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Misaddressed Package Helped Keep 35,000 Fentanyl Pills Off Virginia Streets, Sheriff Says
Enough fentanyl to kill thousands of people will never hit the streets after the Stafford County Sheriff's Office pulled off a massive drug bust.
Investigators got an assist from the US Postal Service, when earlier this month they were called to a Stafford home when a resident received a package in the mail that was sent to the wrong address.
Inside that package, investigators found approximately 15,000 fentanyl pills, prompting a larger probe that came to its conclusion on Tuesday night, when they arrested Stafford resident Dwaine Jones, Jr., 26, who was supposed to be the initial recipien…
Carjacking Brothers Wreck Stolen Vehicle In I-95 Pursuit With Baby, Loaded Guns (Details)
Two carjackers and brothers were arrested after leading an Interstate 95 pursuit through Spotsylvania County with an 18-month-old child in the stolen vehicle, police said.
Larique E. Leach, 18, of Maryland, and Larry Leach, 22, of Washington DC, were both being held without bond in the Rappahannock Regional Jail, Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Major Troy J. Skebo said.
Trouble began on Saturday, Sept. 2 around 3:20 p.m., when a citizen reported he was carjacked at gunpoint by two men in the 11100 block of Salem Station Boulevard in Fredericksburg, Skebo said.
The suspec…
2-Year-Old Surrounded By Beer Cans In Back Seat Of Virginia DUI Driver's Car: Sheriff
A 2-year-old child was in the back seat of a drunken driver's car, surrounded by cans of opened and unopened beer, authorities in Virginia said.
Silvia Herrera Hernandez, 24, is facing charges of driving under the influence with a child, failure to maintain control of her vehicle, and felony child endangerment, following the incident on Sunday, Aug. 27, Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur said.
Sergeant B.U. Demirci was heading north on I-95 and, when he happened to see the car in front of him swerving across the lane, Decatur said. He watched the car until it exited the highway onto…
Child Injured From Fall Out Of Second-Story Window While Mom Ran Errands In Maryland: Police
A 3-year-old boy is fighting for his life in Maryland after falling out of a two-story window in Northeast Baltimore on Wednesday night, police say.
The child was found by officers on Wednesday, Oct. 12, in the 5100 block of Cedgate Road, where he reportedly fell, suffering head, neck, and back injuries, according to officials.
It is alleged that the child’s mother left him at home with other children while she ran errands.
The condition of the child was not immediately available on Thursday, Oct. 13.
Child Protective Services has now been called in to investigate the incident, accordi…
Infant Locked Inside Hot Car In Stafford, No-Show Father Sought: Police
Police in Stafford County were looking for the dad of a one-month-old girl who was locked in a hot car over the weekend, they said.Officers found the baby on Sunday, Sept. 18 near Ferry Road and Randolph Road, with no parents or guardians in sight, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.
The baby's father, 32-year-old Joseph Carratura, was contacted. He told police he would arrive at the convenience store, where the baby was left alone, shortly after their conversation, officials reported.
Sadly, 45 minutes later, Carratura had still not shown up, police said.
His daughter was h…
