Author: Potomac Local News

The owner of a shop at 1080 Jefferson Davis Highway in Stafford called authorities Tuesday and said the front door had been opened and several air conditioning units, two refrigerators, a washer and dryer, and a metal prep table had been stolen. The man left his shop Friday and came back Tuesday to find the items missing, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.

While the intruders were inside they managed to break other doors, as well as break open another air conditioning unit and remove its parts, said Kennedy.

Dumfries, Va. — Police were called to investigate a case of a sexual assault involving a six-year-old boy.

On Monday, Prince William police received word of a sex assault that took place in a neighborhood in the 3000 block of Pony Ridge Turn, just off River Heritage Boulevard behind a Walmart store, on April 13, 2010.

Erasmo Alvarado-Ibarra, aka “Chiquilin,” 28, of Woodbridge, Va., was convicted of conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. Jose Zuniga-Ruiz, aka “Tio Tony,” 40, of Woodbridge, Va., and Silvestre Castro-Sandoval, aka “Silver,” 36, of Stafford, Va., were both convicted of conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine.

Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Ava Cooper-Davis, Special Agent in Charge for Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s Washington Division; and James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, made the announcement after the jury returned the verdict.