The 63-year-old was inside her home in the 2000 block of Horizon Court, in the Misty Ridge apartment complex, when she heard her sliding glass door open at 10:05 p.m., and then saw a man come into her home, say police.
The man pulled out a handgun and demanded money, but the woman fought back and struck the man on the head with the gun, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
While Erica Maynor’s family comes to grips with her death a clearer picture of the victim is emerging.
Virginia’s Medical Examiner’s office on Saturday confirmed the body found inside a burning dumpster in Woodbridge’s Bayvue neighborhood March 23 was that of 25-year-old Erica Dawn Maynor.
The Virginia State Medical Examiner’s office confirms the body found at the Bayview apartment complex on March 23 was that of Erica Maynor.
The state medical examiner would not confirm the age of the victim.
Dumfries, Va. –– One woman is behind bars today after she stabbed a man repeatedly with a screwdriver, police say.
Officers were called at 2:25 a.m. Thursday to the 17400 block of Denali Place in Dumfries for a report of a domestic dispute.
Triangle, Va. –– One man is charged with sodomizing two children, police say.
Officers were called to the 18700 block of Fuller Heights Road at 12:36 a.m. for a report of two females, ages 4 and 9, who had been sexually assaulted by an acquaintance, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
Three men were arrested in Stafford after investigators learned they had showed up to a house party with 200 teenagers in attendance, assaulted two teens and then fired a handgun into the air at least four times, investigators said.
The men arrested have been identified through the Stafford sheriff’s office and the FBI’s Rappahannock Regional Gang Taskforce as members of the “Goon Squad,” a gang out of Spotsylvania County,” said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Stafford, Va. –– One man was placed behind bars this weekend, charged with arson after he called the sheriff’s department, apparently on himself, officials say.
The 34-year-old victim was at the Marumsco Plaza Shopping Plaza on U.S. 1 in Woodbridge at 9 pm. Saturday when he was approached by his two attackers.
Police said he knew the two men, and that one of them displayed a sharp object to cut the victim in the neck and arm.
Police said the 46-year-old man from Alexandria met his attacker at East Coast Billiards on U.S. 1 in Woodbridge on December 3.
Afterward, the two men went back to the home of the alleged attacker –– who police say is an illegal immigrant –– in the 14100 block of Franklin Street in Woodbridge where the victim was stabbed multiple times in the chest, said Prince William police spokeswoman Michelle Nemerow.
Stafford sheriff’s deputies were called at 1:05 p.m. Monday to the Best Buy store at Stafford Marketplace on Garrisonville Road (Va. 610) after employees said a woman walked into the store and tired to purchase a camera.
While at the register, the woman swiped a credit card but it was declined, so she used another credit card and this time it worked –– but when asked for ID she couldn’t provide it and then left the store without the camera, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
