Editor’s note: The shootings at the National Museum of the Marine Corps and other military facilities in the region brought national media attention to the Potomac Communities in 2010.
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Author: Potomac Local News
Carillo Dean, a former Prince William County park ranger who last year shot his 45-year-old wife, Elizabeth Dean, her 13-year-old son, Connor, and 14-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, plead guilty Tuesday to three charges of capital murder in connection to the Feb. 2009 slayings.
Dean will not receive the death penalty in the case as part of a plea deal, which has surviving members of the family – including Kevin Kirk, the father of the slain children and Elizabeth’s former husband – upset with prosecutors.
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Woodbridge, Va. –– For those living in the woods, in transitional housing, or for those who don’t know where they’ll sleep tonight, small donations really add up.
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Stafford, Va. –– Residents in Stafford can no longer monitor the county’s emergency radio frequencies.
Dumfries, Va. –– PotomacLocal.com has obtained exclusive photos of a car crash that took the lives of three Stafford County men Christmas morning.
But the technology comes as customers in other parts of the region are seeing upgrades to even faster portions of the company’s cell phone data network.
Big Red announced Monday that two new cell sites have been constructed in the Berea section of the county, expanding Verizon’s service along the U.S. 17 corridor in south Stafford. (more…)
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Lorton, Va. –– The Fairfax County incinerator is that large boxy-looking tower on the skyline overlooking Interstate 95. Now officials must decide if they want to buy it.
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Quantico, Va. –– The soldier accused of leaking secret documents from the U.S. Government to Wiki Leaks says the blankets in his jail cell are uncomfortable.
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Police in Prince William County plan to set up sobriety checkpoints in Woodbridge, Lake Ridge, Dale City, Dumfries, as well as other portions of the county, hoping to find some very worthy “buzzed drivers.”
Even if you’ve had a few to drink and then get behind the wheel, police say “buzzed” driving is just as bad as drunk driving. (more…)
Stafford, Va. – Have you met Stafford County Public Schools new superintendent yet?