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Crime
Eddie Chewing, 18, of 167 Mansfield Street in Fredericksburg, is charged with accessory before the fact in first degree murder and with accessory before the fact in the use of a firearm in commission of a felony, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
He was arrested at his home Thursday night without incident and was held with no bond.
Dale City, Va. –– A string of arrest were made in connection to the rape of a teenage girl and the subsequent burglary that occurred in retaliation to the rape, police said.
Arrested in reference rape investigation: Daniel O’Neal STEWART JR, 26, of the 4600 block of Pearson Dr in Woodbridge, charged with rape, court date unavailable, held WITHOUT bond.
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Nokesville, Va. –– The recent hot weather has apparently taken its toll on a Dumfries area man.
Dumfries, Va. –– The 250-year-old Weems-Botts Museum house sustained damage during an attempted burglary.
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Stafford County, Va. – An elected official’s car has become an apparent target of vandals.
The 44-year-old victim was driving three men to the 15000 Block of Mill Spring Drive, off Holleyside Drive and Spring Branch Boulevard at 3:34 a.m. when one of the men pulled out a knife and demanded money, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
After the robbery, the three fled the scene and police were able to locate the three men, one of which has been charged.
The victim, a pizza delivery man, delivered a pizza pie to a room at a Motel 6 on Warrenton Road (U.S. 17) about 11 p.m. Saturday.
The man was given $20 in exchange for the pizza, but as he turned to leave he was confronted by a man who told him to give back the money, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
The girl is a student at Brooke Point High School who told her friend’s mother she had consensual sex with a 31-year-old substitute paraprofessional who works at the high school, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
The girl had babysat for the suspect while he coached a field hockey team at the high school on the evening of June 27.
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The victim was walking in the area of Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) and Potomac Hills Drive about 4:30 a.m. Thursday when a man approached him, demanded money, and stabbed the victim when he said he had no cash, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
A tow truck driver saw the victim who was walking along U.S. 1 near Sunnyside Nursery and asked the man if he needed help, but he declined, said Kennedy. The driver then saw a car come a pick up the victim, and police later found the victim with a friend at a pharmacy on Garrisonville Road (Va. 610). The couple was purchasing bandages when deputies found them.