September's Top Stories: Drug Bust, Police Log Items Top List

Each month Vienna Patch will list the stories readers found the most fascinating, as measured by page views. 

Once you're done reviewing the list, let us know if you're surprised by this month's top stories. Which story had you talking to coworkers at the water cooler the next day?

10. Officials Investigating Fire on Malcolm Road: A fire broke out in the basement of a Malcolm Road home Sept. 24, . The fire was ruled accidental.

9. Vienna Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud: Nancy Preston, 55, was charged with mail fraud for embezzling $647,547 from Clyde’s Restaurant Group over the course of a decade. 

8. Former Madison Swim Coach Indicted on Three Felony Charges: A grand jury indicted former Madison High School swim coach Noah Rucker on three felony counts of indecent liberties with a child while in a custodial or supervisory relationship, which will move the allegations forward to a trial, according to the online publication Swim Swam.

7. Police Log: One Charged After Fight at McDonald's: Vienna Police's response to a report of a fight in the McDonald's parking lot led the Sept. 4 police log highlights.

6. Police Log: Disruptive Motel Guest Arrested for Drunk in Public: A Wolftrap Motel guest's drunken antics led to his arrest Sept. 5, an incident that led the Sept. 12 Vienna Police log. 

5. : Vienna Police's response to a loud party complaint led the Sept. 5 Vienna Police log, which also included an incident in which a snowman was hanging from a tree with fake blood on the 300 block of Glyndon Street NE.

4. Reston Zoo Head Found Guilty in Wallaby Death: Reston Zoo Director Meghan Mogensen — accused of inhumanely euthanizing an injured wallaby — was found guilty by a Fairfax County General District judge Friday on counts of animal cruelty and possession of a controlled substance.

3. Vienna Restaurant Inspections: August 2012: Three Vienna restaurants were inspected in the month of August.

2. Police Log: Cedar Lane Teacher Choked: The Sept. 18 Vienna Police Log included two incidents at Cedar Lane School, one of which resulted in a juvenile petition for assault of a school teacher. 

1. Police Make Drug Bust in Outback Parking Lot: Vienna Police arrested two men and a woman Sept. 11 after allegedly witnessing a drug deal in the parking lot behind Outback Steakhouse.

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