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Jurors deadlock in case of W-L substitute teacher accused of sexual relations with a student

Published December 15, 2025 at 11:30AM | Updated December 15, 2025 at 11:53AM

Booking photograph of Timothy McGhee, via ACPD, over a file image of Washington-Liberty HS

A mistrial has been declared in the case against a former substitute teacher accused of having a two-year sexual relationship with a Washington-Liberty High School student.

Prosecutors sought the mistrial last Thursday after a jury failed to deliver a unanimous verdict in the three-day trial of Timothy Thomas McGhee, defense attorney Damon D. Colbert told ARLnow. The 12-member jury was ultimately split 8-to-4 — forcing Chief Circuit Court Judge Judith L. Wheat to grant the motion and declare a mistrial.

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Arlington sewer systems can handle Missing Middle growth, county expert testifies

By Dan Egitto

Published July 15, 2024 at 2:30PM

Arlington County courthouse on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A county expert asserted that Arlington’s sewage systems are well equipped for expected growth as the Missing Middle civil trial neared its conclusion today (Monday).

Jon Lawler, chief support engineer at Arlington County Water Sewer Streets, pushed back against previous testimony from a plaintiff’s witness, who argued that an influx of additional housing units could cause backups in individual sewer systems.

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Arguments over how Arlington approved Missing Middle take center stage in trial

By Dan Egitto

Published July 11, 2024 at 3:35PM | Updated July 12, 2024 at 5:16PM

Arlington County courthouse on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Arguments about the way Arlington approved Missing Middle have taken center stage this week in the civil trial over last year’s hotly contested zoning amendments.

Testimony on behalf of the plaintiffs concluded yesterday (Wednesday) as attorneys continue to argue that Missing Middle zoning changes should be invalidated because they say the county improperly advertised the changes and failed to adequately study them, among other allegations.

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JUST IN: Man convicted of 2023 Virginia Square murder

By ARLnow.com

Published June 14, 2024 at 3:55PM

Police response to homicide and convicted murderer Alimamy Fornah (photos via Dave Statter/Twitter and Arlington County Sheriff's Office)

A man has been convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend in a Virginia Square apartment last year.

The gruesome crime happened around 5 a.m. on June 19, 2023, at the Terwilliger Place apartments at 3445 Washington Blvd.

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Man found guilty of 2023 Buckingham murder

By ARLnow.com

Published June 10, 2024 at 3:30PM

Flags flying in the wind at Arlington County's justice center in Courthouse (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

An Arlington man has been convicted of a 2023 murder in the Buckingham neighborhood.

James R. Williams shot another man, Sean Bowman, to death in an apartment on N. Thomas Street on March 25, 2023, an Arlington jury found.

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JUST IN: Man convicted of throwing woman out of moving SUV near Ballston

By ARLnow.com

Published March 14, 2024 at 10:00PM

The woman who was injured after being pushed out of an SUV near Ballston (via GoFundMe)

A Maryland man faces up to life in prison after being convicted of severely injuring a young woman who mistook him for a rideshare driver.

An Arlington jury on Thursday convicted Willie James Clements Jr. of aggravated malicious wounding and hit and run for the May 15, 2022 incident.

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Two men face sentencing after sexual battery convictions

By ARLnow.com

Published July 31, 2023 at 10:55AM | Updated July 31, 2023 at 11:19AM

Jail entrance at the Arlington County Detention Facility (file photo)

Prosecutors secured felony convictions earlier this month against two men in separate sexual battery cases.

In one case, a man was convicted of secually abusing “a mentally incapacitated or physically helpless individual” in a public park in Arlington in July 2020.

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Honduran man going to trial for 2009 rape of a teenager near Crystal City

By Jo DeVoe

Published March 9, 2022 at 3:55PM

Efren Cruz (courtesy of ACPD)

A man accused of raping a teenager in Arlington 13 years ago will be going to trial later this month.

The two-year-long process to bring him to trial in what was once considered a cold case may be facing delays, however, after a mistrial was declared last week.

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Advanced Towing owner feels ‘vindicated’ after Virginia AG lawsuit ruling

By Matt Blitz

Published December 10, 2021 at 2:55PM | Updated December 10, 2021 at 3:47PM

Advanced Towing truck (file photo)

Advanced Towing’s legal troubles are not over yet, but owner John O’Neill is feeling good.

Even with the Virginia Attorney General’s office now seeking attorney fees from Advanced, in addition to the mere $750 fine imposed by an Arlington judge, O’Neill feels “vindicated” and calls the AG’s case against him “blackmail.”

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JUST IN: Advanced Towing ordered to pay only $750 in Attorney General’s lawsuit

By Matt Blitz

Published November 10, 2021 at 9:45PM | Updated November 11, 2021 at 9:14AM

Advanced Towing truck in Clarendon

(Updated, 10:35 p.m.) The Arlington Circuit Court finally came to a decision in Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring’s lawsuit against Advanced Towing after last month’s multi-day trial.

The court has ordered the towing company, whose tactics have angered many in Arlington, to pay a civil penalty of just $750 for five separate violations. That’s a far cry from the $650,900 that the Attorney General’s office was seeking at trial.

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Man convicted on charges linked to 20-year-old woman’s overdose death in Arlington

By ARLnow.com

Published November 4, 2021 at 10:40AM

Gavel (Flickr photo by Joe Gratz)

The Alexandria man whose drugs led to a local woman’s death is expected to spend at least a decade in prison.

Prosecutors announced this morning that 29-year-old Kibruysday Degefa, accused of distributing the fentanyl-laced drugs that caused the overdose death of a 20-year-old woman in Arlington, was convicted on an array of charges by a jury in Alexandria federal court.

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Decision expected within two weeks on Va. Attorney General lawsuit against Advanced Towing

By Matt Blitz

Published October 21, 2021 at 1:00PM

Advanced Towing truck in Clarendon

A decision is expected in Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring’s lawsuit against Advanced Towing within the next two weeks, a judge said after the trial’s closing arguments Wednesday.

The AG’s office is seeking $650,900 in restitution and civil penalties from Advanced Towing, as well as an injunction. The defense is asking for the case to be dismissed.