On Tuesday, January 3, at 4:58 a.m., officers responded to the 7-Eleven located at on Route 234 at Purcell Road, near Manassas, to investigate a robbery.
The investigation revealed a masked man entered the store, walked behind the service counter, and demanded the store clerk open the registers. When the clerk initially refused, the suspect brandished a knife at the clerk.
A Spotsylvania man has been arrested after an incident involving a girl in Aquia Harbour over the weekend.
On Saturday, December 31, deputies were called to the neighborhood in North Stafford to investigate a suspicious incident. Police said a “pre-teen” girl was walking in the 3600 block of Aquia Drive when she was approached by a man in a van. The subject made a sexually explicit comment, described by a police spokesman as suggestive, to the girl.
A Manassas woman died in a crash on Interstate 81, more than two hours from the city.
Virginia State Police Trooper J.T. Lotts is investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Augusta County near Staunton. The crash occurred on December 31, 2022, at 7:52 p.m. on Interstate 81 at the 236-mile marker.
On December 29, the suspect involved in two bank robberies near Manassas. was arrested. The first robbery occurred at Wells Fargo on October 4, and the second at Bank of America on November 19.
Fairfax County police arrested the suspect on December 28 concerning a bank robbery in the Reston area. During the investigation, the suspect was connected to the two robberies in Prince William County.
Just before 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 25th, Stafford County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a disturbance in the 600 block of Ramoth Church Road. Police heard a man breaking windows. As deputies arrived, they discovered a mobile home had been set ablaze.
Stafford County Fire and Rescue units were dispatched for the reported structure fire and arrived approximately five minutes later. Stafford County Fire and Rescue crews extended multiple lines and controlled the fire in 10 minutes.
A fire demolished a single-family home on the banks of the Occoquan River on New Year’s Day.
Prince William County fire and rescue crews were called to the 5900 block of Yates Ford Road in Buckhall, near Manassas, at 11:44 a.m., Sunday, January 1, for a report of a house fire.
On Tuesday, December 28, at 12:41 a.m., officers were called to the Woodbridge Virginia Railway Express parking garage at 1040 Express Drive in Woodbridge. A 14-year-old girl and multiple male acquaintances were in the parking garage when they were approached by three masked men.
Two suspects brandished firearms before both groups began to fight.
The fire broke out in the 15000 block of Edgewood Drive in Montclair. Crews arrived with smoke showing from a single-family dwelling.
As fire crews worked to douse the blaze, one firefighter fell into the basement through a weak first floor. After he fell, the firefighter was able to get out of the burning home and suffered injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening.
A 24-year-old man is behind bars after fighting with a 60-year-old woman over a wifi password at their home.
The two are family members, police said. A Stafford sheriff’s deputy was called to Quiet Brook Court at 10:33 p.m. Tuesday, December 27, 2022, for a fight report. When he arrived, he found the two fighting over the wireless internet password and the placement of Christmas lights, a police report states.
Police arrested a driver they said tried to flee a traffic stop and struck an officer’s arm with his car.
On Tuesday, December 20, at 9:20 p.m., a Prince William County police officer conducted a vehicle stop on a blue 2008 Mercedes SC400 in the area of Dale Boulevard and Forestdale Avenue in Dale City.
