Police Blotter

Police Blotter: Brandishing Arrests, Burglaries Hit Dumfries and Woodbridge

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Prince William County police reported a brandishing arrest in Woodbridge, burglaries and an attempted burglary in Dumfries, and a juvenile charged with brandishing near Manassas. Stafford County deputies arrested two men on DUI charges and one on petit larceny and public intoxication.

On September 9, officers responded to a residence in the 17200 block of Larkin Ct in Dumfries for a burglary. Between September 7 at 9 p.m. and September 8 at 9 p.m., a basement window was shattered and entry made. Jewelry was reported missing. No suspect information was available.

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Two were already out on bond. Then came First Friday fire: 3 charged in slay of 16-year-old.

By Uriah Kiser
Xavier Wanzer

Two suspects were already out on bond, police chief says

Manassas police announced Wednesday that three men are in custody in the Friday night shooting that killed 16-year-old Patriot High School student Ashley Intihar during First Friday in Old Town.

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Manassas

School board war ends in secret deal — no court, no dollars, no apology

By Uriah Kiser
Sara Brescia, Manassas City School Board member. Courtesy campaign photo

A public fight that began with accusations of a secret vote, an investigation of a sitting school board member, and a claim that colleagues discussed pulling her children from Baldwin Elementary ended Tuesday night in a closed-door settlement.

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Centennial Celebration BBQ

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American Legion Post #28, Buck Keyes

17934 Liming LANE

Triangle, Virginia 22172

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The American Legion Post #28 (Buck Keyes) in Triangle, Virginia is celebrating 100 years of comradery and community service to the state of Virginia and the United States of America. The Post will be hosting a Centennial celebration on October 10th, 2026, from 12 noon until 6 pm. Free food and fun for all! Please publish our invitation to the public as you possibly can. Thank you. The address and the Point of Contact are as follows:

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Prince William

Chelsea Quintern and son Joshua return to Prince William Board for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

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Chelsea Quintern speaks at the Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Sept. 1 as the board marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Her son Joshua sits beside her. Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega, Quintern’s boss, stands at right.

Updated Sept. 10, 2026: Chelsea Quintern wrote Potomac Local on Thursday evening to correct two name spellings, note that her daughter Rylee was also at the meeting, and report that Joshua’s post-meeting scan showed no evidence of disease.

Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega’s chief of staff, Chelsea Quintern, returned to the Prince William Board of County Supervisors dais on Sept. 1 with her son Joshua beside her as the Board marked Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Their daughter, Rylee, was also present. Quintern later said Rylee has not had cancer but “experienced a major change in her life because of childhood cancer, too.”

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Prince William

Board marks Recovery, Preparedness, and other September awareness dates

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The Prince William Board of County Supervisors marked a slate of September awareness dates at its Sept. 1 meeting, highlighting recovery, preparedness, voting access, kinship care and forensic work ahead of events later this month.

Recovery Month centers on the third annual Recovery is Real gathering Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the AJ Ferlazzo Building. The free-lunch event carries the theme “Recovery is Real, Restoring Every Aspect of Life.” Community Services Behavioral Health Program Manager Tanya invited the public to attend.

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Prince William

Bailey directs staff to study a local marijuana tax

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Potomac District Supervisor Andrea O. Bailey [Photo: Prince William County Government]

Potomac District Supervisor Andrea O. Bailey directed County Executive Christopher Shorter and staff to study whether Prince William County can establish a local marijuana tax, after Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed 2026 legislation creating a legal adult-use marketplace in Virginia.

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Prince William

Boddye tees up water resolutions on reuse and groundwater study

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Occoquan District Supervisor Kenny A. Boddye circulated two draft water resolutions at the Sept. 1 Board of County Supervisors meeting and asked colleagues to discuss them. The Board did not vote.

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Newslinks

News Links: $160,000 for 9/11 Trail; Vigil for Patriot High Teen; I-95 Ramps Close in Woodbridge

By Uriah Kiser
Del. Briana Sewell and Del. Luke Torian present a ceremonial $160,000 check for the September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance at the James J. McCoart Administration Building in Woodbridge on Sept. 8, 2026. Photo: September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance

Friends mourned 16-year-old Ashley Intihar after she was fatally shot at Manassas First Friday, Virginia legislators presented $160,000 at the McCoart building for the September 11th National Memorial Trail, VDOT is closing I-95 ramps in Woodbridge nightly through Sept. 22, Woodbridge Supervisor Jeannie LaCroix returned to work after a Vermont bike crash, and a dry midweek precedes Thursday storms.

According to the Prince William Times, friends of Ashley Intihar, a 16-year-old Patriot High School student, gathered this week at a memorial near the Manassas train station where she was fatally shot Friday night during the city’s First Friday event. Police said Intihar was caught in the middle when two adults exchanged gunfire across the station parking lot about 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 4. Tasheem Douglas, 21, who was also injured, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder; Manassas Police Chief Doug Keen said investigators are still searching for a second shooter.

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Quantico

SEMPER DRY: Quantico boil order after base main break nearly empties tank — and the Marines aren’t talking

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Water pressure in the Town of Quantico was restored at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Mayor Kevin Brown said in an email Tuesday night. The boil-water advisory is still in effect.

Brown said Inboden Environmental, the town’s contract environmental support, will collect the first of two samples Wednesday morning and the second Thursday morning. If both come back clean, the town hopes to lift the advisory by noon Friday.

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