Stafford County Sheriff’s Office Archives - Page 5 of 32

Published May 21, 2025 at 3:42PM

STAFFORD, Va. – The FBI is reviewing the actions of one of its off-duty agents involved in a fatal shooting earlier this year in a Stafford County neighborhood. That agent now faces four separate criminal charges stemming from unrelated firearm incidents.

The shooting occurred on February 28, 2025, in the Stratford Place subdivision. Deputies from the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a reckless off-road motorcyclist. Authorities say the rider fled after being confronted by Benjamin Spinale, a 43-year-old off-duty FBI agent. The motorcyclist later returned with several family members, prompting deputies to initiate a traffic stop.

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Stafford Could Soon Use Speed and Red-Light Cameras in School Zones, Work Areas

By Potomac Local News

Published May 8, 2025 at 10:00AM | Updated May 8, 2025 at 5:59PM

STAFFORD, Va. – The Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday took a major step toward launching a traffic camera program aimed at slowing down drivers in school zones and highway work areas.

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Stafford Deputies Are Cracking Down on Speeders and Unsafe Driving Ahead of Summer

By Potomac Local News

Published May 6, 2025 at 1:00PM

STAFFORD, Va. – The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office has kicked off a new traffic enforcement effort aimed at improving road safety ahead of Memorial Day and the busy summer season. The initiative, known as the F.O.C.U.S. Campaign, launched in early May and will run through May 11.

According to the agency’s Traffic Safety Unit, the campaign was developed based on proactive ideas from deputies and has the full support of the department’s leadership. The goal: to reduce crashes, speeding, equipment violations, impaired driving, and traffic-related deaths across the county.

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Police Blotter: Parents Arrested After Child Dies of Fentanyl Overdose

By Jazbia Chaudhry

Published May 5, 2025 at 8:01PM

A tragic fentanyl overdose led to murder charges for two parents in Prince William County. The weekend also saw armed robberies, commercial burglaries, and public intoxication incidents in Stafford and PWC.

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Police Blotter: Snake Evicted From Courthouse, Fatal Crash in Woodbridge

By Potomac Local News

Published May 2, 2025 at 2:00PM

A black snake found inside the Stafford County Courthouse was safely removed Thursday morning without objection—or appeal.

Deputies discovered the snake slithering down a hallway and quickly intervened. First Sergeant E.D. Chinault apprehended the reptile, humorously dubbed “Rocky Bal-Boa,” and relocated it to nearby woods.

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Police Blotter: Officer-Involved Shooting, Assaults, and Burglaries Rock Region

By Jazbia Chaudhry

Published May 1, 2025 at 10:30AM

This week’s police blotter details a fatal officer-involved shooting in Prince William County, a weapon threat at a Stafford DoorDash delivery, numerous DUI arrests, and business break-ins.

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Police Blotter: Juvenile Crimes and Assaults Dominate Area Reports

By Jazbia Chaudhry

Published April 29, 2025 at 7:49PM

A teen suspect was arrested for a strong-arm robbery at Potomac Mills, while another faces charges for secretly filming and assaulting classmates. Stafford County deputies responded to assaults, larcenies, DUIs, and vandalism.

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Police Blotter: Gunfire in Woodbridge, Knife Attack in Manassas, and Bar Brawl in Stafford

By Jazbia Chaudhry

Published April 28, 2025 at 2:37PM

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Authorities responded to a range of violent incidents across Prince William and Stafford counties, including an exchange of gunfire in a residential neighborhood, multiple domestic assaults, and a pepper spray altercation at a bar. Suspects were arrested or are wanted in connection with several of these events.

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Reckless Racing Leaves 2,000 Without Power

By Potomac Local News

Published April 23, 2025 at 3:45PM

STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Reckless street racing between a juvenile and his father resulted in a crash on Courthouse Road Tuesday evening, knocking out power to 2,000 Stafford County residents.

Deputies responded to the 1500 block of Courthouse Road at about 6:25 p.m. on April 22, 2025, after a Ford Mustang struck and toppled a utility pole. Witnesses told Deputy X.D. Bates, the Mustang, was speeding when the juvenile driver lost control, narrowly missing a child playing nearby. Moments later, a green Porsche arrived on the scene, driven by the juvenile’s father, who transported the teen from the area.

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Police Blotter: High-speed “horseplay,” hit-and-run DUI crash injuring motorcyclist, RV stowaway, and more

By Potomac Local News

Published April 23, 2025 at 1:11PM

A Stafford man claiming he was “monkeying around” led deputies on a high-speed pursuit, while a repeat DUI offender struck and injured a motorcyclist before fleeing the scene. In Prince William County, a firearm was brandished in a road rage incident, a teen was charged in a brutal assault, and a man was arrested in a child sex assault investigation.