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On January 7, 2021, at 12:29 a.m., officers of the Manassas City Police Department were called to a 7-Eleven located at 9100 Mathis Avenue for a report of a robbery.

The victim stated that an unknown man entered the store carrying a knife and demanded that the victim open the cash register. The suspect received an unknown amount of money and fled the scene on foot prior to the officer’s arrival, police told PLN.


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Obituaries

Hoyt W. Randolph, Jr. (Hobie to those that knew him) died peacefully on the morning of January 4, 2021 in Front Royal, Virginia after a diagnosis of cancer at the age of 68.

Hobie was born to Hoyt and June Randolph in Washington, DC and grew up in Occoquan, Virginia on the shores of the Occoquan River.   He was a 1970 graduate of Woodbridge Senior High School and attended Old Dominion University.  He helped design and supervise the forming of oil tanker hulls.   He was an excellent carpenter and worked on the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC and was a heavy equipment operator.  He was also renowned for his excellent cooking.  His greatest achievements though were his son, Ryan and his daughter, Sarah.


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Three people — two in Prince William County and a third in Fauquier County — are dead following a mass shooting at home outside Manassas.

Detectives from both counties are jointly investigating the shooting, which initially began as a domestic-related incident at a home 10000 block of Ellis Road near Manassas, at 6:04 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6.


Obituaries

JoAnne Hinton passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, January 3, 2021 in Alexandria, Virginia at the age of 64.

JoAnne is survived by her son, Morris Edward Hinton; her granddaughter, Brittany; her great-granddaughter Zy’Monnie her parents, Ernest and Ann Austin; her brothers, Eric, John, and Kenneth; and her sisters, Bertha, Dorothy, and Lisa.