Fredericksburg police say they have arrested a man in Guatemala in connection with two rapes on city walking trails, one in October 2025 and one in May 2026.
Cesar Paau-Pan, 22, of Spotsylvania, faces 11 charges, including four counts of rape by force. He was arrested in Guatemala on Oct. 13 and remains in custody there while extradition proceeds, according to a Fredericksburg Police Department release issued Wednesday.
The Virginia State Police issued a CODI Alert at 6 p.m. Wednesday on behalf of the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office for 17-year-old Savannah Violet McGehee, who was last seen Oct. 14 in the area of Luray.
McGehee is described as a white female with brown hair and blue eyes. She is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 105 pounds. She was last seen possibly wearing blue jeans and an off-white sweater.
Stafford County has canceled the Planning Commission meeting scheduled for Wednesday, October 14, after the applicant and county staff agreed to postpone public hearings on four large data center proposals along Kings Highway until November 18, 2026.
The county said the delay will allow further review and refinement of the applications so they are fully prepared for consideration. The projects were the only business on the October 14 agenda.
High school students from across the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region are invited to participate in Dialogue for Democracy at George Mason University!
Hosted by the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, this event offers high school students an opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations about democracy, civic engagement, and the importance of understanding different perspectives.
Sen. Russet Perry on Tuesday released draft legislation that would enact a three-year statewide moratorium on data centers, Loudoun Now reports.
SB843 would prohibit localities from approving data center applications that require a rezoning, special exception, special use permit, or site plan. It would also bar the state from issuing any permit, certificate, registration, license, or other approval for data center development, siting, electric distribution service, interconnection, on-site generation, or related services. The moratorium would take effect July 1, 2027, and sunset July 1, 2030.
M.C. Dean plans to invest $412.5 million to expand its manufacturing campus in Caroline County, adding two new plants and a projected 1,950 jobs, Virginia Business reports.
The expansion includes a 442,000-square-foot building on the main campus and a 1.5 million-square-foot building on the 600-acre north campus. Total square footage is expected to exceed 3.6 million square feet on 1,300 acres by 2030. The company also plans a Power Systems Training Center at Caroline High School starting in 2027.
Detective Claudia Ventura testified that Bluestar liquid formula applied to the master bedroom and bathroom on Aug. 21, 2024, revealed blood evidence, and with the lights off “the room lit up blue,” InsideNoVa reports.
Prosecutors believe Bhatt rearranged furniture to cover blood-soaked carpet. Cleaning supplies including Lysol and wipes were found in his bedroom closet. Body-worn camera footage from Ventura’s visits on Aug. 6, 9, and 14, 2024, was also played. Bhatt had told Ventura that Mamta was taking “abortion pills,” but later showed a bottle of birth control pills. He claimed she attended a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services meeting on July 31, 2024, and planned to return for a final interview on Aug. 5 that never happened.
An April 2026 memo says the resources, assistance, and meaningful follow-up for 20 Arlington County Fire Department personnel who responded to the January 2025 midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport were wholly inadequate, WTOP reports.
Responders spent hours in freezing conditions handling remains from the American Airlines Flight 5342 and Army Black Hawk collision. The memo describes depression, family strain, sleep problems, alcohol use, and eroded trust in leadership among those involved. Many exhausted their workers’ compensation therapy sessions and faced out-of-pocket costs for continued care.
