PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Five people now face charges in a string of burglaries in Lake Ridge.
Detectives with the Prince William County Police Department began investigating the burglaries when they began on Feb. 7. After another three burglaries were reported Feb. 10, one in near Quantico and the other in Woodbridge, detectives were able to link all of the burglaries together, according to police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
Editors note: Prince William & Manassas offers exceptional activities and unique attractions for people of all ages to enjoy. Everyone has hectic schedules and lives filled with work, driving, and meal-planning. However, it’s important to step back and appreciate what your area has to offer. Starting this month Discover Prince William & Manassas, your local Convention & Visitors Bureau will provide ideas on how you can enjoy your leisure and make a memory here in Prince William & Manassas.
Welcome the warm weather and take a tour on April 13 of Prince William’s official flower, the Virginia Bluebell which coats the floodplain along Cedar Run. The Bluebell Festival at Merrimac Farm annually gives tours of this one-mile display. The tours last 90 minutes and visitors are encouraged to bring binoculars for wildlife sightings!
Driver of Braemar Fuel Spill Truck Receives Probation, Fines — James Patrick Burless, the individual who drove the tanker truck that overturned at the Safeway Gas Station in Braemar Village Plaza July 11, 2013 causing a substantial fuel leak, was sentenced Thursday in Prince William District Court. [Bristow Beat]
Barriers going up to block I-95 noise — Alicia Izman can see – and hear – the traffic on Interstate 95 from her Prince William Estates home in Dumfries.[Insidenova.com]
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Stafford County fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle provided the following updated statement about Monday’s fatal fire.
QUANTICO, Va. — Something symbolic was missing from one of our community’s most recognized statues Monday.
The U.S. Flag was removed from the Iwo Jima statue outside Quantico Marine Corps Base. A replica of the original Iwo Jima statue that stands at Arlington National Cemetery, the sculpture stands outside the main entrance to the base and can prominently be seen by passersby on U.S. 1, Joplin and Fuller roads.
STAFFORD, Va. — You could call this scammer creative or shameful, just don’t call some Stafford residents easily fooled.
Five Stafford County residents told authorities they received a phone call from a Lt. Paul Stevens who said he worked at the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. He told them there was a bench warrant out for their arrests because they failed to report for jury duty.
The final at-large suspect in a group of people busted in a suspected heroin ring in Stafford County was arrested Sunday in Virginia Beach.
Corey Waters, 20, of no fixed address, was taken into custody with no incident by Virginia Beach authorities, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Another arrest in the Stafford sheriff’s new war on heroin was made early Saturday but not before the suspect was hit with a taser weapon.
Investigators conducting surveillance of a home in Stafford County suspected of being a hot bed of narcotics sales saw a man leave the house at 2147 Sebastian Road just of Va. 218 in south Stafford in the late evening hours of Friday, March 28. The man got into his car and deputies stopped him on U.S. 17 in Stafford County.
STAFFORD, Va. — Runners will be racing to the hospital this month, but it’s not because they are sick.
The 2014 Stafford Hospital Foundation 5K run will take place Saturday, April 12 at the Stafford Hospital on Hospital Center Boulevard, just off U.S. 1 in Stafford.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Two mayoral candidates for the Dumfries Town Council have agreed to sit in the hot seat.
Current Mayor Jerry Foreman is seeking reelection and is running against Vice-Mayor Willie Toney. Both have agreed to be interviewed by the newly elected Dumfries Businesses Association (DBA) President Chris Caldwell. This is the first event to be organized by a changing DBA that is now charging for membership and vows to become a larger voice in town business affairs.
