Second Floor
  3:00 pm
• Alexandria Oddball Cinema
  Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library - Large Meeting Room
  5:30 pm
• Nerdy Knotters
  James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Beth Patridge Meeting Room
  6:00 pm
• Dungeons and Dragons: Adult Group B!
  Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Second Floor
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Maryland Staffing posted a job opening for Red Cyber Operator in Fort Belvoir. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Fort Belvoir

• VDH: Child with measles visited Fort Belvoir medical center (ffxnow.com)
• Figure Skater Whose Parents Died In DC Mid-Air Collision Is on His Way to the Olympics (redstate.com)

Springfield

• Springfield, VA – Woman Killed in Three-Vehicle Crash at Fairfax County Pkwy & Huntsman Blvd (localaccidentreports.com)
• Breaking: Police Hunt Suspect in Chicopee Following Springfield Shooting (thelegaladvocate.com)
• Fairfax leaders name education funding as top ask from 2026 state legislature (ffxnow.com)

Arlington

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