Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham will be front and center during the Board of County Supervisors meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, 2023, to update elected leaders about crime in the county.
According to Newsham’s 2o22 executive summary, the violent crime rate jumped an eye-popping 70% from 2019 to 2022, which includes murder, manslaughter, rape, sodomy, and robbery (outlined on page 48 of the department’s 2021 report).
Surveillance photos show multiple people broke into an auto dealership in Woodbridge, located the keys to several cars, and drove them off the lot.
Prince William police report:
More in a press release from the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office:
A juvenile victim reported she was on a Stafford County school bus travelling for an away basketball game last month when an assistant basketball coach sat next to her on the bus seat.
A shooting, a stabbing, and someone who mishandled a gun at a hotel kept police in Prince William County busy this past weekend.
Here’s the latest from Prince William police:
A 33-year-old man turned himself in to police after police said he was suspected in the sexual assault of a 25-year-old woman at a house in Woodbridge.
From Prince William police:
In April 2023, the Manassas City Police Department will host a Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) class.
Instructors aim to teach women self-defense tactics, techniques, and strategies that can help them protect against rape or sexual assault.
Police said a road rage incident escalated, leading to one of the drivers pulling a gun and firing rounds into traffic. No one was injured, but traffic was detoured around the scene on the incident date so police could collect the shells that fell onto the pavement.
Fairfax County police tell us:
On November 14, 2022, a judge dismissed charges for Robert Wilson Jr., 37, a teacher accused of having weapons inside his apartment, located at Covington Harper Elementary School near Dumfries.
A postal employee dropped a package addressed to the school at the neighbor’s house. The neighbor opened the package to find ammunition and took the package to the school.
Authorities said there’s still no trace of a woman who went missing from Woodbridge in December 2022.
Amber Seats disappeared from a house in the 1200 block of Bell View Road, behind Marumsuco Plaza in Woodbridge on December 15. According to the Black and Missing Foundation, Inc., Seats had been talking with family in California in the days leading up to her disappearance.
