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  • Why a longtime Fairfax officer is charged after a Burke Target trip.

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Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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📰 News we're reading

• Fairfax County police officer, a 23-year veteran on the force charged, accused of shoplifting (washingtontimes.com) — A Fairfax County police officer is facing two misdemeanor shoplifting charges after Target staff reported he under-rang items at the Burke store and another at Springfield Town Center on the same day. The 23-year department veteran, most recently a school resource officer, has been placed on administrative leave and is set to retire, while Fairfax County's police chief condemned the alleged misconduct.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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