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Stafford, VA
News
Wanted Man, Woman Detained After Simple Traffic Stop In Stafford County, Sheriff Says
What started as a simple traffic stop in Stafford County resulted in two wanted fugitives being apprehended on a host of charges, according to the sheriff's office. Fredericksburg resident Tahj Ford, 27, and 24-year-old Woodbridge native Michaele Simms were both detained over the weekend, despite their best efforts to evade arrest. According to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct .25, a deputy on patrol on Warrenton Road near Sanford Drive spotted a Jeep - driven by Simms - make a reckless lane change, causing the vehicle behind her to take evasive act…
Fredericksburg, VA
Lifestyle
Celebration Of Life Scheduled For One Direction's Liam Payne In Fredericksburg
Fans of One Direction have set up a "celebration of life" event for Liam Payne that will be held in Virginia following his unexpected death. Beginning at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 27, there will be a memorial for the popular singer at Old Mill Park in the 2200 block of Caroline Street in Fredericksburg. Payne, 31, died on Wednesday, Oct. 16 in Argentina after falling from a third-floor balcony at a hotel near Buenos Aires. It was later determined that he died from internal and external hemorrhages and other traumatic injuries. Fans planning to attend the celebration of life in Fredericksbu…
Woodbridge, VA
Police & Fire
Pair That Left Children Alone Near Drugs Inside Parked Car In Woodbridge Charged: Police
A pair of children who were left unattended in a vehicle with drugs inside in Prince William County resulted in charges for two adults, police say. Andrea Louise Delaney, 29, who has no fixed address, and Fredericksburg resident Joshua Alexander Schuldt, 25, were both arrested on Wednesday night after leaving the two children behind. Officers from the Prince William County Police Department were in the 14300 block of Jeffries Road at around 7:20 p.m. on Oct. 16 in Woodbridge, where there was an occupied vehicle found in an area parking lot with the kids inside. Inside the vehicle, police s…
Fredericksburg, VA
Schools
Armed Fredericksburg Man Causing Disturbance During Dismissal At HS Arrested, Sheriff Says
Classes got off to a curious start for some students in Stafford County when a man trespassed on school grounds and made a disturbance while armed with a pistol on his hip. Fredericksburg resident Thomas Williams, 58, was arrested on Monday afternoon after bringing a gun to Brooke Point High School while staff was dismissing students, officials say. According to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, on Sept. 30, during afternoon dismissal at the school, security was directing traffic in the parking lot, who Williams ignored - not for the first time - leading to an explosive encounter. Inve…
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Fredericksburg Man Accused Of Touching Students With Disabilities On School Bus: Spotsy Sheriff
A 22-year-old Fredericksburg man is behind bars after allegedly sexually abusing multiple disabled children on a school bus in Spotsylvania, the sheriff's office announced on Saturday. Miguel Velasquez Velasco has been arrested and charged following an investigation into reports of students that were inappropriately touched on a bus, officials say. According to a spokesperson from the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office, Velasquez Velasco was arrested on Thursday by members of the agency's "Child Victim Unit." It is alleged that Velasquez Velasco assaulted three separ…
Great Falls, VA
Police & Fire
Horse Farrier Accused Of Taking Indecent Liberties While Working On Virginia Farms 40 Years Ago
An 81-year-old man in Virginia who made his name working as a horse farrier at multiple farms in Stafford County and Northern Virginia has been apprehended for taking indecent liberties decades ago, authorities announced. Edward Shelton, now living in Fredericksburg, has been arrested and charged with two counts of indecent liberties for alleged crimes that happened more than 40 years ago in Great Falls. In June, officers from the Fairfax County Police Department received a report from a woman who said she was sexually assaulted repeatedly at a horse farm between 1980 and 1983, leading inve…
Fredericksburg, VA
News
Pilot Of Small Plane Injured In Virginia Crash (
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The pilot of a small plane that went down in Virginia on Thursday afternoon suffered injuries after being forced to make an emergency crash landing in a Fredericksburg field after a mechanical failure, officials say. Virginia State Police troopers were called to the 14500 bock of Spring Mill Road in Fredericsburg, where there was a reported crash involving a pilot of a single-engine Cessna plane that made an emergency landing, but not before taking out several trees. According to state police investigators, the 79-year-old pilot suffered serious injuries in the crash, but is expected to sur…
Fredericksburg, VA
Business
Delivery Driver Takes Door-To-Door Shipping Too Seriously, Strikes Stafford Home, Sheriff Says
A Virginia homeowner got a little more than they ordered on Thursday in Stafford County when an SUV driver accidentally crashed into the front of a home. First responders in Stafford County were called late in the morning on Sept. 19 to a building on Clint Lane, where a delivery driver took the term "door-to-door service" to heart. According to a spokesperson from the sheriff's office, deputies were called before noon on Thursday to a residence in the 500 block of Clint Lane, when a delivery driver's vehicle crept forward and struck the front door of a Fredericksburg property. Invest…
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Sleepy Man No Stranger To DUIs Busted For Number Seven Outside Fredericksburg Hotel: Sheriff
An ill-fated trip from Georgia to Virginia took a man from the comforts of a Fredericksburg Holiday Inn to the cold confines of the Rappahannock Regional Jail, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. No stranger to law enforcement, 35-year-old Hassan Naeem is facing yet another DUI offense in the past 10 years after getting behind the wheel and subsequently taking a leisurely nap with a Mike's Hard Lemonade before he was stirred by responding deputies. First responders were called at around 3:45 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15 to the hotel at 20 Sanford Drive in Fredericksburg, whe…
Woodbridge, VA
Schools
Woodbridge High School Latest Building In Virginia To Be Targeted By Threats; Teen Arrested: PD
As threats of violence continue to plague schools throughout Virginia, a 17-year-old in Woodbridge has been charged in connection to an email sent to another student targeting the high school, police say. Members of the Prince William County Police Department were called shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon to investigate a threat made on social media targeting the school on Old Bridge Road in Woodbridge through the agency's Bark Alert system. During the investigation, it was determined that the teen sent threats of potential violence toward the high school in an email to another …
Fredericksburg, VA
News
One Dead, One In Custody Following Fatal Shooting In Stafford County, Sheriff Says
One person is dead and a suspect was taken into custody by members of the Stafford County Sheriff's Office following a fatal shooting overnight. Shortly after 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4, deputies were called to the 100 block of Hulls Chapel Road in Fredericksburg, where they found a man shot to death. According to a spokesperson from the sheriff's office, the suspected shooter has been detained, and the incident is believed to be domestic in nature. He added that there is no threat to the public. During the shooting investigation, Hulls Chapel Road was temporarily closed. No details a…
Stafford, VA
Police & Fire
GF Learned Of 'Soulmate' BF's Death At FXB Party From 2-Word Message, Report Says
The death of a 19-year-old man killed breaking up a fight over the weekend in Spotsylvania County is sending shockwaves through the community. Christian Whalen was trying to break up a fight that broke out along Spotswood Furnace Road in Fredericksburg when he was shot by Kenneth Watson, 18, around 1 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, authorities previously said. Christian Whalen Facebook photo Whalen died as a result of the shooting, and his girlfriend, Lacy Milling, is speaking out. "rest in peace to my soulmate🕊️i love you so much," she wrote in a Facebook post. "i love you christian." …
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