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Police & Fire
Man Intentionally Rams Victim During Red Roof Inn Fight: Prince William Police
A 53-year-old man has been arrested for intentionally hitting another man with his car during an argument at a Prince William County hotel then leaving the scene, police said. Michael Lee Beach was in a physical fight with a 51-year-old acquaintance at the Red Roof Inn on Automotive Drive in Manassas around 10:10 p.m. Sunday, April 21, county police said. Beach drove toward the victim and struck him with the car intentionally before fleeing the area, police said. The victim was treated at an area hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Following the investigation, Beach was …
Police & Fire
Wanted Suspect Compliments Officer's Motorcycle Skills After Stafford Pursuit
A man wanted out of Alexandria and Stafford is in custody after a foot pursuit. Deputies responding to reports of a suspicious person at the Red Roof In on Garrisonville Road found Dorian Murphy, 25, dart into the wood line around 4:10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said. "A perimeter was quickly established and K-9 began a track," authorities said, noting Murphy ran toward Aldi and the net began to close in. Captain B.W. Worcester and Deputy S.M. Craig found Murphy as he ran behind the businesses and he was taken into custody. Deputy X.D. Bates responde…
Police & Fire
Stubborn Motel Guest Finds New Accommodations In County Jail After VA Pursuit: Police
A motel guest who got a little too comfy come time to leave had help from authorities finding new accommodations — these at the regional jail. Police were called to the Motel 6 on Warrenton Road on reports that a man later identified as Terry Palmer, 24, of Stafford, was refusing to leave come 11 a.m. checkout on Saturday, April 15, county police said. Palmer, who was still at the hotel at 12:20 p.m. when police arrived, had been wanted out of Fredericksburg for a felony probation violation, police said. Palmer told deputies his mother was on the way to pick him up, but deputies e…
Police & Fire
Mom Left 5-Year-Old Kids Alone In Hotel Room With Open Alcohol Bottles, PWC Police Say
A 36-year-old woman was arrested on child neglect charges after police said she left her two 5-year-old children alone in a Virginia hotel room while she drank. A 5-year-old boy was found on the second floor of the Red Roof Inn in Dumfries around 2:40 a.m. Friday, April 14, Prince William County police said. While investigating the incident, officers found the boy left the room just before police arrived at the hotel. When they brought him back to his room, they found his 5-year-old sister. Eventually, officers found the children’s mom, Monise Shante Robinson, who was not at…
Police & Fire
Wanted Ford, Stolen Ford: Sagging Pants Suspect Busted By Stafford Sheriff
Another man wanted by the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is in custody after being caught checking into an area hotel with a car reported stolen last week. Fredericksburg resident Tahj Ford, 25, who was already wanted in multiple jurisdictions in Virginia, attempted to pull a fast one on sheriff’s deputies who spotted him at an area hotel. This week, a deputy was checking the Red Roof Inn on Warrenton Road when she spotted a Ford Focus that had been reported stolen out of Spotsylvania last week, prompting a call for backup to conduct surveillance of the suspect vehicle. A detective with …
Police & Fire
One Killed During Barricade, Standoff With Wanted Armed Suspect In Virginia: Police
A wanted man was killed by officers in Virginia after taking police on a lengthy pursuit on Tuesday and creating a barricade situation before fleeing to a populated parking lot and turning the gun toward them, officials said. Albemarle County resident Billy Sites, 44, died at the UVA Medical Center on Tuesday, Feb. 28 after attempting to evade arrest when he was spotted by police who recognized him. The incident played out shortly after 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Notification: Officers in the area of Emmet St. near the Red Roof Inn are currently on the scene of an active violent incid…
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Woman Clocked Going 100+ MPH During Separate Police Pursuits In Custody: Stafford Sheriff
A woman with a proclivity of taking police on high-speed pursuits in Stafford County was finally tracked down in a Virginia hotel and taken into custody without incident, authorities announced. Chelsea Geraghty, 29, of Stafford, is facing charges after putting police officers through the ringer earlier this month when she refused to stop for members of the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. The long month for the sheriff’s office began shortly after noon on Friday, Feb. 10, when a deputy attempted to stop a driver with a revoked license on Warrenton Road near South Gateway Drive; however, ra…
Police & Fire
Minor Held Without Bail After Identifying Herself As Dead Man, Possessing Vape Pen
A woman was arrested after falsely identifying herself as a dead man at a Virginia hotel, authorities say. Police responded to the Red Roof Inn on Warrenton Road on the morning of Monday, Dec. 12 for a report of vandalism after a staff member said that a woman had broken a window before arguing with guests and fleeing the scene, Stafford County police say. The woman was found at the Exxon across the street, where a deputy asked her for identification. The woman then identified herself as a deceased male. It was discovered that the woman had illegally entered one of the hotel rooms and was …
Police & Fire
What's In A Name?: Fredericksburg Woman Who Faked Identity, Arrested
A woman fled from law enforcement in Fredericksburg, when officers discovered she was faking her identity, officials said. At around 2:50 p.m. on August 7, Claire Kaus gave officers a fake name, birth date, and social security number in the area of the Red Roof Inn on Warrenton Road, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. When police questioned Kaus, who had violated her probation, she messed up a fake social security number twice and proceeded to flee from the officer, authorities said. After a short foot chase, Kaus was taken into custody and charged with false identifica…
Police & Fire
Red Roof Robbery: 3 Arrested In Stafford For Stealing Man's Belongings
Police arrested three individuals in connection to a robbery at a local Red Roof Inn in Stafford, authorities said. At around 12:17 a.m. on August 3, Jessica Smalley and a victim were in a motel room when two suspects entered and one had a long knife, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. The suspects, who had parts of their faces covered, stole the victim's wallet, phone, and other personal property, police reported. Law enforcement said the suspects fled the scene in a vehicle they stole from another guest. When police tracked the stolen vehicle to Spotsylvania, t…
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Police ID Victim In Stafford Motel Murder
Authorities have identified the man killed at a Red Roof Inn in Stafford County over the weekend. Deputies said Leo Franklin, 47, of Maryland, died at the Warrenton Road motel in Stafford just after 8 a.m. on Sunday, June 19. George Pearson III, 44, of Stafford, reportedly shot him and then fled the scene in a silver Toyota Tacoma, still armed with the handgun, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said. A Crisis Negotiation Team spoke with Pearson on FaceTime in an attempt to get him to turn himself in. He told them he wouldn't be taken alive, deputies said. However, when offic…
Police & Fire
FaceTime Fugitive: Motel Murder Suspect Surrenders During I-95 Pursuit
Authorities got a murder suspect to surrender over FaceTime as he led a police pursuit on Interstate 95 in Virginia, they said. George Pearson III, 44, of Stafford, shot the victim in his chest at a Red Roof Inn on Warrenton Road around 8:15 a.m. June 19, then fled the scene in a silver Toyota Tacoma, still armed with a handgun, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said. Once able to identify the suspect, authorities called him on FaceTime and added a member of the Crisis Negotiation Team joined to the call. While attempting to negotiate a peaceful surrender, Pearson indicated he …
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Leads 'Low Speed' Police Pursuit In Stafford County: Sheriff's Office
A Virginia man is being held without bail after he was arrested for trying to evade police officers while driving under the influence, authorities said. Adwain Sharrier, 38, of Stafford, was charged with a DUI after leading deputies on a "low speed pursuit" in North Stafford, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook. A deputy responded to a report of a suspicious person at the Red Roof Inn, located at 153 Garrisonville Road, around 2:37 a.m. on Wednesday, May 11, the office reports. A man, later identified as Sharrier, was found slumped over in the back of a car that was pa…
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