It’s a story we first told you about on our Facebook page Tuesday afternoon. Police swarmed the area around Ashdale Plaza and the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission bus terminal about 3 p.m. after an officer was assaulted, according to police.
Here’s an account from Prince William police addressing what happened:
Police are investigating a series of robberies involving taxi cabs near Manassas. Five cabbies have been robbed since Dec. 9.
The most recent robbery was at 3:21 a.m. in the area of Vernon Street and Tower Place. On Monday, police were called to a Walmart at Manassas Mall after a cabbie was robbed nearby.
The Manassas Fire Marshal’s Office wants to know who burned a car parked in the city’s Georgetown South neighborhood.
The car was set ablaze about 2 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 11. It was parked in the 9200 block of Taney Road.
Police said a man at a McDonalds restaurant was beaten during an altercation that started in a bathroom.
Here’s more in a police report:
WOODBRIDGE, Va. – On December 8, police went to Saks Fifth Avenue department store at Potomac Mills Mall after an unknown man tried to steal a pair of shoes and assaulted an employee when they tried to stop him. The man left the scene in a car and officers were not able to find the man after searching the nearby area.
Here’s the latest from Prince William police;
MANASSAS, Va. – On December 3, a physician at a Patient First facility in Manassas was arrested for sexually assaulting a 23-year-old male victim during an examination. According to the report, the incident occurred on November 10.
Here’s the latest from Prince William police;
A shooting in Stafford County has led to the arrest of five people tied to a methamphetamine ring. Investigators are searching for a sixth suspect.
More in a press release from Stafford County Sheriff’s Office:
A woman walking in the parking lot said a man came up from behind her, grouped her buttocks, and then tried to steal her purse.
Here’s more in a police report:
A driver hit a post inside the Potomac Mills Festival shopping center in Woodbridge.
The hit and run crash happened Monday night, according to Sarah Wyatt, who posted a photo of the damaged pillar to her Facebook page.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. – On Dec. 7, an employee at a Best Western hotel told police that an unknown man came in and went up to the counter with a handgun, demanding money.
Here’s the latest from Prince William police:
