December 1981

Events that took place in Fairfax County in December, 1981:

December 2 – Following his arrest on drunk driving charges by officer Paul Crossfield, retired Navy Captain Cecil E. Harris celebrates his 65th birthday by hanging himself in his cell in the Fairfax County Police Department's Groveton Substation at 6210 North Kings Highway in Alexandria.^[1] The unconscious Harris is discovered shortly after midnight and taken to Mount Vernon Hospital, where he is pronounced dead.^[2]
December 15 – The 911 emergency telephone system is activated in Northern Virginia.^[3]
December 18 – Circuit Court Judge Richard J. Jamborsky sentences 27-year-old Army Staff Sergeant Terry L. Simmons to 20 years in prison for strangling his girlfriend Caroline H. Yoo at their apartment in Baileys Crossroads on June 19.^[4]
December 22 – Storer Cable Communications, a subsidiary of Miami-based Storer Broadcasting Company, becomes the second company to withdraw from the competition for the county's cable TV franchise.^[5]

References

↑ Sun, Lena H. "Fairfax Police Cleared in Suicide at Lockup." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. May 04 1984. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1996). Web. 27 Nov. 2012.
↑ "Prisoner at Groveton found Hanged in Cell." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Dec 02 1981. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1996). Web. 27 Nov. 2012.
↑ Bohlen, Celestine. "911 at Last: N. Virginia Starts Today." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Dec 15 1981. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1996). Web. 11 Dec. 2012.
↑ "Soldier Sentenced to 20 Years for Murder of Woman." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Dec 19 1981. ProQuest. Web. 19 June 2016.
↑ Hiatt, Fred. "2nd Firm Withdraws from Fairfax Cable-TV Race." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Dec 22 1981. ProQuest. Web. 17 Dec. 2017.

Fairfax County by Year: 1981
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