A former Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority employee charged with computer trespass and embezzling the authority’s inventory list has pled guilty.
Edgar Smith Garcia, 28, of Manassas, pled guilty to Hanover County Circuit Court Judge John Overton Harris for felony computer trespass. He was sentenced to two years in prison, and suspended for five years on the condition of good behavior. Additionally, Garcia must pay a $600 fine and is banned from all Virginia ABC property.
(WTOP-FM) — Virginia’s first openly transgender state lawmaker tells WTOP she expects legal challenges will be filed soon to challenge new state Department of Education policies that would dramatically change the rights of LGBTQ students in Virginia schools. (more…)
By Sara Brescia
On Monday, September 12, Osbourn high school in Manassas experienced the threat of gun violence.
A moped rider was fortunate to escape serious injury after an accident last night with a semi-truck.
On Tuesday, September 18, at 11:13 p.m., Deputy K.L. Steffenhagen went to crash in the 1400 block of Warrenton Road (Route 17) near Poplar Road. She arrived to find a southbound 2019 Mack Truck had struck the rear of a southbound 2022 Honda Moped. The moped became stuck in the bumper of the truck.
(InsideNova) — Haymarket residents will receive a refund on their real estate taxes just in time for the holiday season.
Occoquan kicks off the fall season with the Fall Arts & Crafts Show on September 24 and 25, 2022.
More than 200 crafters, artisans, and local boutique owners will fill the streets of the historic district with vendor booths in just a few short weeks. The Craft Show will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and will take place rain or shine.
Stafford County Sheriff’s Deputies will seek charges for a public school student accused of throwing water bottles from a Stafford County School Bus and damaging a passing school bus.
On September 14 at 4:39 p.m., deputies responded to a disturbance call in the 200 block of Poplar Road. Deputy G.P. McCaulley learned a juvenile student had thrown a water bottle from the window of his school bus as it passed another school bus on Poplar Road.
The Hillcats scored single runs in the 2nd, 4th and 5th innings. Richard Paz and Junior Sanquintin had RBIs for the Hillcats.
Andry Lara started and pitched well, going four innings and allowing just one earned run with four strikeouts. Marlon Perez pitched two scoreless innings in relief, and Riggs Threadgill had a scoreless inning as well.
(Free Lance-Star/Fredericksburg.com) — Law enforcement officers in the Fredericksburg area are asking local governments to keep inmate fees in place at the Rappahannock Regional Jail for what they deem as luxury items. At the same time, a state-appointed group determines if costs charged to inmates for housing, work release, rehabilitative programs or telephone services should be reduced or dropped altogether. (more…)
