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Toddler Was Overdosing On Fentanyl But VA Parents Said He Was Choking On Hash Brown: Police Toddler Was Overdosing On Fentanyl But VA Parents Said He Was Choking On Hash Brown: Police
Toddler Was Overdosing On Fentanyl But VA Parents Said He Was Choking On Hash Brown: Police Virginia parents are facing charges after their 2-year-old was found with fentanyl in his system, authorities announced. Responding deputies were told that the toddler was choking on a hash brown when they were called to a home on Thomas Jefferson Place just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19, Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur said. But Deputy Waheed identified signs consistent with someone who would be overdosing, and had the toddler taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, Decatur said. Waheed later got a call from Child Protective Services saying hospital staff found the ch…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police K-9 Gets Same Guy Three Years Later, Stafford Sheriff Says Police K-9 Gets Same Guy Three Years Later, Stafford Sheriff Says
Police K-9 Gets Same Guy Three Years Later, Stafford Sheriff Says And so, they meet again. A wanted Stafford man was apprehended by the same police K-9 for the second time in three years, police said. Joshua Sims, 36, first met K-9 Titan back in 2020. On Saturday, Nov. 11, the two were acquainted again.  This time for a call of breaking and entering on Quarry Road, Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur said. Sims, who was wanted for threats to bomb and a probation violation, was believed to still in the home when deputies arrived. A perimeter was established around the home. As deputies attempted to call Sims out of the home, he bolted out of…

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by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine
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Rent Dispute Ends In Standoff With Armed Suspect In Stafford County: Sheriff Rent Dispute Ends In Standoff With Armed Suspect In Stafford County: Sheriff
Rent Dispute Ends In Standoff With Armed Suspect In Stafford County: Sheriff A 63-year-old Stafford man was jailed after a rent dispute and accidental gun firing causing a standoff this week, authorities said. Glenn Conner and the victim were arguing in a home on the 500 block of Ferry Road Thursday, Aug. 3, around noon, when Conner got a gun and brandished it toward the victim, Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur said. A struggle ensued over the shotgun at which point the gun fired. No injuries were reported and the victim was able to flee to a neighbor's home, and call 911. "Out of an abundance of caution, the road was shut down and citizens were asked to shelt…

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by Cecilia Levine