Crime

A Fredericksburg man pleaded guilty today to lying on an ATF form in the course of straw-purchasing seven firearms for a convicted felon and criminal street gang member.

According to court documents, following the recovery of a firearm by the Metropolitan Police Department that had been purchased just one week prior, ATF agents reviewed firearm transaction records and determined that Chad Thomas Lamph, 22, had purchased that firearm and numerous others from federal firearms licensees in December of 2019.

A woman is charged with assault and battery of a 7-month-old child that was in her care.

On September 14, Deputy R.T. Philippsen responded to an apartment in Stafford County for a report of child abuse. The parents of a 7-month-old infant had returned home and discovered a red mark on the side of the infant’s face. The parents reviewed video taken of their child’s nanny, who works inside of their home.

A Stafford County man is facing DUI charges after a traffic stop on Garrisonville Road.

At 1 a.m. today, a Stafford sheriff’s deputy stopped a car after it failed to move over. The deputy just returned to his marked sheriffs after conducting a traffic stop near Garrisonville and Shelton Shop roads in North Stafford. He was stopped on the side of the road with his emergency lights on.

A driver who tried to provide false identification during a traffic stop in Stafford County yesterday ended up with numerous charges and jail without bond, according to the Stafford sheriff’s office.

On September 22 at 10:07 p.m., Deputy B.E. Vaughn saw a Dodge pickup turn from Staffordboro Boulevard onto Foxwood Drive and strike the stop sign. They deputed stopped the diver made contact with the driver and asked for identification. The driver explained he did not have his license but provided a name and date of birth.

A law enforcement drone is credited with the arrest of a man wanted for assault and battery.

Stafford sheriff’s deputies were called at 10:09 p.m. to a home on Pribble Lane for a report of a man with a gun.Deputy S.A. Fulford learned that Cousins had assaulted someone at the residence and fled into the nearby woods.