Update 10 a.m.
Though extra security remains in place at Potomac Senior High School, it’s business as usual there today.
Crime
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police said a man forced his way into a trailer on the grounds of a minerals plant, stole a truck, and then used it to ram open a gate.
Officers were called at 6:11 a.m. Saturday to the Vulcan Materials Company at 13260 Marina Way in Woodbridge for a report of destruction of property. The suspect forced open a trailer on the site, found a set of keys to a truck parked in the lot, and then tried to use the truck to flee the lot, according to police documents.
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STAFFORD, Va. — The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in helping to identify the individuals responsible for the shoplifting of over $7,000.00 worth of electronics from the Walmart store at 217 Garrisonville Road on Friday, March 23.
On Friday, March 23, Sgt. Rebecca Losiewski responded to the Wal-Mart on Garrisonville Road for the report of a shoplifting incident. Loss prevention personnel of Wal-Mart told Sgt. Losiewski that in the early morning hours of March 23 a male suspect was spotted in the electronic section briefly but was seen entering and exiting the store numerous times. He was also seen waiting in or around the suspect vehicle. The second male suspect was seen entering the store and going to the electronic section.
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Driver showed deputy walker ID, not license, say authorities
Sheriff’s authorities stopped a vehicle near Walmart on U.S. 17 in south Stafford after it appeared to have no recognizable license plates.
A sheriff’s deputy stopped the vehicle at 7:55 p.m. as it was traveling south along the highway. The vehicle appeared to have two separate license plates, the numbers on them faded or vague, with no visible state identification, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
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STAFFORD, Va. — An undercover investigation has led to charges for two men accused of purchasing steel used to form railroad tracks, which is illegal to possess in Virginia.
A detective from the Stafford Sheriff’s Office went to Northern Virginia Metal Recyclers at 32 Eskimo Hill Road in Stafford on March 19 and sold the metal, known as Pig Iron, to the two suspects. After the sale was complete, sheriff’s deputies swooped in, executed a search warrant, and arrested the suspects, said sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — A woman was pepper sprayed while sitting in a car with two other women, sheriff authorities said.
The Stafford Sheriff’s office at 12:13 a.m. Saturday was called to Dunbar Drive in a rural area of Stafford County, near the Lake Arrowhead subdivision, where they found a woman who was shaken and upset, wearing a shirt covered in dirt.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police in Prince William County are investigating a series of rapes.
In the first case, a 27-year-old woman told police Saturday morning she had been involved in an argument with a suspect at an apartment in the 15000 block of Lost Canyon Court in Woodbridge on Friday night. The fight escalated and the suspect broke the victim’s cell phone preventing her from calling police and then sexually assaulted the victim, according to police documents.
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A Woodbridge man and former police officer who admitted to stealing coins from Metro and then using them to buy lottery tickets has plead guilty.
John Vincent Haile, 52, of Woodbridge and his accomplice, Dexter McDade, 58, of Bowie, Md., plead guilty to theft concerning programs receiving Federal funds and conspiring to commit money laundering.
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — A man was robbed at gunpoint in Lake Ridge on Wednesday.
The 38-year-old victim was walking in the 12600 block of Harbor Drive when a man with a gun approached him, told him to lay on the ground, and then the demanded his wallet.
LORTON, Va. — Fairfax County Police are investigating reports of 10 cars being stolen while their owners left them running in their driveways in the Lorton area off Silverbook Road.
The vehicles range in value from a 2004 Toyota Corolla worth about $8,000 to a 2012 Acura TL valued at around $50,000.