By ALEX MORTON
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – Jessica Wood understands better than most how easy it is for minors to purchase alcohol and tobacco in Virginia. When she was 15, she had an unusual part-time job – helping undercover agents bust retailers who sell such products to minors.
MAN, WOMAN SHOT EXPECTED TO RECOVER
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A man and woman who were shot last night in Woodbridge are recovering, and now an arrest has been made.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police in Woodbridge are investigating a shooting tonight in the 2900 block of Wetherburn Court.
Two adults are reported to have been shot, and one of them was flown to a local hospital, according to police. Their injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Investigators made an arrest in an alleged murder-for-hire plot which was reportedly arranged just blocks from a major police station in Woodbridge.
Prince William police and the ATF Northern Virginia Violent Crimes Taskforce began investigating an arrangement made May 10 between the accused and the would-be victim, a 28-year-old man of Woodbridge, according to police documents. Those documents state the suspect and the 28-year-old have been continuously involved in a domestic-related dispute.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Investigators identified a man they say can be linked to a series of 32 larcenies form cars in North Stafford.
Bill Kennedy of the Stafford sheriff’s department said several larcenies from autos have been reported over the last few weeks in the Shadow Woods and Towns of Hampton Oaks neighborhoods.
By PIA TALWAR
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – You soon will face state fines and criminal charges if you buy large quantities of cigarettes in Virginia intending to resell them in state with a higher tobacco tax.
DUMFRIES, Va. — A woman faces an malicious unlawful wounding charges after an argument turned violent Saturday morning.
Police were called to the 3500 block of Briarwood Drive, near Va. 234 near Dumfries, after a 21-year-old man said he was involved in an altercation with a 19-year-old woman about at 10:30 a.m.
By LEAH SMALL
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – When a police helicopter was flying overhead searching for a criminal suspect in Virginia Beach, Christopher Willingham did something he now acknowledges was “stupid”: He pointed a green laser at the helicopter – temporarily blinding the pilot and halting the search.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — A church in North Stafford was burglarized and now lawn its care equipment is missing.
A sheriff’s deputy was called to the Stafford Korean Baptist Church on Onville Road, just off Va. 610, on Tuesday when the a riding lawnmower, push mower, gas, and other items were reported stolen from a shed. The burglary happened between 8 and 10:30 a.m., said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. – A female student reported she was inappropriately touched by a male student during class at Woodbridge Middle School.
The 12-year-old student went to the school’s guidance staff about noon last Wednesday, May 2, to report that a male student had touched her breasts, through her shirt, at least 30 times since the beginning of the school year, according to the victim’s father whose name is being witheld for the safety of the alleged victim.
