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Woodbridge man succumbs to injuries suffered in crash

By Potomac Local News

On July 15 at 12:26 p.m., Prince William police were called to Telegraph and Caton Hill roads in Woodbridge to investigate a crash between a 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche and a 2018 Ford E-350. The driver of the Avalanche was making a left turn from northbound Telegraph Road onto Caton Hill Road when the vehicle crossed paths with the E-350 that was traveling south on Telegraph Road straight through the intersection.

The driver of the Ford appears to of had a green signal to proceed into the intersection, while the driver of the Chevrolet turning left had a flashing yellow arrow indicating the driver should yield to oncoming traffic before safely proceeding, police said. The force of the collision rotated the Avalanche before the vehicle came to a rest in the intersection.

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80 sickened, 8 taken to hospital during Stafford schools convocation, largest ever at FredNats stadium

By Uriah Kiser

Eighty people fell ill Friday, August 5, at a Stafford County Public Schools convocation gathering, an event to welcome teachers back and excite teachers for school for the new year.

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Man, 20, faces charges after toddler fires gun

By Potomac Local News

A Stafford man was arrested on Wednesday, August 4, after a child in his care gained access to a handgun and fired a round.

At 6:36 p.m. on Wednesday, deputies responded to Fern Oak Circle in the Village of Aquia off Route 1 for the report of a shooting. The residents of an apartment below where the shooting took place called 911 to report a bullet had just come through their ceiling. No one was injured.

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All 3 suspects tied to Elevation One apartments shooting arrested

By Potomac Local News

Three people are now in custody after shooting at the Elevation One apartment complex in the 14300 block of Jefferies Road in Woodbridge.

Manassas City police found Maurice Eric Sowers IV on Tuesday, August 2. He joins two others who are arrested and charged in the shooting, Emerson Titus McCallister and Daniele Depaolis, who were arrested on July 18.

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Alvarez Contreras pleas guilty to striking, killing Manassas Park man

By Potomac Local News
Alvarez Contreras

Keiry Beatriz Alvarez Contreras, 23, pleaded guilty on May 9, 2022, to striking and killing 74-year-old Jose Pastor Manzanareas with her car.

Last fall, Alvarez Contreras was driving on Route 28 near Connor Drive in Manassas Park when she struck the victim. After the collision, police said the man tried to use his cell phone to call for help, but Alvarez Contreras stopped her car, got out, swiped the phone, and tossed it away.

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Bullets strike front door of Manassas area home

By Press Release

On Tuesday, August 2, at 3:04 p.m., officers responded to the Regency Apartments located in the 9800 block of Shallow Creek Loop near Manassas to investigate shots fired call.

The investigation revealed multiple gunshots were heard before a resident of one apartment located damage to their front door.

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Guevara Contreras found guilty of raping child

By Press Release
The Judicial Center for Prince William County, Manassas, and Manassas Park.

In December 2021, Prince William County Police began an investigation into allegations of multiple counts of rape of a juvenile after the juvenile revealed the sexual assaults to a school employee.

The employee notified Child Protective Services, and police began a joint investigation with the Prince William County Police Special Victim’s Bureau was initiated.

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Motorcycle rider killed on Route 3 at Central Park

By Press Release

Virginia State Police is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash in Spotsylvania County. The crash occurred Saturday, July 30 at 10:40 p.m. along Route 3 at Market Street, at Central Park.

A 2003 Suzuki motorcycle was traveling west on Route 3 at a high rate of speed in the left lane when it swerved to avoid slower-moving traffic. The motorcycle then collided with a 2019 Chevrolet Traverse traveling westbound in the right lane. The rider was thrown from the motorcycle.

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Additional charges filed against Stafford arson suspect

By Potomac Local News
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A 19-year-old Chesapeake man charged with arson faces additional charges.

Michael Bowling, 19, faces three additional counts of felony grand larceny, as well as, nine counts of misdemeanor tampering with vehicles. That’s in addition to charges get caught in July: grand larceny and destroying a vehicle

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Hail of gunfire unleashed in Woodbridge during murder, police seek tips

By Potomac Local News
Surveillance video captured by a camera at a home in the Georgetown neighborhood in Woodbridge when Brian Darnell Marshall was shot and killed July 20. [Image: Prince William police]

Surveillance video captured by a camera at a home in the Georgetown neighborhood in Woodbridge when Marshall was shot and killed July 20, shows two men creeping along an alley between two rows of townhomes before unleashing a hail of more than 30 bullets shot from a rifle and handgun, police said.

Police are still searching for the men depicted in the video and are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the two.

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