WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police used automatic license plate readers to find two cars that had been reported stolen, and to put one man behind bars.
About 7 p.m. Monday, police in Lake Ridge got a hit on a stolen car traveling in the area of Old Bridge Road and Springwoods Drive. Officers pursued the car, activating the police cruiser’s lights and sirens, to the area of Marquis Place off Springwoods Drive.
Anyone who frequently uses the slug lines to commute is bound to experience something out of the ordinary from time to time. When asked, most slugs could probably manage to recall a unique personality or situation they’ve experienced at some point of their travels.
STAFFORD, Va. — An undercover investigation has led to charges for two men accused of purchasing steel used to form railroad tracks, which is illegal to possess in Virginia.
A detective from the Stafford Sheriff’s Office went to Northern Virginia Metal Recyclers at 32 Eskimo Hill Road in Stafford on March 19 and sold the metal, known as Pig Iron, to the two suspects. After the sale was complete, sheriff’s deputies swooped in, executed a search warrant, and arrested the suspects, said sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Two overhead, cantilevered sign structures will be removed on Interstate 95 in the Fredericksburg area this week following recent inspections of the structures.
Beginning at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will remove an overhead sign arm on northbound I-95 at mile marker 117.5, near Exit 118 at Thornburg. Two right lanes of northbound I-95 will be closed for the operation, which is expected to conclude by 3 a.m.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — A woman was pepper sprayed while sitting in a car with two other women, sheriff authorities said.
The Stafford Sheriff’s office at 12:13 a.m. Saturday was called to Dunbar Drive in a rural area of Stafford County, near the Lake Arrowhead subdivision, where they found a woman who was shaken and upset, wearing a shirt covered in dirt.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police in Prince William County are investigating a series of rapes.
In the first case, a 27-year-old woman told police Saturday morning she had been involved in an argument with a suspect at an apartment in the 15000 block of Lost Canyon Court in Woodbridge on Friday night. The fight escalated and the suspect broke the victim’s cell phone preventing her from calling police and then sexually assaulted the victim, according to police documents.
A Woodbridge man and former police officer who admitted to stealing coins from Metro and then using them to buy lottery tickets has plead guilty.
John Vincent Haile, 52, of Woodbridge and his accomplice, Dexter McDade, 58, of Bowie, Md., plead guilty to theft concerning programs receiving Federal funds and conspiring to commit money laundering.
Anticipated budget reductions could result in the loss of approximately 86 positions, but the Superintendent expressed confidence that the losses could be absorbed through attrition, select hiring deferrals, and reassigning displaced employees across the ever-growing School Division.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A recently created distribution list may provide some relief for commuters who travel to and from Mark Center.
Metro today unveiled a new system map to reflect enhanced rush hour service—called Rush Plus—beginning June 18.
Rush Plus is an expansion of rush hour service that will result in additional trains between Mt. Vernon Square and Greenbelt, and between Vienna and Court House, as well as new transfer-free travel opportunities between stations on several lines. Rush Plus is designed to ease crowding, improve the commuting experience for Metrorail riders on the Orange, Blue, Green and Yellow lines, and prepare for the future Silver Line.
