Twenty seven years after being killed in the line of duty, Sergeant John D. Conner, III, was remembered in a ceremony last week.

On July 24, 1988, Conner was shot three times and later died after responding to a report of a man shooting bullets into the air, according to his Officer Down Memorial page. The suspect, Roy Bruce Smith, was shot in the foot and survived, but was later sentenced to death and was executed nine-years later.


A man was found dead near Clover Hill Road and Yarrow Lane in Manassas this morning.

According to Manassas City police, at 6:10 a.m., officers responded to a call for the individual – 60-year old James Jones Jr. – who was pronounced dead when the officers arrived on the scene.


There are some problems with Prince William’s new $16.4 million police, and fire and rescue emergency response system.

Motorola’s PremierOne system was installed in June. Since then, rescue crews have logged several problems with the system’s GPS service, and firefighters have had problems reading system text alerts.


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