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Homeless Man Gouges Officer's Eye While Resisting Arrest In VA: Police
Good Samaritans came to the aid of a Prince William County police officer who was assaulted by a homeless man during an arrest attempt on Sunday night. Brayan Villatla Vasquez, 21, who has no known address, refused to go down without a fight following the investigation into a robbery in Manassas in the area of Sudley Road and Irongate Way on Sunday, July 23. Police say that responding officers called to investigate the robbery found Villatla Vasquez walking in the area, and when they attempted to apprehend him, he resisted and refused to follow their demands. During the struggle…
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Elderly Man's Gas Station Attacker At Large In Virginia: Police
Police in Virginia are looking for a 21-year-old man who they say assaulted an 85-year-old man, causing him to hit his head on the ground. Amiri Miles Harris approached the man, a complete stranger, at the Shell service station on 4110 Dale Boulevard in Woodbridge around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, May 23, Prince William County police said. An argument ensued, during which Harris struck the victim knocking him to the ground, authorities said. The victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and an arrest warrant has been issued for Harris, police said. Harris is described…
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Mystery Gunman Prompts Shelter In Place For Fredericksburg Residents: Police
Police in Fredericksburg are seeking the identity and whereabouts of a man who they say was armed, prompting a lockdown of a neighborhood Wednesday, May 24. A police presence was reported at Colonial Village and Greenbrier as of 1:15 p.m. "No one was injured. However, we believe he is armed, dangerous, and in the area of Alum Springs Park and Greenbrier Drive," police said. Anyone who knows the man pictured above is urged to contact the police at 540-373-3122 and reference the incident at Colonial Village at Greenbrier. To make an anonymous tip, send a text to “847-411” and text…
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Helicopter Helps Locate Robbery Suspect In Alexandria
A police helicopter helped authorities locate a suspect in a commercial robbery in Alexandria Friday, May 12. The initial incident happened on the 3500 block of Mount Vernon Avenue, bringing a large police presence to the scene. Police said only that a search was under way at 1:30 p.m. Fifteen minutes later, thanks to the assistance of a Fairfax-1 helicopter, a person of interest was in custody, authorities said.
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District Man Heading To Prison For Stalking, Stabbing Outside Union Station
Federal officials announced that a District man will spend years in prison after stabbing a person outside Union Station in Washington, DC and stalking him into the building last summer. Julius Yancey, 37, was sentenced on Wednesday, March 22, to 72 months in prison for a violent assault in June last year when he unexpectedly attacked his victim outside the station in broad daylight. Prosecutors said that at approximately 2:20 p.m. on June 30, 2022, Yancey approached his victim outside the station while he was looking at his phone and stabbed him three times with a knife - once in the arm …
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One Hospitalized With 'Serious Injuries' From Midday Shooting On Busy Alexandria Street: Police
One person was hospitalized in a brazen broad daylight shooting outside of multiple businesses in Alexandria on Friday afternoon, police said. Officers were called shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10 to the 3800 block of Mount Vernon Avenue to investigate reports of shots fired in the area. Police say that upon arrival, they found one victim at the scene with a gunshot wound and was rushed to the hospital with what are being described as “serious injuries.” No information about a suspect or suspects has been released by the police. This is a developing story. Check Daily Voice for u…
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Body Found In Arlington Probed As Suspicious Death, Aerial Search Under Way
A body found Friday, Dec. 9 in Arlington was being probed as a suspicious death. Police said the man's body was found at Columbia Pike and Four Mile Run Drive around 10 p.m., with help from a police copter. Police responded to the report of "trouble unknown," and made the discovery. He was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead.
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Authorities Shut Down Rumors Of Active Shooter At Chesapeake Target
Authorities have shut down rumors of an active shooter at a Chesapeake, Virginia Target store on Wednesday, Nov. 23. The unconfirmed reports came in the morning after a mass Walmart shooting in the same city that left seven people dead, including the suspected gunman. Rumors of an active shooter at Target in Chesapeake are UNTRUE. Please help us control rumors by only sharing information from this account. — City of Chesapeake (@AboutChesapeake) November 23, 2022 "Rumors of an active shooter at Target in Chesapeake are untrue," officials said on Twitter. A customer told WJLA/7News tha…
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Virginia Walmart Shooting: Seven Including Gunman Dead In Rampage, Police Say
A shooting rampage left seven people dead including the gunman at a Chesapeake, VA Walmart Tuesday, Nov. 22 — just two days before Thanksgiving, authorities said. Police used tactical force to enter the Battlefield Boulevard Walmart at Sam's Circle on reports of an "active shooter" at 10:12 p.m., and found multiple bodies, a Chesapeake police spokesman told reporters. Authorities later confirmed seven victims, including the shooter, and one person near the entrance of the store.
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VA Man Found Guilty Of Murdering MA Native, Police Officer Katie Thyne: Report
A 41-year-old Virginia man has been found guilty killing of a police officer originally from Massachusetts during a traffic stop almost three years, Daily Press reports. Vernon Green II, of Newport News, was found guilty of the second-degree murder of Newport News Police Officer Katherine "Katie" Thyne on Thursday, Nov. 17, the outlet reports. The 24-year-old got stuck between the driver's door and frame of Green's car while officers tried pulling him out during a marijuana investigation on January 23, 2020, the outlet reports. Thyne died when the car crashed into a tree about a block a…
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Suspect Wanted After Grazing Officers With His Vehicle In Virginia While Eluding Arrest: Police
Police investigators in Virginia are attempting to track down a wanted man who struck two officers with his Chevy while looking to avoid arrest, according to police investigators in Prince William County. Isaiah De-Andre Norman, 22, of Fredericksburg, is wanted following an early morning incident on Thursday, Oct. 13 near the area of Kilmer Lane and Jurgensen Drive in Triangle, officials say. Officers from the Prince William Police Department on patrol shortly before 12:45 a.m. on Thursday morning spotted a vehicle occupied by an unresponsive driver - later identified as Norman - and a seco…
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Lockdown Lifted At Virginia Middle School Following Search For Wanted Suspect (
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A lockdown has been lifted at a Virginia elementary school after police searched for a wanted suspect in the area. Shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, an alert was issued by the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office as deputies searched for a suspect that ran from police in England Run near Lyons Boulevard, according to police. The search for the perp led to a precautionary partial lockdown at the T. Benton Gayle Middle School, police said, as they continued their attempts to locate the man, who was only described as a “Black male with afro-style hair.” After a brief search, a spok…
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