Stafford County, Va. — A series of break-ins at have kept law enforcement officers in Stafford County busy.
Two homes were broken into Monday along Hollywood Farm Road in south Stafford. A sheriff’s deputy was called to a home in the 100 block of Hollywood Farms Road about 4 p.m. where a house had it doors cracked and kicked open, was ransacked and a small jar of change and some medications taken.
A the two men, along with another, were riding inside a Chevrolet Impala that was being pursued by police when the car pulled into a rest stop along Interstate 95 north in Dale City, weaved through the parking lot and then made an attempt to get back onto the highway. As they did, a tractor trailer clobbered the car trapping one person while the other two escaped.
After a few hours of searching a wooded area near the rest stop, Virginia State Police called off their search about 7 p.m. Friday, said VSP spokeswoman Corinne Geller.
A man walked into Famous Footwear in the 1100 block of Stafford Marketplace just off Va. 610 in North Stafford about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, brandished a small handgun and demanded the clerk open the register, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
The clerk opened the register and the man reached in and pulled out several large bills and fled the scene, said Kennedy.
The Washington Post reports a 48-year-old man turned himself into police Monday and was released on his own recognizance.
The 17-year-old victim who plays for C.D. Hylton was allegedly hit in the face by a parent who volunteers at Potomac, after the school’s football team lost to Hylton’s, 19-7 .
Residents at a home on Pewter Lane, behind the shopping center on Va. 610 in North Stafford, said they left their home early in the afternoon Sunday. They didn’t turn on any lights before they left, but when they got home just before 10 p.m. lights were on and items like a computer and other electronics, computer games, bottles of alcohol were all missing, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
In addition to missing items, other possessions were strewn about the floor and a bedroom window had been opened, he added.
A woman told police three men were in her neighborhood on Hope Road in Stafford about 1:15 p.m. Saturday and offered to repave her driveway. The woman initially said no but the men then drastically dropped the price of their services and went to work, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
When the woman’s son showed up he began to ask questions, said Kennedy. The men were unable to provide ID or a business card, and when the son asked the men why they were using millings – a cheaper form of gravel – on the driveway they stopped working, said “Merry Christmas,” and fled, said Kennedy.
Stafford, Va. — Two men are in custody today charged in a series of burglaries in North Stafford and Fauquier County.
Their recent string of burglaries targeted homes off Va. 610, on Chadwick and Newbury drives, Poplar Road in Staffords Rock Hill section, and on Tacketts Mill and Beaver Lodge roads just over the Stafford County line in Fauquier.
One man learned that Tuesday about 6 p.m. when he went into the popular pizza eatery on Va. 610 in North Stafford, took some food from a backpack and asked the restaurant owner to heat it up. The owner said no because he didn’t buy the food from the restaurant, and that’s when the hungry man became irate, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
The man began to curse and threaten the owner and was told to leave. When he didn’t the owner grabbed a stick and, never hitting the man with it, used it to escort the man to the door, said Kennedy. The man continued to argue and that’s when the owner’s brother who was also at the restaurant ran to help, and was punched in the face by the irate man, said Kennedy.
A sheriff’s deputy was parked outside Main Street Grill and Bar on Va. 610 about 1:15 a.m. Saturday when a woman told him a friend had been assaulted .The deputy found the 32-year-male victim had been beaten and bloodied, and was coughing up blood, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
The victim told the deputy he had been struck at least three times by a man inside the bar, and victim’s friends corroborated his story, said Kennedy.
On October 25, 2011 at approximately 7:30 in the evening an unknown male attempted to abduct a 17 year old female while she was walking between apartments. The female victim reported that she was walking from one apartment to another when an unknown male, driving a beige colored car, followed her. The male stopped the car and told the female to “get in the car.” The victim refused and the male then said that if she did not get in the car he would get out and make her get in. The victim ran and the male suspect drove off saying that he would return to get her. Due to the fear the victim was experiencing as a result of this incident the information was not shared with Stafford Authorities until today. The information was given to the victim’s School Resource Officer at school today.
The vehicle is described as a long, 4-door sedan, beige inside and out, with stock silver wheels and squeaky brakes. The suspect is described as a light skinned (possible Hispanic) male, thin but muscular with short black hair that was spiked in the front. No facial hair was noted and the suspect spoke with a faint accent.
