A Triangle resident is charged after police found a 9-year-old boy riding in the back of a car.
On October 25 at 3:19 p.m., officers were called to the area of Mine and Van Buren roads in Dumfries to investigate a report of child neglect. The caller told police that, while stopped at the intersection, they observed the trunk of the vehicle in front of them open and a juvenile inside.
?From Oct. 19–31, Prince William County residents, who are registered to vote, may cast their ballot early in-person at eight locations.
Police were called to the area of Springwoods Drive and Old Bridge Road in Lake Ridge at 6:09 a.m. today to investigate a two-vehicle crash.
Authorities found that the driver of a 2011 Ford Explorer made a left turn from Glenridge Drive onto Springwoods Drive, traveling southbound in the northbound lanes. The driver of the Ford continued in the wrong direction until the vehicle collided with the driver of a 2011 Toyota Camry, who was traveling northbound on Springwoods Drive, police state in a press release.
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors does not have the power to dissolve the Dumfries-Triangle Rescue Squad, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled today.
The decision overturns a decision by a lower Prince William County Circuit Court that previously ruled in the county’s favor, that asserted the rescue squad’s “very existence is at the whim of the county,” court documents state.
Democrats on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors failed to back their chief of police after he voiced concerns about a bill that would make it impossible for his officers to stop cars that do not have a working head, tail, or brake lights.
Citing safety concerns for drivers and pedestrians, Acting Police Chief Col. Jarad Phelps on Tuesday told Supervisors that if the bill signed into law by Gov. Ralph Northam (D), the fact that a vehicle doesn’t have working lights would no longer be a good enough reason to stop a driver.
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors appropriated a $40,000 Community Development Block Grant from the Prince William Office of Housing and Community Development to help the county Department of Social Services to provide transportation services to the county’s homeless.
The county’s Homeless Services coordinated-entry staff will authorize the use of the funds. Those needing transportation should call 703-792-3366. Once the staff authorizes an expenditure, the cabs will take people to their destinations, and the cab companies will invoice the charges to the county.
Members of a newly created commission will investigate the Prince William County Police Department and its response to riots that occurred in the county on May 30.
The new Racial and Social Justice Commission will meet over the course of the next year and will be tasked to bring back recommendations on how to improve the hiring practices of the department, as well as the use-of-force policy.
Officials at the Prince William-Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center released an inmate Sept. 29, who was wanted for felony charges of illegal entry, despite an active criminal warrant for his arrest.
Realtor Association of Prince William has gathered Prince William County’s most recent housing market statistics which reflect increases in the county’s homes listed and sold.
These statistics were generated by SmartCharts, an affiliate website of Showing Time.
Dr. Babur Lateef says Prince William County Public Schools are ready to send teachers back to work and students back to class.
As Chairman of the School Board, he says the school division can easily send students at all grade levels back to class in a hybrid 50/50 model, with half of the students learning from home and the other half attending classes in person.
