STAFFORD – (Press Release) 2000 block of Jefferson Davis Highway, 12/3, 8:40 p.m. Vehicle parked outside of local business stolen. The investigation is ongoing.
LARCENIES
Author: Potomac Local News
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY – (Press Release) The Board of County Supervisors authorized the County Attorney to engage with outside legal counsel to investigate potential legal actions against entities engaged in the manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of opioids.
The Board’s action comes on the heels of a lawsuit filed by the Virginia Attorney General against Purdue Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiaries earlier this year. Any and all damages recovered in that lawsuit would be awarded to the Commonwealth, not to the individual localities affected by opioid addiction.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY – (Press Release) The Service Authority will be conducting a non-emergency repair of a water main just north of the Rte. 234 exit ramp off Interstate 66 in Manassas this weekend.
The repair, which will improve service reliability in the drinking water distribution system, will necessitate the closure of the ramp onto northbound Rte. 234 from early Saturday evening until early Sunday afternoon.
MANASSAS – (Press Release) On December 4 at 2:30PM, officers responded to the Prince William County Tax Administration Office located at 1 County Complex Court in Woodbridge (22192) to investigate a bomb threat made by phone.
Staff reported to police that a woman, later identified as the accused, called the office upset over a tax issue involving her vehicle. During the conversation, the accused threatened to bomb the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office. No specific DMV office was identified during the call. Officers attempted to locate the accused at her home in Manassas.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY – (Press Release) On December 4 at 10:29PM, officers responded to investigate a robbery that was reported to have occurred in the area of Jefferson Davis Hwy and Cardinal Dr in Woodbridge (22191). The victim, a 28-year-old man, reported to police that he was waiting for a bus in the above area when two unknown men approached him. During the encounter, the men demanded the victim’s property. One of the men was armed with knife and struck the victim in the face. The men took the victim’s property before fleeing on foot. Minor injuries were reported. A police K-9 searched for the suspects who were not located. The victim was only able to describe one of the suspects to officers. The investigation continues.
Suspect Descriptions:
WOODBRIDGE — (Press Release) On December 1 at 4:20PM, officers responded to the Target located at 2460 Prince William Pkwy in Woodbridge (22192) to investigate a fight in front of the business.
The investigation revealed that a vehicle was illegally parked in the fire lane in front of the business when a second vehicle approached the vehicle parked in the fire lane and began honking its horn.
This article is FREE to read. Please Sign In or Create a FREE Account. Thank you.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Office of Inspector General (WMATA-OIG) today announced the arrest of Narcisse B. Tsaba, 47, of Brandywine, MD, and Jean-Jacques Lontchi, 53, of Woodbridge, VA, for an alleged fraudulent timekeeping scheme in which they inappropriately received pay from both WMATA and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) by claiming to be at one employer while physically reporting to the other.
Tsaba, arrested November 29, 2018, and Lontchi, arrested December 4, 2018, were each charged with one count of first-degree felony fraud. The arrests stemmed from a joint investigation with the Office of Inspector General for Amtrak.
|
This article is FREE to read. Please Sign In or Create a FREE Account. Thank you.
|
MANASSAS – (Press Release) On December 3, 2018, during a Grand Jury hearing, five suspects were indicted in connection with the murder of Reynaldo Eliazar Araujo which occurred on Massie St in the City of Manassas on August 30, 2018.
All five suspects have been indicted for lynching which is considered 2nd-degree murder and is defined by Virginia Code §18.2-39 as “any act of violence by a mob upon the body of any person, which shall result in the death of such person.”