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MONTCLAIR — A fire truck overturned on Waterway Drive on Saturday night.
The truck was called to a car crash at the corner of Waterway Drive and Fallstone Place at 7:04 p.m.
STAFFORD COUNTY — The pool at Curtis Park is closed today after county officials learned someone was affected with a parasitic illness after competing in a swimming competition there.
From the Stafford County Government:
STAFFORD COUNTY — A shoeless, 26-year-old man hitched a ride on a school bus to Stafford High School.
The bus picked up the man in the Lansberry Park neighborhood in the George Washington District, near Fredericksburg, on Thursday morning. In addition to having no shoes on his feet, the man also had no pack on his back, said Stafford sheriff’s office spokeswoman Amanda Vicinanzo.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — A Maryland man faces sex assault charges after police said she abducted a woman in a Manassas area hotel room.
From Prince William police:
STAFFORD COUNTY — Authorities have a suspect in vandalism at a shuttered golf course.
From the Stafford sheriff’s office:
FAUQUIER COUNTY — A Manassas man was killed in a crash in Fauquier County.
From Virginia State Police:
NORTH STAFFORD — (Press Release) A suspect was arrested on Tuesday by units with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office after stealing two video game consoles from the Best Buy located at Stafford Marketplace and fleeing the area on a bicycle.
On August 13, 2019, at approximately 10:09 a.m., Deputy Eastman responded to a reported shoplifting in progress at the Best Buy located at 1455 Stafford Market Place. A male subject was observed leaving the store with two PlayStation 4 video game consoles tucked under his arms. He then strapped the items to his bicycle using a bungee cord and fled in the direction of the commuter lot.
FREDERICKSBURG — (Press Release) The public is invited to attend a public hearing next week to learn more about a project to build additional Interstate 95 northbound lanes parallel to the I-95 northbound general-purpose lanes in the Fredericksburg area.
A design public hearing will be held:
Alice Marie Chitwood, (nee Norland), 92 of Burkeville, Virginia, passed away on June 2, 2019.
She was born to Hjalmar Norland and Jennie Askelin on January 20, 1927, in Minneapolis, Minn. She was the youngest of four children, which also included sisters Elsie (Nurmi), Lucille (Nick), and brother Suante Norlund.
