Crime & Safety

Police: Meadows Farms Employee Armed Robbery Victim

Victim: Two armed men came out of a pick up truck on Route 7 and demanded money.

Fairfax County Police are searching for two robbers after they robbed and assaulted an employee of the Meadows Farms Nursery on Route 7  Saturday night.

Police said the employee was walking through the parking lot of the business, located at 11254 Leesburg Pike on where Herndon, Reston and Great Falls meet, shortly after 7 p.m. when two men got out of a pick-up truck, produced a weapon, and demanded money.

Though the worker complied with the suspects' demands, the two suspects assaulted the worker before they fled the scene.

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Police said the suspects were described as Hispanic males who are between 20-30 years old and around 5 feet 6 inches tall. Both suspects reportedly wore red bandanas on their faces. One wore a white t-shirt, dark khaki cargo shorts and black sneakers. The other suspect wore a white tank top and khaki cargo shorts.

The suspects' vehicle was described as a white Toyota Tundra.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-8477(TIPS), by e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org, by texting “TIP187” plus your message to 274637(CRIMES). You can also call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.

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