North Stafford, Va. — One man was stabbed outside a bar in North Stafford early Saturday.
The unidentified victim was leaving Mainstreet Bar and Grill at 315 Garrisonville Road (Va. 610) about 1:30 a.m. when someone began yelling at him outside the bar. The victim turned around, walked up to the man and asked him to repeat himself, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Kevin Jack Johnson, 40, was charged in connection to a June 19 fire at Russell’s Automotive at 3799 Jefferson Davis Highway, near Quantico Corporate Center.
After fire crews doused the blaze, officials obtained information leading to the arrest of Johnson, charging him with burglary and arson of an unoccupied building, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.
William Hurlbut, 29, of Fredericksburg, will spend 250 months in jail followed by 25 years of supervised release after he plead guilty in June to producing child pornography, according to U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Neil H. McBride.
Hurlbut performed sex acts on the child while he was sleeping and filmed the acts with his iPhone in 2009. McBride said Hurlbut knew the boy since he was just six-months-old.
Stafford, Va. — A man and woman were shot and a Stafford man now faces charges.
Stafford sheriff’s deputies were called to Mary Washington Hospital to find a 21-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man both suffering non-life threatening gunshot wounds. The two were dropped off at the hospital, and they told investigators they were shot after they got into an argument with 74-year-old Willie Claude Herring II, of 1555 Brooke Road in Stafford, said sheriff’s department spokesman Bill Kennedy.
A Stafford sheriff’s deputy was standing in the commons area of the high school on Va. 610 in North Stafford at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday when a student walked up to the deputy and said another student wanted to fight him.
The student pointed out his would-be attacker to the deputy, and the law enforcement officer approached the student, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
NOVA shooter gets 5 years
The man who walked into the Woodbridge campus of Northern Virginia Community College in 2009 and opened fire will spend five years in prison, according to insidenova.com.
Police by 3 p.m. had closed several streets around the judicial center that serves Prince William, Manassas, and Manassas Park and had evacuated everyone inside. Officials closed the courthouse for the remainder of the day, and bomb sniffing dogs were used to check the premises as well as any cars leaving courthouse, according to reports.
Just before 4 p.m., there had been no reports of any bombs found and no injuries.
The victim was running in the area of Windsong Way and Small Bear Ct., just off Stefaniga Road about just before 11 p.m., when a silver sedan passed him. He then saw the sedan turn around, turn off its headlights and drive toward him.
The victim heard an occupant of the car yell, and then the passenger brandished a handgun, put in the victim’s face and demanded money.
Now, Stafford County authorities have launched a new initiative to stop flash mob robberies before they ever begin in that county.
“Flash Mobs bent on committing lawless acts have the potential to put the citizens of Stafford County in danger,” stated Sheriff Charles E. Jett in a press release. “Working together all of us can make sure that these types of crimes are stopped before they ever happen.”
Dale City, Va. — After a man was found dead inside his home late Thursday, neighbors say more needs to be done to protect their community. Police are investigating it as a homicide.
“We have asked many times for a night security guard to watch over things here at night, but we’re always told that if we don’t like it we can leave,” said one resident outside the Dale City’s River Run Senior Apartments on Friday – the complex where the victim was found.
