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Police & Fire
Man Shot In Virginia Training Accident: Police
What one man thought was a training pistol was actually a real, loaded handgun in an accident that left another man in serious condition. It happened at a business on the 160 block of Shenandoah Avenue in Timberville around 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, Virginia State Police said. Police did not specify the business. Two men had been working through a training scenario when one discharged what he thought was a training pistol, VSP said. The firearm was instead a real handgun and the other male was accidentally shot, according to police. Arriving Rockingham County Sheriff's deputies found…
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Missing 3-Year-Old 'In Extreme Danger' Could Be Traveling Through Virginia: State Police
Police in Virginia have joined the search for a missing 3-year-old girl who may be in extreme danger after being taken from her father's home in New York. An alert was issued by Virginia State Police on Monday on behalf of the NYPD as they work to locate Kadence France, who was last seen at her father's home in Staten Island and is believed to be with 26-year-old Randalae Rhodes, possible in Virginia. According to investigators, "the child is believed to be in extreme danger." France was described as being about 3-feet tall with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a pink …
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Woman Killed By Police After Hitting Officer On Head With His Baton At VA Motel: Cops
A disorderly woman was fatally shot by police after hitting an officer in the head with his baton in the parking lot of a Virginia hotel over the weekend, authorities said. Stratsburg police responded to a 9-1-1 call for an erratic person damaging property at a hotel on Signal Knob Drive around 11 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, Virginia State Police said. The woman was found in a back parking lot of the hotel, where an altercation ensued as the woman attacked the officer and took his baton, state police said. The woman used it to hit the officer in the head, prompting him to fire his service weapon…
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Amber Alert Issued For Virginia Child 'In Extreme Danger' After Abduction (
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An Amber Alert was issued on Saturday morning after a 2-year-old was abducted in Virginia. The Virginia State Police and Virginia Missing Children's Clearinghouse say that at around 7:15 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, Zuri Dorsey was possibly taken by Deandre Alante Dorsey in Virginia Beach, officials say. According to police, the girl was last seen at her home in the 1300 block of Sapphire Drive. The child was described as having brown hair, brown eyes, standing at around 2-feet tall, weighing 34 pounds. She was last seen wearing only underwear. Dorsey, 27, was described as being …
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Driver, 69, Dies By Suicide On I-95: State Police (
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A fatal crash involving a tractor trailer that tied up traffic for miles along I-95 in Prince William County is believed to have been a suicide, Virginia State Police said. Lloyd R. Felder, of Triangle, had pulled off onto the right, northbound shoulder at milepost 158 around 9:05 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, then got out of his black Toyota Tundra, Virginia State Police said. Felder then got out of his car and stepped into the northbound lanes of travel, where he was struck by an oncoming tractor trailer, near Woodbridge were closed due to a crash in the area of Opitz Boulevard, police sai…
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Police ID Pilot Killed In Fiery Virginia Plane Crash
Police have identified the pilot killed in a Fauquier County plane crash over the weekend. Simmie A. Adams, 62, of Bealeton, was trying to land a single-engine plane when the plane collided with several trees around 3:55 p.m. near Midland Road and Ebenezer Church Road, Virginia State Police said. The plane caught fire and Adams, the only occupant, died at the scene of the crash. No one on the ground was injured as a result of the crash. The FAA and NTSB were notified of the crash. The crash remains under investigation.
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'Wild Go-Getter:' 25-Year-Old Killed In Fauquier County Crash
Virginia State Police have identified the victim of a Fauquier County crash this week as a 25-year-old man. Chandler P. Povlsen, of Bealeton, was was heading south on Balls Mill Road near Rockdale Lane in Midland, in a 1994 Ford Ranger, when he crossed over the double solid yellow centerline around 10:10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, VSP said. Povlsen ran off the left side of the roadway, and collided with several trees. He was taken to INOVA Fairfax Hospital, where he later died, police said. Povlsen was not wearing a seatbelt, according to police. Condolences were alread…
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Pedestrian Seriously Injured In Leesburg Crash, Witnesses Sought
Police in Loudoun County are looking to speak with anyone who witnessed a serious pedestrian crash Thanksgiving weekend. A man was struck by a vehicle around 530 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 25 near the Leesburg Public Safety Center, local police said. The pedestrian was crossing Plaza Street NE in a westbound direction in a marked crosswalk, police said. The driver remained on-scene and is cooperating with police. The pedestrian was transported to an area hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. One lane of Plaza Street NE remained closed for a few hours while officers …
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Video Shows DC Officer's High-Speed Pursuit With Virginia State Police On I-395
Video shared to Facebook by Dave Statter of STATter911 shows a DC police officer's high speed pursuit-crash with Virginia State Police on I-395 this week. Peter McCauley, 25, was going 95 mph in a 55 mph zone in his personal vehicle, a Tesla, along I-395 south near the Arlington/Alexandria line when a trooper activated his lights and sirens, initiating a motor vehicle stop just before midnight Wednesday night, Nov. 23, Virginia State Police said. Click here to watch Dave Statter's video. McCauley refused to stop, initiating a pursuit onto Seminary Road, then blowing through a red light at …
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NJ Couple Killed In VA Crash: 'Really Bad Dream'
A New Jersey couple was killed in a crash in Virginia last week, according to their obituaries and news reports. Corey Wetmore, 28, of Brick Township, and Brittany Forsythe, 26, of Browns Mills, both died in the Halifax County crash on Wednesday, Nov. 15, Virginia State Police said. Wetmore was heading south in a 2006 GMC Envoy on a Virginia street around 8:15 p.m., when the vehicle ran off the right shoulder, State Police said. Wetmore overcorrected, ran off the left side of the highway and struck several trees. The vehicle then overturned down an embankment, police said. Neither were w…
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Police ID Virginia Man Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash On I-95
New details have been released after a beloved 31-year-old Virginia man was killed in a crash with a tractor-trailer in Virginia on Sunday morning. A strange scene played out shortly after 5 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19, when Virginia State Police troopers were called to a two-vehicle crash in Prince William County when a tractor-trailer and Infiniti collided in the southbound lanes of the interstate. Police say that the truck struck a pillar supporting the flyover ramp on I-95, which caused the trailer to tear open and lose its contents. The driver of the tractor-trailer, Caret resident Tren…
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No Charges For Tractor Trailer Driver In Capital Beltway Crash That Killed Woman, 40
Police have identified the driver of a vehicle who died in a crash last week on the Capital Beltway with a tractor trailer, whose operator will not be charged, they said. Nicole M. Lewis, 40, of Dumfries, was operating a 1998 Honda Accord slowly, partially in the right shoulder and partially in the right travel lane around 12:20 a.m. Nov. 9 in Fairfax County, Virginia State Police said. She was struck by a tractor trailer from behind before both vehicles ran off the road and struck the Jersey wall, police said. It happened near milepost 175, where both vehicles came to rest in the lef…
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