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Minibike Fails Rider In Race With Stafford Cops
A minibike operator who told police he fled a traffic stop because he thought he could get away, didn't, authorities in Stafford said.
Stafford County Deputy AT Leckemby was heading east on Garrisonville Road near Onville Road when he noticed a minibike with no lights on it around 8:35 p.m. Nov. 23, the Stafford County sheriff's office said in a release.
The operator, later identified as Gunther Raimund, 24, looked back at Leckemby when he initiated a traffic stop, then hit the gas, authorities said.
Leckemby followed the minibike down Garrisonville Road, onto Richmond Highway, and in…
Would-Be Burglar Busted Before He Could Change Clothes: Stafford Sheriff
A man who tried to burglarize a Stafford business was arrested in the same clothes he wore to the scene, police said.
Surveillance footage showed a man alter identified as Saddam Rafat, 23, trying to open the door of Neighbor Mart on 2983 Richmond Highway, around 12:20 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur said.
When Rafat couldn't open the doors himself, he ran into them and kicked them, damaging the doors beyond repair.
Eventually, he realized he was not getting into the business and left, police said.
Not only did cameras record the crime, but it recorded th…
Fugitive Didn't Make It Too Easy For Deputies To Arrest Him In Stafford: Sheriff
A man wanted out of at least two counties and who had drugs on him was jailed after refusing to get out of his vehicle in a Stafford County stop, police said.
A Stafford County sheriff's deputy spotted Shawn Dao, 40, who was wanted out of Falls Church, Prince William County, and Stafford County, driving near Paradise Estates around 6:50 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26, Sheriff David Decatur said.
Dao, who was operating the vehicle on a revoked license due to a prior DUI, was immediately argumentative with the deputy who stopped his car, Decatur said.
Dao stated he didn’t need to identify himself…
Hours-Long SWAT Standoff With Wanted Subjects Ends In Two Arrests In Fredericksburg: Police
Two wanted suspects were arrested after an hours-long SWAT standoff in Fredericksburg, authorities said.
Mickel Brown, 31, and Jacqueline Pinnock, 35, of Remington, were taken into custody without incident on Wednesday, Sept. 20, after barricading themselves in a home on the 1700 block of Lafayette Boulevard around 9 a.m., Fredericksburg police said.
It began around 9 a.m., when officers responded to the home for a wanted subject through Spotsylvania and Stafford Counties. Once officers made contact with Brown and Pinnock, but they refused to leave the apartment and barricade…
Armed Walmart Thief Bites, Kicks Arresting PWC Officers: Authorities
A shoplifter wanted for lunging at a Walmart employee with a knife then robbing and assaulting a 23-year-old woman had little less compassion for the officers arresting her 10 days later, police in Prince William County said.
On Tuesday, Sept. 19, officers were near Fettler Park Drive when they spotted Chanise Janeen Stroble, 25, who had been wanted for stealing items from the Dumfries Walmart store on Sept. 9, Prince William County police said.
While arresting her, Stroble kicked two officers in the leg, one officer in the jaw, and bit another, authorities said. While invest…
