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Crime Watch: Rape Probe Peers Back to 1990s

By Potomac Local News
Jefferson

FROM POLICE REPORTS:

Rape / Aggravated Sexual Battery – On July 10th at 1:26PM, detectives from the Special Victims Bureau began an investigation into a sexual assault which was reported to have occurred at two addresses in Woodbridge (22192) – one on Rainbow Ct and the other on Bancroft Ln. The investigation revealed that the victim, a now 34 year old woman of Gainesville, was sexually assaulted by the accused, a known acquaintance, in the 1990’s when she was between 5 & 19 years of age. Following an investigation, the accused was subsequently arrested on July 25th.

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Ice Cream Shop Owner Facing Sex Charges Speaks Out

By Potomac Local News
Ruhren (Submitted)

DUMFRIES, Va. — A judge dropped eight of 23 charges against a former police officer and current Dumfries ice cream shop owner accused of sexually abusing a minor. The accused then took to Facebook to rally support and to admit his addiction to sleeping pills.

Joseph Ruhren, 41, was arrested in March when a 27-year-old Fredericksburg man told police and the FBI that he was sexually assaulted when he was a child between the ages of 12 and 16-years-old. Police said the assaults took place between 1996 and 2001.

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Woman Injured in North Stafford Blaze

By Potomac Local News
Photo: Stafford County Fire and Rescue Dept.

NORTH STAFFORD, Va. – On Wednesday July 25, 2012 at 9:28 p.m., Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a reported structure fire at 100 Hyde Park in Sunnydale Meadows, behind Stafford Marketplace shopping center on Va. 610.

The first unit arrived on scene within six minutes reporting fire in the basement extending to the first floor of a Townhome. Once firefighters confirmed all occupants had exited the home they worked to extinguish the fire which was under control within ten minutes.

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U.S. 1 Widening Spurs Budget Battle

By Potomac Local News

By URIAH KISER

The county’s Board of Supervisors approved a $53.1 million project to widen U.S. 1 between Neabsco Mills and Featherstone roads from four to six lanes in Woodbridge. The project will help traffic in a commuter corridor often gridlocked during rush hours, but it also will strap county taxpayers with about $50 million in new bond debt – all of which will be need to be paid off over the next 20 years, starting in 2014.

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Dumfries Honors West, Barr

By Potomac Local News
Nancy West (Photo: KJ Mushung/PotomacLocal.com)

DUMFRIES, Va. – Though no longer on the council, they’ve not been forgotten.

Former Interim Mayor Nancy West and Former Councilwoman Dorothea Barr were both recognized by Dumfries Mayor Gerald Foreman on Tuesday night. Both women stepped down from the Dumfries Town Council after losing their bids for re-election in May.

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Woman Faces Drug Charge, Military Police Notified

By Potomac Local News
Engleman

NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Three pounds of marijuana was found a home in North Stafford.

Stafford’s sheriff’s special investigative unit was called on July 18 to 212 Fallsway Lane in North Stafford to investigate a report of marijuana at the home. They charged 27-year-old Stephanie Patricia Engleman with possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.

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