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Police Report: 5th Mall Shooting Suspect Arrested | Carjacking | Child Skateboarder Charged

By Uriah Kiser
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A fifth suspect is charged in a shooting that occurred outside Manassas Mall on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.

As we reported in the link above, one of the suspected shooters was out on bond in connection to a December 2023 incident where he was charged with Reckless with a Gun Causing Permanent Serious Bodily Injury, a class 6 felony. His charges were later escalated to the Prince William County Circuit Court, where he was indicted on multiple counts, including Reckless Handling of a Firearm, Use of a Firearm in Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Firearm Under 18 Years Old, and Malicious Wounding.

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Police Report: Body Identified | Man Shot | Cabela’s Window Smashed

By Uriah Kiser
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We first told you about the discovery on Friday.

Death Investigation – On July 12 at 3:20PM, officers responded to Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) located at 2635 College Dr. in Woodbridge (22191) to investigate a death. The investigation revealed NVCC police located the personal belongings of an individual, later identified as a 20-year-old man, near a pond and contacted Prince William County police. A short time later, the man’s body was located and recovered from the pond by Fire & Rescue personnel. Preliminarily, there are no signs of foul play in the man’s death. The cause and manner of death is pending by the Medical Examiner’s Office.

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Manassas Man, 44, Turns Himself In Following Domestic Dispute

By Caitlyn Meisner

Adam Bradley Holbrook, 44, turned himself in to Prince William County Police after an arrest warrant was obtained following a domestic dispute on July 14.

Officers responded to a residence in the 9100 block of Wyche Knoll Lane in Manassas at 3:33 a.m. on July 14 to investigate a verbal domestic dispute.

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Manassas Mall Shooting Suspect Was Out on Bond; 2 More Face Charges

By Uriah Kiser
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Eric Ronaldo Benitez, 22, of Croce Court, near Manassas is in custody. The second suspect, Tayvion Omari Thornton, 18, of Cove Landing Drive in Woodbridge, is wanted.

Benitez is charged with two counts of malicious wounding, 1 count of willfully discharging a firearm in a public place, and one count of using a gun in the commission of a felony.

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Police Arrest Suspect in Sexual Assault Case from 2015-2016

By Caitlyn Meisner

Jonathan Matthew Campbell, 37, was arrested and charged on June 22 by Prince William County Police following an investigation into sexual assaults reported to have occurred between February 2015 and February 2016.

In the daily incident report released by Prince William County, the investigation reported the accuser, who was under 13 years old at the time of the offenses, was sexually assaulted more than once by Campbell, who she knew. The investigation revealed two other girls under 13 were sexually assaulted between January 2018 and April 2019.

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High-Flying Fugitive Falls Flat: Stafford Man’s Escape Thwarted by Deputies

By Kelly Sienkowski
Derrick Eady, 22

A wanted man in Stafford was apprehended after a foot chase that ended with his fall from a fence behind a Panda Express. Derrick Eady, 22, was caught by deputies and is now held without bond on multiple charges, including obstructing justice.

Eady was wanted for Failure to Appear, and has a number of prior charges in recent years including Trespass, Obstruction of Justice, Public Intoxication, and Possession of Drugs.

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Manassas Mall Shooting: 3 Charged; Police Seek Additional Suspects

By Uriah Kiser and Caitlyn Meisner

1:40 p.m. Wednesday, July 10 – Police have identified the woman previously pictured with the suspects to be a hospital employee who was not involved in the shooting. Prince William County Police have released a new photo array of the suspects, pictured above.

9:15 a.m. Wednesday, July 10 – Police have arrested three in connection to a double shooting at Manassas Mall. One of them, a 23-year-old man, remains hospitalized. He was injured during an altercation between men outside the mall.

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