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STAFFORD, Va. — Shots were fired into a townhouse on Cummings Drive about 10:30 p.m. Friday.

No one was hurt, but the two people inside the house near the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said they heard what sounded like gunshots. They went to investigate and found what appeared to be two bullet holes in a shattered rear glass door, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.


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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — It appears someone is posing as the daughter of the owner of a house listed for rent in the Dumfries area, police said.

A Maryland woman responded to an ad on Craigslist on Saturday. She met with a woman who said she was the daughter of the owner of the house, and then the victim gave the stranger more than $1,700 — enough for the security deposit and first month’s rent, police said.


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MANASSAS, Va. — Police at Northern Virginia Community College in Manassas are investigating a sexual assault that took place in the college’s parking lot.

Officers on Thursday were notified about the attack, which happened at the campus’ B1 metered parking lot at 2 p.m. Tuesday, where the victim of the assault had been walking.


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DUMFRIES, Va. — Police say an arranged meeting between a man and a woman at a Dumfries hotel room led to an armed robbery.

The 23-year-old female victim in the case told police she arranged to meet a man she didn’t know at a Comfort Inn on Old Stage Coach Road. Police were called there at 12:10 a.m. Wednesday.


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DALE CITY, Va. — A police detective was hit by a car after witnessing a drug deal in Dale City, police said.

It happened at a 7-Eleven store at 7001 Dale Boulevard,near Hoadly Road, on Friday. Detectives from Prince William police’s Street Crimes Unit witnesses a drug transaction in the parking lot pf o o f the store between the driver of a car and another person. When the detective approached the car, the driver put the car into reverse and backed it up, then stopped, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.


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