STAFFORD, Va. — The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information from anyone who has purchased magazines from door-to-door salesmen in the last few months.
The Sheriff’s Office started receiving complaints from citizens at the end of March after citizens purchased magazine subscriptions from salesmen who came to their door. The salesmen claimed that the subscriptions would go toward wounded soldiers or could be sent as a gift or delivered directly to the house.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police found a child alone in a Woodbridge apartment and now a woman faces charges.
Officers were called to the 1400 block of Bayside Drive at 1:50 p.m. Friday after a maintenance worker found a 1-year-old boy alone inside a home. While police were there, the woman who was supposed to be watching the child – a family member of the child’s — returned to the apartment, according to police reports.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Thefts from autos is up in Stafford County prompting a new campaign aimed at preventing crime.
Stafford Sheriff Charles E. Jett announced the “Take It, Hide It, Lock It, or Lose It” campaign today, urging residents to remove valuable items from their cars or at least hide them from plain view, and then to lock their cars. The campaign comes as larcenies in Stafford have risen by 45 percent in recent months largely due to unlocked cars.
By MICHAEL BODINE
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – Thomas Haynesworth spent 27 years in prison on three felony charges before DNA testing proved he was innocent. He was exonerated last December, and the General Assembly compensated Haynesworth this spring for his wrongful incarceration.
FROM UNEDITED POLICE REPORTS
Strong Armed Robbery – On May 28th at 3:40PM, police responded to the 16600 block of Harwood Oaks Dr in Dumfries (22026) for a robbery. The victim, a 15 year old male of Dumfries, reported to police that he and a friend were walking on a trail in the area above when they were approached by two unknown males, one of which, was carrying a large stick and demanded the victim’s property. The males took the victim’s cell phone and an undisclosed amount of U.S. Currency before fleeing on foot. No property was reported missing from the victim’s friend. No injuries were reported.
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — In the wake of a stabbing of three horses on April 26, more barnyard animals have been injured by an unknown assailant at the Kidwell Barn at Frying Pan Park in the Herndon area. Two goats, a calf and a chicken were cut by an unknown object during the nighttime hours between 5 p.m. Saturday, May 26 and 7 a.m. Sunday, May 27.
Farm staff discovered the injuries around 8 a.m. when they went to feed the animals. The calf and one of the goats are both under a year old and bottle-fed. They have no fear of humans and would approach anyone who came near thinking they might be fed.
DUMFRIES, Va. — A Triangle woman is accused of trying to steal a baby from a bus and then punching a police officer in the face.
On Friday, a 16-year-old Dumfries girl called 911 after a woman tried to grab a child on an OmniLink bus. The caller said the suspect asked if she could hold her six-month-old son, according to police documents.
FROM UNEDITED POLICE REPORTS:
(22193). The investigation revealed that the victim, a 10 year old girl of Woodbridge, was sexually assaulted by the accused, a known family member, the night prior. Following an investigation, the accused was subsequently arrested.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Two men wanted in a homicide in Florida were captured today on Interstate 95 in North Stafford.
Virginia State Police troopers received a “be on the lookout” alert from police in Palm Bay, Fla. warning of two men in a white SUV headed north on I-95. Those men are suspected of shooting and killing 26-year-old Raymond Torres, who was shot Wednesday afternoon while standing in his driveway at his home in Palm Bay.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — A homeless man was shot and killed in an apparent act of self-defense.
A man and woman were sitting a parked car having a conversation outside Earl’s Hardware at 300 Chatham Heights Drive in Falmouth when they saw two men walking across the parking lot about 11 p.m. Tuesday. One of the men came up to car and asked the male occupant for cash. The man declined and told the beggar and his companion to go away.
