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Aggressive Dog Shot, Killed After Getting Loose, Targeting Family In Manassas, Police Say Aggressive Dog Shot, Killed After Getting Loose, Targeting Family In Manassas, Police Say
Aggressive Dog Shot, Killed After Getting Loose, Targeting Family In Manassas, Police Say A 56-year-old man was forced to shoot a dog that got loose and went after him while he was walking his own pet in Prince William County over the weekend, police say. Officers were called on Saturday, Oct. 19 to a neighborhood in Manassas when the man and other family members were walking their dogs and were accosted by a pit bull that broke free from a nearby home. The incident was reported at around 10:45 a.m. in the 10700 block of Balls Ford Road. According to the Prince William County Police Department, during the encounter, the man fatally shot the fast-charging dog, while a second dog…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Guns Found In 2 VA Middle Schoolers' Belongings: Cops Guns Found In 2 VA Middle Schoolers' Belongings: Cops
Guns Found In 2 VA Middle Schoolers' Belongings: Cops Two Virginia middle schoolers are expected to be charged after officials found an unloaded flare gun and a BB gun in their belongings. Acting on a tip that a student was possibly carrying a weapon at Smart's Mill Middle School in Leesburg Tuesday morning, Nov. 14, Loudoun County Public School officials conducted a search, local police said. After consultation with the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office, the School Resource Officer is obtaining charges on two juveniles for carrying a concealed weapon as it relates to the possession of the flare gun, police said. The incident remains under inves…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Prankster Who Threatened HS In VA On Social Media Hit With Felony, Sheriff Says Prankster Who Threatened HS In VA On Social Media Hit With Felony, Sheriff Says
Prankster Who Threatened HS In VA On Social Media Hit With Felony, Sheriff Says A day after students returned to the classroom following Easter Break, a teen who flippantly made a social media threat purportedly targeting a Virginia high school has been apprehended, according to authorities. There was an increased police presence at Riverbend High School to start the week, as members of the Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office investigated a report of a threat depicting a young boy holding a rifle and referencing a school with the initials "RHS."  School administrators, detectives, and School Resource Officers launched "an extensive investigation" over the weekend after …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
VA Motel Armed Robber Gave Officers Fake Name — Now He's Being Sought: Police VA Motel Armed Robber Gave Officers Fake Name — Now He's Being Sought: Police
VA Motel Armed Robber Gave Officers Fake Name — Now He's Being Sought: Police A Virginia man is being sought by police after giving officers a fake name in an armed robbery last month, authorities said. Lawrence Dawntai Johnson told Prince William County police his name was Raquelle Darris Johnson while being arrested on Thursday, Aug. 25 for a knifepoint robbery at the Potomac Inn in Woodbridge, PWC police said. A search of Johnson — who police found during a fight — turned up a knife matching the description of one used to rob a man staying at the hotel around 3 a.m. that morning, police said. Phillip Edward Douglas was also at the scene of the fight, and he was a…

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by Cecilia Levine