On January 24, 2023, detectives with the Prince William County Violent Crimes Bureau concluded the investigation into the robbery at Unique Soles, 2894 Garber Way, a men’s shoe store near Lake Ridge.
While investigating the incident, detectives received information identifying seven suspects related to the robbery.
Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) is excited to announce the appointment of William “Jake” Jacoby as the new chief of police.
Jacoby has served as the college’s assistant chief of police for ten years. Following a nationwide search, Jacoby was named to succeed Chief Dan Dusseau, who retired in May 2022.
On January 20, 2023, at 7:45 p.m., Manassas police responded to Roger’s Service Station in the 9600 block of Grant Avenue, where callers reported a man wearing a Virginia State Trooper hat and claimed to be a state trooper.
According to police, he harassed several patrons and employees.
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.
