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Thursday, November 6, 2008

This Week in Crime: Soon we'll have more mugshots than Facebook

So when we first heard about the taxi driver found dead in Tysons Corner on Sunday, we thought that maybe the MASSIVE CRIME WAVE had moved on to other areas. Turns out our criminals are now commuting.

A Crime Solvers tip was instrumental in helping homicide detectives identify the suspect in the murder of Mazhar Nazir. Evan Gargiulo, 22, of 1727 Port Place in Reston (pictured at right) was arrested and charged with one count of murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Gargiulo turned himself in at the Reston District police station at about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4.
Wonder if he voted first. Now more details have emerged about Gargiulo, including perhaps the oddest bit of incriminating evidence since C.S.I. Herndon went off the air:
On Tuesday, officers interviewed the anonymous caller and were told that Gargiulo had attended a Halloween party Saturday night wearing a wet suit, neoprene diver's boots and a blond wig.

Police searched Gargiulo's apartment, in the 1700 block of Port Place, on Tuesday afternoon, and found a wet suit and neoprene boots, court records say. Officers also found a 9mm handgun and two magazines for it, the search warrant says. The items were seized for testing.
A systems engineer for Lockheed Martin in Reston, Gargiulo graduated from Penn State this spring, where he coached the school's club swim team. He was also a lieutenant in the National Guard.
Attorney Steven Garver described Gargiulo as "a really nice, good kid" who had not been in any previous trouble.

"It's just a horrible tragedy for everybody involved and their families," Garver said. "I'm sure if everybody could roll back the clocks, it probably wouldn't have happened." He declined to elaborate, saying that "eventually, the facts will come out."
Meanwhile, an arrest has been made in the attempted armed robbery of the Fox Mill Giant in early October. Police are still looking for a second suspect.
Fairfax County Crime Solvers is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Rafael Villagomez. Villagomez is wanted in connection with an attempted armed robbery and abduction that occurred on Saturday, October 4 in the Fox Mill area. Around 11:10 p.m. two store employees, 19 and 33-year-old Herndon-area women, locked the doors of the Giant Food, located at 2551 John Milton Drive. They were cleaning up an aisle when they were confronted by two men wearing masks. The suspects reportedly brandished a gun and assaulted one of the victims. Both victims were then forced to go to the office. The suspects bound one victim and demanded money. Before the victims could comply, the suspects received a phone call on a cellular phone and fled the store. The victims did not require medical treatment and no money was taken.

An investigation led to the arrest of one suspect. Anthony Michael Handy, 21, of 223 East Juniper Street in Sterling (pictured at right) was arrested around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 21 near East Juniper Street. He was transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center and charged with robbery.

The second suspect, Rafael Villagomez, 32, of no fixed address, has outstanding warrants for robbery and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He is 5 feet 11 inches tall and 150 pounds. He has brown eyes and black hair. He is known to frequent Elden Street in the Town of Herndon.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Rafael Villagomez is asked to contact Fairfax County Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS(8477), e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES(274637).
Frankly, we think Handy looks better with the Jason mask on.

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