Police Blotter

In Stafford County, deputies reported arrests for assault and battery, multiple driving under the influence cases, shoplifting, narcotics possession, and public intoxication. Several fraud reports, including Sheriff’s Office impersonation scams, were also logged.

Here is a summary of recent incidents from local law enforcement.

In a separate case, a 16-year-old girl was arrested in Gainesville after allegedly assaulting a family member and then grabbing an officer’s holstered firearm during a domestic dispute.

Prince William County officers also investigated a road rage incident in which a driver reportedly brandished what appeared to be a firearm and arrested a man who shattered apartment windows and entered a residence in Woodbridge. Stafford County deputies arrested a Fredericksburg woman on DUI charges and responded to a collections agency scam report.

On August 2 at 10:36 p.m., officers responded to a residence in the 15500 block of Lebourget Court in Woodbridge to investigate a shooting. An 18-year-old woman and a juvenile family member were involved in a verbal altercation that escalated. The accused retrieved a firearm from inside the home, confronted the woman, and fired one round that grazed her upper body. He left before officers arrived. A police K-9 searched the area but did not locate him. The victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Detention orders were obtained. On August 4, the 13-year-old male juvenile of Woodbridge was arrested. He is charged with aggravated malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, shooting in an occupied dwelling, and juvenile possession of a firearm. Due to his age, his identity is not being publicly released. Court date is pending.

On August 3 at 2:08 p.m., officers responded to the Shell service station at 4110 Dale Boulevard in Woodbridge for a brandishing report. An unknown woman entered the business, concealed several items, and walked to a vehicle occupied by a man later identified as the accused. An employee followed her and was retrieving the items when the man brandished a firearm toward the employee. The employee returned inside and called police as the vehicle left. Officers identified the suspect and obtained warrants. On August 4, officers stopped the vehicle near Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Road and detained the man without incident. Ammunition and evidence of narcotics were found inside the vehicle. Justin Denzel Gore, 31, of Fairfax, was arrested and charged with one count of brandishing a firearm, two counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon, two counts of driving on a revoked license, and one count of possession of a Schedule I/II narcotic. He is being held without bond. Court date is pending.

A murder suspect was arrested in connection with a Woodbridge domestic shooting, a 16-year-old died after being shot at a car meet, and a 13-year-old remains wanted for wounding a family member, while Stafford County deputies made multiple arrests for assaults, shoplifting, DUIs and other offenses over the weekend.

On August 2, U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force members arrested Thomas Lynwood Brown, 23, of Triangle, in connection with the July 27 fatal shooting of a 21-year-old Gainesville man. The incident occurred during a domestic altercation at a home in the 13400 block of Grayson Hill Circle (Fitzgerald apartments) in Woodbridge. Police said Brown produced a firearm and shot the victim in the upper body before leaving. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Brown is charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Court date pending; bond unavailable.

Prince William County police reported two notable arrests stemming from incidents on July 30. The most serious involved a Woodbridge man charged in connection with brandishing a firearm and impersonating a law enforcement officer during encounters reported the previous week.

In a separate case, a juvenile was arrested after allegedly assaulting an officer who responded to a shoplifting at a local grocery store. Both incidents occurred in Woodbridge.

Prince William County police have arrested a Woodbridge man in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy last month.

Damon Jamon Atwater, 25, of Woodbridge, faces charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The arrest comes weeks after the July 5 shooting in the 16700 block of Blackjack Oak Lane.

A 16-year-old male was found dead along a wooded trail at Andrew Leitch Park in Woodbridge on July 28. Police said the death appears to have involved a self-inflicted injury, with no preliminary signs of foul play.

Also included in the latest reports from Prince William and Stafford counties are multiple juvenile arrests stemming from a knife-point robbery at a Woodbridge elementary school, an arrest in a July malicious wounding at a Sheetz, a shots-fired incident with a suspect still sought, the earlier Stafford armed robbery arrests, a DUI and a fraud case.

A 21-year-old man was shot and killed during a domestic dispute at an apartment complex in Woodbridge on Monday night, according to Prince William County police. Detectives have obtained arrest warrants for a family member in the case and are asking the public for help locating him.

Separately, a 94-year-old man died from injuries in a crash in Nokesville over the weekend. The driver of a commercial truck was charged with reckless driving.

A 26-year-old man died early July 24 after driving through a red light, traveling the wrong way and striking a concrete barrier and a parked truck on Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge.

Prince William County police also investigated a hotel room firearm discharge that led to an arrest, a separate shots-fired call that damaged a residence, and two commercial burglaries.