A pastor faces sexual assault charges.
According to Prince William police, at 8:58 a.m. on Thursday, April 14, officers went to investigate a sexual assault at the Reconciliation Community Church at 14654 Joplin Road near Manassas.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An 18-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in Lake Ridge.
On Wednesday, April 13 at 2:56 p.m., officers responded to a residence to investigate a rape.
A homeowner confronted a man who broke into his home, police said.
Manassas police were called to a burglary in progress on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 11 p.m., in the 8600 block of Liberia Avenue. According to police, the suspect broke a glass door and entered the home, where the homeowner confronted him.