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On April 20 at 2 a.m., officers went to the Sutton Apartments located in the 2300 block of Vantage Drive in Woodbridge to investigate an indecent exposure.

A 26-year-old woman told police that she heard a knock at her door and upon opening the door, she saw a black man without clothes exposing himself, and making inappropriate gestures.


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A road rage incident early Easter morning resulted in the arrest of three suspects.

On April 17 at 1:38 a.m., deputies responded to the area of Woodstream Boulevard in North Stafford for a fight. As Sergeant K.P. Lytle made his way toward the scene, he learned the parties had fled in two vehicles and were getting onto Interstate 95 north.


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[Updated April 19] A 20-year-old woman was raped twice in her own home, police said.

At 12:25 p.m. on January 11, 2022, officers investigated a sexual assault at a home in the Dumfries area on October 13, 2021. The 20-year-old victim told police that an acquaintance was visiting early on the morning of October 13 when he went into the basement.


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A 14-year-old girl was shot in the stomach at a spring carnival at a high school in Woodbridge.

At 9:22 p.m. Friday, April 15, off-duty police officers hired to patrol a carnival at Gar-Field High School at 14000 Smoketown Road heard what sounded like gunfire coming from an area near the school entrance. The sound caused carnival goers to flee.


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According to police, Prince William County school Information Technology Specialist sexually assaulted multiple students while on school grounds.

On April 6, detectives with the Special Victims Bureau, in conjunction with Child Protective Services, began an investigation into an alleged sexual assault at John Jenkins Elementary School, at 4060 Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge, involving a school staff member. Police identified four victims, all 8-year-old girls, as being inappropriately touched by the accused while in his office within the school building between March and April 2022.


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A Stafford County daycare owner turned herself in to authorities after three infants were taken to a hospital with exposure to THC.

On March 2, 2022, Deputy A.J. Deasy went to Stafford Hospital and found three children, all one year of age, and all from separate homes, were treated in the emergency room after their parents observed lethargic and uncoordinated behavior and glassy, bloodshot eyes.


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A group of Rippon Middle School students is the focus of a lengthy investigation after a student was robbed at knifepoint, and police learned a student brought a gun to school.

On Wednesday, April 6, at 4:52 p.m., officers were called to investigate a robbery in the 14800 block of Blackburn Road, near Featherstone Elementary School in Woodbridge, earlier that afternoon.


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A woman was shot while sitting in her Dumfries home.

Officers were called to an unrelated incident at 1:20 a.m. Thursday, April 14. Officers went to a home in the 1800 block of Fort Pulaski Ct in Dumfries to investigate a shooting into a townhouse. According to police, a 23-year-old woman was inside her home when shots were fired into the home by someone in the front parking lot.


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