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Prince William Jail Board abolishes 287(g) program used to ID suspected illegal immigrants

By Uriah Kiser
Prince William County Adult Detention Center in Manassas. [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

The 287(g) program in Prince William County will end on June 30.

The county’s Jail Board failed to make a motion to reauthorize the program, which, in cooperation with federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials, identifies the legal presence of inmates at the county’s Adult Detention Center in Manassas.

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Update: 14 adults, 8 children displaced by 2-alarm fire at Manassas-area apartment complex

By Uriah Kiser

The correct number of children is eight, said Prince William fire and rescue spokesman Matt Smolksy. Initially, the reported total was 12.

Smolksy also tells us the fire was sparked by a smoldering cigarette left on a balcony.

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Prince William Supervisors lose control of meeting as Black Lives Matter supporters call for abolishing police, U.S.

By Uriah Kiser

Black Lives Matter supporters filled the Prince William Board of County Supervisors meeting chamber today in Woodbridge.

Through statements laced with profanity, they attacked the sitting members of the elected body, which is controlled by a Democratic majority, for having a discussion about issuing a proclamation that “all lives matter,” immediately preceding the issuance of a proclamation that “black lives matter,” and demanded the county end its partnership with Federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

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Driver, 19, charged after police pursuit, crash

By Uriah Kiser
Photo submitted by the Stafford County Sheriff's Office

A police pursuit in North Stafford ended with a vehicle careening through a gate and crashing into a ditch, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office tells us.

On June 15 at approximately 1:30 a.m., Deputy E. Taylor observed a Mitsubishi Lancer speeding on Garrisonville Road in the area of Doc Stone Road. The vehicle then proceeded through a red light onto Salisbury Drive without stopping.

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Lake Ridge Chorale to hold virtual fundraiser after spring concerts canceled

By Uriah Kiser
File photo

From Lake Ridge Chorale:

Please join us on Friday, June 19, at 7:00 p.m. for our first ever online “UN-CONCERT” fundraiser, supporting three local nonprofits — all of which do good and important work here in the Prince William County community. Since two of our spring concerts were cancelled due to COVID-19, we have been unable to collect donations for these worthy charitable organizations in the same manner as in past years.

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Judge allows resident to refile FOIA case against Prince William Board of County Supervisors

By Uriah Kiser
The Judicial Center for Prince William County, Manassas, and Manassas Park.

Prince William County District Court Judge Wally S. Covington today allowed a case against the county Board of Supervisors to continue.

The judge ruled a non-suit, which allows the plaintiff in the case, Alan “Bret” Gloss, an eight-year resident of the county’s Coles District, to refile his complaint against the Board of County Supervisors at a later date.

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