From Prince William police:
Armed Robbery – On January 1 at 6:59PM, officers responded to investigate a robbery that was reported to have occurred in the area of Stoney Ridge Pl. and Lady Catherine Ct. in Triangle (22172) earlier in the evening.
We’re learning what will replace the Peebles store in the Mathis Avenue shopping center in Manassas.
It’s Gordman’s, which sells a variety of children’s, men’s, and women’s clothing is set to take over the retail space following an announcement the Peebles brand was being phased out by parent company Stage Stores.
Now we’re hearing from Novant Health UVA Medical Center in Prince William County, which is announcing its first baby of the New Year. A press release states:
Novant Health UVA Health System Haymarket Medical Center welcomes the new year with the announcement of its first baby of 2020. Liam Okechukwu was born Jan. 1 at the Women’s & Children’s Center at Haymarket Medical Center.
From the Stafford sheriff’s office:
Victoria Drive, 12/30, 9:55 p.m. On this date, a resident reported receiving multiple calls throughout the day from a male subject who identified himself as Lt. Westbrook.
Hospitals in Fredericksburg and Stafford are telling us about the first new bundles of joy of the New Year. A hospital spokeswoman states:
Mary Washington Hospital [in Fredericksburg] had the first baby born in the Fredericksburg region. Baby girl Winter Wren was born at 4:32 a.m. on January 1 to parents Leah and Marcus of King George, was 7 pounds 5 ounces and 19 inches long.
Those free fares riders on the very first OmniRide bus ever to serve Stafford County came to an end Tuesday.
Those buses are the Stafford-Washington route (Route 543) and the Stafford-Pentagon route (Route 942). Service on the new routes began Oct. 28, 2019, as part of an effort to get more people out of their cars and onto buses along the Interstate 95 and 395 corridor, just as the newly tolled E-ZPass Express Lanes on I-395 were opening.
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A man accused of shooting at a vehicle on Warrenton Road in Stafford County on Saturday night has been arrested with the assistance of the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office. A press release states:
On December 28, 2019, at 11:57 p.m., Deputy McAlister was on patrol in the area of 550 Celebrate Virginia Parkway when he observed a vehicle with several occupants approaching him. A passenger then exited the vehicle and made contact with the deputy.
The two men charged in a December 26 murder at a Denny’s restaurant on Sudley Road near Manassas were arrested Sunday.
They’re believed to have been responsible for a string of other armed robberies in the area, including this one that occurred at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Woodbridge on Christmas Eve.
After receiving a reader tip about a new traffic pattern on Route 1 at Route 123 in Woodbridge put in place on Dec. 20, we’re checking with the Virginia Department of Transportation and with police to get more information.
Here’s the reader’s tip:
