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.
Jubair Ahmad, 24, a Pakistani native who since 2007 has lived in Woodbridge, is charged with providing material to support Lashkar-e-Tayyiba – a designated terror organization, as well as making false statements during an investigation, according to U.S. Eastern District of Virginia Attorney Neil McBride.
In September, Ahmad made a video and uploaded to YouTube showing conversations with operatives believed to be connected to the terror group, said McBride. After several video exchanges between suspected members of the group and Jubair, the final video showed Lashkar-e-Tayyiba’s leader, Hafiz Saeed, with trucks exploding after being hit with improvised explosive devices, said McBride.
On Monday, police said a man was robbed at gunpoint at a Bank of America on Financial Loop, just off Old Bridge Road in Lake Ridge. More than a week earlier, a Woodbridge at the bank’s ATM. No one was injured, but both robberies occurred during early morning hours.
On Aug. 18, a 58-year-old man told police he was sitting in his car in the drive through line at Taco Bell at Tackett’s Mill shopping center when a man approached, brandished a gun and demanded money. When the victim refused, the robbery violently attacked the man, striking him several times in the face with the weapon before grabbing his wallet and fleeing the scene, police said.
Sheriff’s deputies were called to the park site off Brooke Road near the Stafford County Landfill about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday when they got a call about a Jeep that had become stuck in mud. The caller — driver of the Jeep — told deputies that he had been left there by his friend.
“The Jeep was so muddy they couldn’t even see the license plates, even when the deputies tried to clear if off with their hands,” said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Kennedy.
