On Tuesday, December 28, at 12:41 a.m., officers were called to the Woodbridge Virginia Railway Express parking garage at 1040 Express Drive in Woodbridge. A 14-year-old girl and multiple male acquaintances were in the parking garage when they were approached by three masked men.

Two suspects brandished firearms before both groups began to fight.


The fire broke out in the 15000 block of Edgewood Drive in Montclair. Crews arrived with smoke showing from a single-family dwelling.

As fire crews worked to douse the blaze, one firefighter fell into the basement through a weak first floor. After he fell, the firefighter was able to get out of the burning home and suffered injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening.


Police arrested a driver they said tried to flee a traffic stop and struck an officer’s arm with his car.

On Tuesday, December 20, at 9:20 p.m., a Prince William County police officer conducted a vehicle stop on a blue 2008 Mercedes SC400 in the area of Dale Boulevard and Forestdale Avenue in Dale City.


At 4:11 p.m. Friday, December 23, Prince William County fire and rescue crews were called to the 6000 block of Fox Den Court near for a house fire.

Crews arrived to find a working kitchen fire and the occupants safely out of the home.  The fire was quickly extinguished. The kitchen sustained moderate damage.


The 9-1-1 call came in about 2 p.m. today, December 23, 2022, for a driver in a BMW in the 15300 block of Fleetwood Drive in Nokesville, near the Fauquier County line, who became trapped in rising water.

According to initial information, the tow truck driver pulled the driver to safety when rescue crews arrived. The BMW driver was not injured.


The Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) and Electronics Recycling program at the Landfill will be temporarily closed.

According to a press release, the current contract expires at the end of December, and the contractor is unwilling to extend the contract because of the difficulty obtaining labor and higher operational costs.


The community has rallied around a family of a man who died in a rollover car crash this week near Manassas Mall.

According to a GoFundMe spokeswoman who emailed PLN, the sister of Alex Randy Portillo, who died in a crash Tuesday night on Sudley Road, launched a GoFundMe page to help pay for his funeral expenses.


Prince William County moved in what’s been described as a regional arms race to increase the pay scales and hire and retain more police officers.

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