An environmental organization is concerned about toxic chemicals making their way into Quantico Creek and the Potomac River from the Possum Point power plant near Dumfries.

Possum Point’s power plant used to burn coal to generate power. When coal burns it creates a residue, known as coal ash, which was pumped into coal ash ponds on the property before the plant switched to burning natural gas in 2003.


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In the afternoon on July 7, Prince William police responded to a call on Wetherburn Court in Woodbridge to investigate a domestic incident.

According to Prince William police, the victim – a 30-year old woman – told officers that she and 32-year old Emmanuel Mensah were involved in a verbal altercation in front of her home. After the argument the victim returned to her home, and Mensah entered without permission through a kitchen window, stated Prince William police.


On July 9, Prince William police finished a Special Victims Bureau investigation involving solicitation of a child, after searching a home on Wigglesworth Way in Woodbridge.

According to Prince William police, the investigation showed that in May and June 2015, 34-year old Woodbridge man David Davis was using a cell phone app called ‘TangoMe’ to speak with the victim – a 16-year old girl from Pennsylvania.


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