The Department of Homeland Security came to Gainesville to help hotel employees learn how to recognize potential sex trafficking victims.
They gathered at a Hampton Inn as part of DHS’ Blue Campaign, ‘the unified voice for DHS’ efforts to combat human trafficking which involves law enforcement, government, non-governmental, and private organizations to protect the basic right of freedom and bring those who exploit human lives to justice.”
From Prince William police:
Shooting Investigation | Armed Robbery – On September 8 at 9:21AM, officers responded to the 4600 block of Kamet Ct. in Woodbridge (22192) to investigate a shooting. Several residents reported to police that they heard multiple gun shots in the above area.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY – Four people are in custody after a robbery turned to murder in Dumfries.
Detectives from the Prince William County Police Criminal Investigations Division, with assistance from the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force, made multiple arrests in connection to the murder of James Edward Grooms that occurred in the area of Buell Court and Old Triangle Road in Dumfries on July 20.
A woman was held with a gun to her head and nearly raped at a vaping supply store.
The 27-year-old victim walked into East Coast Vapers, at 432 Garrisonville Road in North Stafford, just before it closed Friday, August 30. A store employee then pointed a gun at her head and tried to sexually assault her, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office.
Police found the body of a man shot to death was found early Thursday.
Officers were called to the area of Bel Air Road and Jefferies Road, off Route 1 in Woodbridge at 1:06 a.m. to investigate a shots fired call. They found the body of 25-year-old Eric Lanier Tate II, of Woodbridge.
MANASSAS — Prince William County Commonwealth Attorney Paul Ebert ruled a police shooting that occurred last week in Lake Ridge as justified.
Prince William police issued this statement:
STAFFORD — A suspect was arrested on numerous charges early Wednesday morning by units with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office.
On Aug. 13, around 11:50 p.m., Deputy Russo and Deputy Fulford responded to reports of a suspicious vehicle driving in a field at Fredericksburg Motor Sports located at 430 Kings Highway.
STAFFORD — Three juveniles are custody and charged with murder in the shooting death of a man in North Stafford.
The Stafford sheriffs office reports:
LAKE RIDGE — In an update on an officer-involved shooting in Lake Ridge, Prince William police told us Monday that police had information the shooting victim was armed with a pellet gun.
From police:
STAFFORD COUNTY — A shoeless, 26-year-old man hitched a ride on a school bus to Stafford High School.
The bus picked up the man in the Lansberry Park neighborhood in the George Washington District, near Fredericksburg, on Thursday morning. In addition to having no shoes on his feet, the man also had no pack on his back, said Stafford sheriff’s office spokeswoman Amanda Vicinanzo.
