MANASSAS — The City of Manassas Fire Marshal’s office has finished their arson investigation which led to the arrest of Tammy Burke on May 29.
On May 22, a fire was reported in the 9000 block of Quarry Street in Manassas. The cause of the fire was investigated and determined to be arson. There were no injuries.
From Manassas police:
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.
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.
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.
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.
STAFFORD — Authorities are hoping people who were working with a fake psychologist in Stafford County will come forward with their stories.
Stafford County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a woman who has been posing as a psychologist in Stafford for several years.
HAYMARKET — On May 16, a second man sought in connection to the 2018 fatal overdose of a Dustin Colburn Lueker, 25, of Haymarket man, was arrested.
Jacob Carl Belotti turned himself in police without incident.
GAINESVILLE — Police arrested a man in connection to a fatal hit and run crash that killed a 17-year-old boy.
The crash occurred in the area of Sudley and Catharpin Roads near Gainesville on September 22, 2018. A tip received by police in September lead investigators to a vehicle possibly involved in the incident said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
STAFFORD — A suspect behind a string of residential burglaries in the Crescent Pointe subdivision has been arrested by units with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office.
On May 7, 2019, the Sheriff’s Office received two separate reports of home burglaries on Pilot Knob Loop. In the first incident, a resident reported that an unknown suspect had broken into her home and stolen Chinese food from the refrigerator.
