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MANASSAS — At 4:25 p.m. on June 8, officers of the Manassas City Police Department responded to the area of Grant Avenue and Byrd Drive for a report of a hit and run.

The victim told police he was crossing Byrd Drive on his bicycle when he was struck by a car which did not stop afterward to see if he was okay.


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MANASSAS — On May 15, the Animal Control Section of the Manassas City Police Department received a complaint for possible animal care issues at Capital City Pups.

Animal Control Officers investigated the business. The investigation revealed numerous puppies were being held in inadequate conditions which violated the care of companion animal code of Virginia.


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Officers observed the suspect acting disorderly outside of the business. The suspect was placed under arrest for the charges of intoxicated in public, disorderly conduct, and carrying a concealed weapon while intoxicated. During the booking process, the suspect kicked an officer and was subsequently charged.


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ALEXANDRIA — (Press Release) A Mexican citizen who was convicted in state court of a sex offense against a minor pleaded guilty today to illegally reentering the United States.

According to court documents, Jose Fabian Murcia, 41, was removed from the country at taxpayer expense in 2001 and 2004. In 2018, law enforcement encountered him in Virginia after he was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual battery against a victim under the age of 13 and taking indecent liberties with a child by a person in a custodial or supervisory relationship – both felonies in Virginia. Fabian Murcia was later convicted in Prince William County for indecent liberties with a child.


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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — The Prince William County Police Department recently established a Missing Persons Unit in order to better address missing persons cases.

The investigations of missing person cases have evolved over the years. In order to prioritize the handling of these cases, and to include the necessary resources in the event the need arises, the Police Department has consolidated all missing person investigations into this new unit.


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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — A 17-year-old girl known only as “Jessica” is feared to be missing from a park near Manassas.

On May 20 at 9:20 p.m., officers were called to investigate a possible abduction that reportedly occurred in the area of Joseph D. Reading Park located at 8460 Maplewood Drive near Manassas sometime earlier that evening.


ALEXANDRIA – A Woodbridge woman was sentenced today to five years in prison for buying and selling wholesale quantities of high-grade methamphetamine.

According to court documents, Nina Booher, 36, bought pounds of methamphetamine for redistribution to her customers in Northern Virginia. Beginning in early 2018, Booher was buying pounds of methamphetamine every two or three weeks from her boyfriend and co-conspirator, Matthew Colby Cochran. Then, when she learned the identity of her boyfriend’s supplier, who was based in New York, she started buying methamphetamine directly from the supplier.


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