By MARY ROSENTHOL
For Potomac Local News
He and his brother Jerry L. Sword were arrested on murder charges in early November after the burned body of Manassas resident Anthony Bailey was found in Old Town Manassas.
Crime
MANASSAS, Va. — Someone is using the telephone to harass residents of Manassas and Prince William County falsely stating he’s raising money for the Manassas Police Department.
But officials said the department is not making these calls, and it does not hire third-party fundraisers to garner cash for its police officers.
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MONTCLAIR, Va. — Students and staff are outside Henderson Elementary School this morning after someone made a bomb threat at the school.
Police are on the scene, and students and staff are being held in a safe area while investigators work to determine the credibility of the threat, school officials said.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Someone shot out a window at Occoquan Elementary School on Monday morning.
Police said a single bullet was shot through one of the classroom windows of the school. No one was inside the school at the time of the shooting. The bullet damaged a SmartBoard inside a classroom causing $12,000 in damage, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
STAFFORD, Va. — Employees at Del’s Towing and Wrecker Service in North Stafford made a shattering discovery Friday morning – the glass door to their shop had been smashed.
Stafford County sheriff’s deputies were called to the businesses on Va. 610 just after 7:30 a.m., after employees found chards of glass broken. Nothing from the shop was stolen, said sheriff’s office spokesman Bill Kennedy.
QUANTICO, Va. — A man said to be trespassing on train tracks near Quantico was struck by a locomotive about 9 a.m. Saturday.
The 44-year-old man victim is said to be from Spotsylvania County and was attempting to cross the tracks when struck , said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
DALE CITY, Va. — With the help of a neighbor, the stolen property of a woman who was away from her home on vacation has been recovered by police.
The burglary victim who lives in the 13300 block of Kerrydale Road in Dale City called police April 19 after returning home from a trip. After she was away for four days, the woman told police jewelry, a game system, laptop, and firearm were all missing from her home.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police were called to a town home community in Woodbridge where they arrested a woman they said falsely called 911.
The caller told police she rents a room in a home in the 13000 block of Carolyn Forest Drive and could hear voices in a nearby basement. Apparently, the woman told police a burglary was in progress, but when officers arrived they found a dispute between the tenant and a landlord taking place, according to police reports.
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MANASSAS, Va. – Police were called to the Olde Town Sports Pub in Manassas on Sunday night after a guest became violent, according to police.
The man left the bar and had driven away in a car before police arrived, so officers fanned out to locate the man and were able to stop him in the area of Va. 28 and Maple Street, stated Manassas police Sgt. Lowell Nevill.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A Woodbridge man faces charges of assault and battery after a woman was beat up at a party.
It happened Friday night when the 25-year-old victim told police she was at a home in the 3300 block of Blazer Loop in Woodbridge she got into an argument with the person she came to the gathering with. That argument escalated and she was then forced into a bathroom where she was assaulted by the acquaintance, according to a police report.