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The newly opened Prince William County Child Advocacy Center, or CAC, will bring professionals involved in all aspects of child abuse cases together for a timely, coordinated response to provide child abuse victims with a safe, welcoming place where they can tell their stories.

Collaboration among Child Protective Services, Community Services, law enforcement, the County Attorney’s Office, and the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, for an encompassing approach to child abuse cases, will decrease the number of times children will need to be interviewed.


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A 14-year-old girl was shot in the stomach at a spring carnival at a high school in Woodbridge.

At 9:22 p.m. Friday, April 15, off-duty police officers hired to patrol a carnival at Gar-Field High School at 14000 Smoketown Road heard what sounded like gunfire coming from an area near the school entrance. The sound caused carnival goers to flee.


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According to police, Prince William County school Information Technology Specialist sexually assaulted multiple students while on school grounds.

On April 6, detectives with the Special Victims Bureau, in conjunction with Child Protective Services, began an investigation into an alleged sexual assault at John Jenkins Elementary School, at 4060 Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge, involving a school staff member. Police identified four victims, all 8-year-old girls, as being inappropriately touched by the accused while in his office within the school building between March and April 2022.


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A popular senior citizens expo will return to our region with a new name.

The Prince William Chamber announced that the event formerly known as Transitions has been renamed the Aging Gracefully Expo. The event will return in person this year after having to be conducted virtually the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.


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A group of Rippon Middle School students is the focus of a lengthy investigation after a student was robbed at knifepoint, and police learned a student brought a gun to school.

On Wednesday, April 6, at 4:52 p.m., officers were called to investigate a robbery in the 14800 block of Blackburn Road, near Featherstone Elementary School in Woodbridge, earlier that afternoon.


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Investigators are looking into a vehicle fire at an auto auction.

Prince William County fire and rescue crews were called to the Woodbridge Public Auto Action at 10:57 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, for a report of a car fire.


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A Prince William County teacher faces charges of assault and battery against a student.

On Friday, April 8, 2022, officers and Child Protective Services crews went to Benita Fitzgerald Elementary School, at 15500 Benita Fitzgerald Dr in Dale City, to investigate an assault by a teacher against a student that reportedly occurred on school grounds the day before.


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