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Caregiver Charged After Toddler Found Alone In Roadway Outside Virginia Apartment: Police Caregiver Charged After Toddler Found Alone In Roadway Outside Virginia Apartment: Police
Caregiver Charged After Toddler Found Alone In Roadway Outside Virginia Apartment: Police A 23-year-old woman is facing charges after a Good Samaritan picked up a toddler found walking alone in the streets outside a Prince William County apartment. Kayla Nicole Murphy was charged following an incident early on Thursday morning in Triangle involving a 2-year-old child who was rescued by a neighbor, officials say. Officers responded to the Melrose Apartments in the 18000 block of Purvis Drive in Triangle, where they were called in to investigate reports of a found child who was found in the roadway outside. While investigating the incident, police say that Murphy made contact wit…

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by Zak Failla
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Woman Driving On Crack With Minor In Vehicle Arrested For DUI, Child Neglect: Stafford Sheriff Woman Driving On Crack With Minor In Vehicle Arrested For DUI, Child Neglect: Stafford Sheriff
Woman Driving On Crack With Minor In Vehicle Arrested For DUI, Child Neglect: Stafford Sheriff A woman shouting at ghosts while under the influence of crack was arrested following a strange scene that played out in Stafford, the sheriff says. South Carolina resident Jennifer Perseghin, 45, is behind bars after causing a disturbance over the weekend in front of a juvenile on Friday night. Shortly before 1 a.m. on Sept. 6, a third-party tipped off the Stafford County Sheriff's Office that Perseghin was "not doing well," was possibly intoxicated and behind the wheel of a vehicle.  The caller also advised that Perseghin was randomly yelling at people on Bradburn Plac…

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by Zak Failla
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New Reports Shed Light On Mamta Kafle Bhatt's Disappearance, Husband's Arrest New Reports Shed Light On Mamta Kafle Bhatt's Disappearance, Husband's Arrest
New Reports Shed Light On Mamta Kafle Bhatt's Disappearance, Husband's Arrest Grisly new details have been released as the probe into Mamta Kafle Bhatt following her disappearance and the subsequent apparent cover-up her husband, Naresh Bhatt attempted before his arrest and arraignment this week. Citing police documents, WUSA reports that evidence found during a search of the couple's Manassas Park home shows Naresh killed his wife and dragged her body out of the house, attempting to cover up the alleged murder. Despite extensive searches conducted with and by the community, the 28-year-old mom's body had not been recovered as of Friday, Aug. 23.  Mam…

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by Zak Failla
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Mother Who Left Children With Stranger At PWC Skate Park Charged, Released, Police Say Mother Who Left Children With Stranger At PWC Skate Park Charged, Released, Police Say
Mother Who Left Children With Stranger At PWC Skate Park Charged, Released, Police Say A 24-year-old woman who left her young children alone with a stranger at a skate park and failed to return in Prince William County is facing charges, police say. Woodbridge resident Autumn Mare Foss Hale was arrested and later released following an investigation into an incident of child neglect that was reported at Veterans Park late last week, authorities announced on Monday. According to the Prince William County Police Department, shortly before 8:45 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15, officers were called to the skate park in the 14300 block of Veterans Drive in Woodbridge, where Foss Hal…

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by Zak Failla
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Red Bikini-Clad Woman Drunkenly Throws Rock At Boy In Stafford: Cops Red Bikini-Clad Woman Drunkenly Throws Rock At Boy In Stafford: Cops
Red Bikini-Clad Woman Drunkenly Throws Rock At Boy In Stafford: Cops A 22-year-old Fairfax County woman was arrested for assaulting a child who she did not know in Stafford, police said. Jasmine Ortega-Flores, of Falls Church, was charged with assault and battery, and lodged at the Rappahannock Regional Jail following the Sunday, June 2 incident, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said in a release. Deputies were called to 401 River Road in Falmouth where Ortega-Flores was found to have been intoxicated after throwing a rock at a child, the office said. She did not know the child. The child was taken to a nearby hospital for his injuries while Ortega-Flor…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Behavior Interventionist, 73, Beats 6-Year-Old With Shoe At Spotsy School, Sheriff Says Behavior Interventionist, 73, Beats 6-Year-Old With Shoe At Spotsy School, Sheriff Says
Behavior Interventionist, 73, Beats 6-Year-Old With Shoe At Spotsy School, Sheriff Says A 73-year-old teacher has been arrested and terminated from her position after police say she beat a 6-year-old student with a shoe, authorities in Spotsylvania County said. Gloria Joan Jackson was working as a behavioral interventionist when she was captured on video assaulting the Cedar Forest Elementary School student, the county sheriff's office said in a release. ALSO SEE: Spotsy Teacher Had Drugs In Classroom, Husband Arrested High With 2-year-Old In Car The school's resource officer was tipped off on April 11, the sheriff's office said. The child was uninjured and Jackson was …

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by Cecilia Levine