Here are this week’s traffic hot spots in the Stafford County and Fredericksburg area, courtesy of the Virginia Department of Transportation.
I-95 Southbound
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On Oct. 8, 2020, Prince William police – in a joint investigation with the Northern Virginia Gang Task Force (NVGTF) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Washington Field Office’s Safe Streets/HIDTA Task Force-Northern Virginia – conducted an operation which charged 12 suspected gang members in connection to criminal narcotics trafficking and to the murders of four men in Prince William County in 2019.
All suspects were members of, or are otherwise connected to, the “Sitios Locos Salvatruchas” clique of the transnational criminal street gang MS-13. Based on the success of this operation, law enforcement authorities were able to dismantle this clique, which was shown to have violent tendencies including murder, and which targeted Hispanic residents through narcotics distribution.
Go to Taskforce ties gang members to 4 Prince William murders, major drug trafficking ring
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A body was found this morning at the American Recycling Center on Residency Road, located on the border of Prince William County and Manassas.
The body was taken to a medical examiner for identification.
The Rappahannock Area Health District will conduct public health emergency exercises offering free flu shots Wednesday, October 14 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Wright’s Chapel UMC, at 8063 Ladysmith Road in Ruther Glen, Va.
This will be a drive-thru event and all safety precautions will be observed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Candidates for the Manassas Park mayor and Governing Body will be held Sunday, October 18, from 3 to 5 p.m, in the Banquet Room at the Manassas Park Community Center.
All candidates will are scheduled to attend. The questions will come from the residents in the audience.
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Charlotte Anderson Monroe
Charlotte A. Monroe began her next great adventure in the arms of our Lord on October 9, surrounded by her loving husband and children. She succumbed to cardiac arrest, just short of her 91st birthday and her 69th wedding anniversary.
Sheriff’s deputies were called to a Walmart in North Stafford after a store employee said someone was seen clearing off the shelves in the electronics section of the store. This, and other incidents, are included in today’s Stafford sheriff’s office report:
100 block of Butler Road, 10/10, 6:39 p.m. The victims reported they left their vehicle parked in the area at 4:15 p.m. When they returned to the vehicle at 6:20 p.m., they discovered the vehicle’s back passenger window had been broken. Two purses containing cash and credit cards were reported stolen.
Prince William police report a masked man smashed a business on Sudley Road outside Manassas. The details of this incident, and others, are included in today’s report from the Prince William County Police Department:
Commercial Burglary – On October 9 at 6:01AM, officers responded to the Smokey Shope Hookah & Tea House located at 8128 Sudley Rd. in Manassas (20109) to investigate an alarm activation. Upon arrival, officers observed the glass front door was damaged. Video surveillance footage revealed that a masked man smashed the glass door before entering the business. The suspect was then observed fleeing on foot prior to police arrival. Paper products and an undisclosed amount of money were reported missing.
Tuesday morning’s fog will give way to sun and wind.