WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Two violent crimes in Woodbridge sparked reaction from Prince William County’s top leader Corey Stewart on Tuesday, who says the rate of violent crime in the county is going up.
A large fight broke out in the food court at Potomac Mills mall on Feb. 15 and two teenagers were charged. While the fight broke out when the mall was full of people, false information claiming that a shooting also happened during the fight went viral. No shots were ever fired.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Someone crawled into a woman’s bed and sexually assaulted her. Now police are asking the public to beware of strangers in one Manassas-area neighborhood, just off Old Centreville Road.
Here’s more in an unedited police press release:
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — A child was found barefoot and sitting by a creek in North Stafford.
A man called 911 just before 3 p.m. Thursday and told authorities he had seen a small girl try to approach him while he was working in the garage at his home in the area of Garrison Woods Drive and Onville Road.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Police say three teenagers posted inappropriate images of girls onto the Instagram social network to harass their victims.
Three teenagers are charged with computer harassment.
MANASSAS, Va. — Someone broke into Wireless Jungle in Manassas.
Here’s more in a Manassas police report:
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Police in Prince William County have asked for your helping in finding an man who robbed a bank in Nokesville on Thursday.
MANASSAS, Va. — On February 21 shortly before 9 p.m., Irene Coca’s life changed forever when three armed men entered Platanillos Grocery and Jewelry in Woodbridge and shot Coca’s daughter, killing her.
Glenda Marisol Coca-Romero had only been in the U.S. for a year and a half, according to her father. She was a nice girl who loved to talk to customers at the store where she worked.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — It’s been over a week and there are still few clues in the shooting death of 21-year-old Glenda Marisol Coca-Romero.
Romoero was shot and killed on the evening of Friday, Feb. 21, while working at the Platanillos Grocery store on U.S. 1 in Woodbridge. Another 42-year-old woman working alongside her was also shot causing life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital.
11:30 a.m.
A search of a neighborhood was prompted by driver fleeing police.
Update 4:45 p.m.
Police have described some of those involved in today’s robbery in Lake Ridge.
