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Latson, who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome, injured Stafford Sheriff’s Deputy Tom Calvary so badly he was forced to resign from the force, after Calvary had been called to North Stafford High School to investigate Latson as a suspicious person.

Calvary tried to get Latson to identify himself, but Latson beat the officer causing severe ankle injuries. 


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Two deputies on patrol early Saturday morning on Frasier Road in the Sky Terrace neighborhood in Stafford County saw a man underneath a 1994 Ford Explorer. The deputies stopped their cars and the man pulled himself out from under the SUV and began running toward an area of townhouses, said Stafford sheriff’s Maj. David Decatur.

The deputies got out of their cars and chased the man, and during the pursuit one of them used their taser weapon causing the suspect to fall to the ground, said Decatur.


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Authorities on Wednesday learned a 13-year-old girl from Stafford had sex with a 34-year-old man several times, some instances at the man’s home, over the last few months, police say.

During an investigation by the Stafford sheriff’s department, a female deputy learned about a website that the suspect used, assumed the victim’s identity and contacted the suspect.


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The victim in the case told police that she engaged in sexual activity with an employee of Stonewall Jackson High School in Manassas while she was 17-year-old student at the school in 2004 and 2005.

The employee worked as an attendance officer and basketball coach, and some of the sex acts took place at the school while others took place in Prince William County, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.


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Stafford County, Va. –– Violent gangs are a home-grown problem in Stafford County, filled with teenagers –– even some children –– looking for a sense of family they aren’t getting at home.


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That’s the message from Quantico Marine Corps Base Commander Col. Daniel J. Choike, who reminded the public that the search is still on for whoever shot at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, The Pentagon, a U.S. Marine Corps recruiting facility in Fairfax County and a U.S. Coast Guard recruiting facility outside Potomac Mills mall in Woodbridge.

Those shootings took place in the overnight or early morning hours of Oct, 17, 19, 25, 26, and 29. No one was injured, but an FBI investigation has linked ammunition in each of the shootings to a single weapon.


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A man walked into the Christ is Lord Ministry at 14338 Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) in Woodbridge at 11:45 a.m., brandished a gun and took an undisclosed amount of cash that was collected that morning during church service. None of the parishioners were hurt, and the man fled the scene, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.

When officers arrived at the scene, parishioners were able to identify the man who took the money.


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Police say she knowingly allowed a gunman to enter the store and steal cash.

Officers were called to the Rite Aid at 4423 Fortuna Center Plaza at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, after it had closed for the night, where a 23-year-old and 24-year-old woman told police a masked man initially entered the store, brandished a handgun and demanded money.


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The male teacher had turned his back to the class while using a whiteboard, and the student who has been charged with possessing the BB gun pulled it from his backpack, said Stafford County Public Schools spokeswoman Valerie Cottongim.

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Stafford, Va. ––
A student from Brooke Pointe High School is facing charges after another student was shot with a BB gun.


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