The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office captured a serial shoplifter after a brief pursuit in Stafford Marketplace.
On January 19 at 7:12 p.m., a Target in Stafford Marketplace staff reported shoplifting. Two sheriff’s deputies were in the area and found the suspect driving a black Mercedes SUV in the parking lot.
Prince William police said a man walked into a Giant Food store in Bull Run Plaza, about five miles from Downtown Manassas, displayed a gun, and then made off with a box of laundry soap.
No shots were fired, and no one was injured. More as we have it.
On Thursday, January 19, 2023, police found the body of 20-year Jose Abelino Guerrero, which had been dumped in Prince Georges County, Md.
The victim was stabbed to death following a drug transaction in Woodbridge, police said.
Crews found smoke inside the building. Employees had already evacuated the store when fire crews arrived. No injuries were reported.
Upon further investigation, two smoldering fires were found, one in the men’s bathroom and one in the women’s bathroom.
All Stafford County sheriff’s deputies will wear body cameras by the summer.
Sheriff David Decatur took questions about his department’s new body cameras, which will record interactions between law enforcement and residents. The system, developed by Axon and approved by the Stafford Board of County Supervisors just over a year ago, merges other cameras already used in the deputys’ cars and on taser weapons.
A 27-year-old man was shot and killed in Woodbridge on Monday, January 16.
At 8:50 p.m., police went to the 13900 block of Richmond Highway, near Todos Supermarket in the Maurumsco Plaza shopping center, to find a 22-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the lower body. Fire and rescue personnel took the man to an area hospital where his injuries were deemed non-life threatening.
The crash occurred about 10:45 a.m. in Stafford County, at milepost 134, north of exit 133 (Falmouth/Warrenton), for a multi-vehicle crash involving a large truck.
Drivers south of the crash site are sitting in about five miles of congestion as of 11:50 a.m. We’ll post more about this crash when we have it.
Police are searching for a man who robbed a Woodbridge bank.
Yesterday, Wednesday, January 11, at 2:09 p.m., officers responded to the Truist Bank located at 16541 River Ridge Boulevard, just off Route 1 in Woodbridge to investigate a robbery.
A Stafford County 911 operator is credited for helping to deliver a baby over the phone.
At 2:26 a.m. today, Thursday, January 12, 2022, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said the child’s mother went into labor at her North Stafford home. The child’s father was also home, realized he didn’t have enough time to drive the mother to a hospital and dialed 911.
