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Crime
Three men face murder charges in connecting to the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy.
Police found the unidentified teenager suffering gunshot wounds in the 4700 block of Still Place, off Savannah Drive in Dale City, on Monday, July 12. The boy died at the scene, police said.
On Friday, July 16, members of the Virginia State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force served a search warrant in the 8600 block of Devonshire Court, a home daycare facility.
Through its investigation, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested Filomon Ventura Fernandez, who is charged with reproduction, distribution, solicitation, and facilitation of child sexual abuse material.
Prince William County
Reckless Handling of a Firearm *ARREST
Something exploded in Prince William County, but authorities don’t exactly know what it was.
Yesterday evening at 8:05 PM units were dispatched to the 3000 block of Bridgeton Ct. (Lake Ridge) for a reported explosion in the area. On arrival, remnants of a possible explosion were located in an outdoor common area of the townhome development. An undetonated device located near the scene was made safe by the State Police.
Two teenagers were shot in Prince William County late Monday night in Dumfries.
Shooting Investigation
A 17-year-old is dead after he was found shot to death today in Woodbridge. The deceased teen was found in a townhouse complex just off Minnieville Road.
Homicide Investigation – On July 12 at 11:01AM, officers responded to the 4700 block of Still Pl in Woodbridge (22193) to investigate a shooting. When officers arrived, they located a male juvenile suffering from gunshot wounds.
Prince William County
During the encounter, the suspects brandished firearms and then assaulted the victim, identified as an 18-year-old man. The suspects took a cell phone, shoes, and money before leaving the residence. The victim reported minor injuries. This incident does not appear to be random. The investigation continues.
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The Stafford County Board of Supervisors approved the implementation of a $5 fee to pay for the implementation of a new electronic summons system.
According to information from Stafford County, the system will save time by allowing sheriff's deputies by logging information into the system from the field and generating a court summons on the spot, freeing up the time of data entry employees that work back at the office.
This fee will also allow the county's sheriff's office department to fund and maintain the system, as well as fund any extras that go with the system, such as printers and scanners, according to Stafford Sheriff's Captain Lee Peters.
Anyone whose been charged with a crime, from a speeding violation to homicide, must pay.
Peters, after being asked by George Washington District Supervisor Tom Coen, confirmed that the sheriff's office doesn't consider the fee to be a tax. Those who accessed the system would be the only ones paying the fee. Virginia law allows the fee. The Virginia State Police already have such a program and fee in place, similar to what Stafford County will use.
The system would also be convenient to decrease the time it takes to settle a charge, officials said.
The information will also be uploaded to the Virginia State Police's new Community Policing Data Collection which collects and displays data on traffic stops on the state’s Open Data Portal. The collection is a result of the passage of the Community Policing Act which was passed in 2020 and became effective on July 1.
The act mandated that all law enforcement agencies that participate in traffic stops must upload information on stops to this site. The information currently on file on the site was collected from July 2020 to June 30, 2020, and will continue to be updated with current information and reviewed to make sure the available data is not out of date.
Stafford County
FRAUD