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Grand jury hands down charges in Denny’s homicide

By Arabella Thornhill
Two men were shot, one fatally, after two armed men entered a Denny's restaurant near Manassas on Dec. 26, 2019. [Surveillance photo: Prince Willam police)

A grand jury has handed down indictments have been handed down in the case of a homicide that occurred at a Denny’s restaurant on Sudley Road near Manassas, in the early morning hours of the day after Christmas in 2019.

The Prince William County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office announced it has gone over interviews with victims and witnesses of the shooting that took the life of 56-year-old Yusif Ozgur, a delivery driver who was picking up food from the eatery when he was shot and killed.

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Motorcyclist charged with DUI in Stafford County

By Arabella Thornhill
A Stafford County Sheriff's' patrol car.

Man swerving on and off the road ends up being pulled over by police and was ultimately found to be intoxicated, police say.

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Man receives text messages of demands of money along with pictures of mutilated bodies, authorities say

By Arabella Thornhill

Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating four different crimes events that all occurred Monday, June 29. 

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Pedestrian struck following fight outside Stafford County house

By Uriah Kiser
A Stafford County Sheriff's' patrol car.

Stafford sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene of a pedestrian who was struck on Poplar Road.

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Victim got call from a woman claiming to be his granddaughter in trouble

By Arabella Thornhill

The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office warns public of a scam after man gathers money to help, what he believed to be, his granddaughter in trouble and gives money to a courier.

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Sheriff’s report: Stafford woman faces DUI charge

By Uriah Kiser
A Stafford County Sheriff's' patrol car.

In today’s sheriff’s blotter, authorities tell us a Stafford woman now faces a DUI charge. 

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Driver arrested following head-on collision, faces DUI charge

By Uriah Kiser
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Stafford authorities said they arrested a Fredericksburg woman following a head-on collision on Route 17.

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After bloody assault, Stafford man charged with unlawful entry, preventing the use of 911

By Uriah Kiser
A Stafford County Sheriff's' patrol car.

Stafford County authorities said they were called to the scene of an assault and found a bloodied victim.

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