A Stafford County sheriff’s deputy nabbed a group of teenagers, who range in age 14 and 15, who wore ski masks, beat someone unconscious, and stole his shoes on Monday, April 3, 2023.
The victim was treated at a hospital and released. The robbery prompted a lockdown of Hampton Oaks Elementary School.
Updated 2 p.m. — Someone is killing foxes in Manassas Park.
Since our original post this morning, we’ve received information from the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries that the dead foxes were first spotted along Signal Hill Road on March 23, 2023. The passerby called the police.
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:
