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Feds Raid Wheels Of Soul Biker Gang After Virginia Hookah Lounge Beatdown, Shootout: Police Feds Raid Wheels Of Soul Biker Gang After Virginia Hookah Lounge Beatdown, Shootout: Police
Feds Raid Wheels Of Soul Biker Gang After Virginia Hookah Lounge Beatdown, Shootout: Police A savage assault and shootout outside a Virginia hookah lounge triggered a massive multi-agency raid on the Wheels of Soul outlaw motorcycle gang, with nearly two dozen members now in custody, or on the run, across multiple states, authorities announced. The early morning April 13 brawl and shooting outside Babylon Café on Golansky Boulevard in Woodbridge left two men injured, one from a brutal beating and another with a gunshot wound, and both initially refused to cooperate with police. But the Prince William County Police Department didn’t let up. Following months of investigation, detec…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Virginia Dad Found Bleeding In Stranger’s Home Was Left For Dead By ‘Friends,' Family Says Virginia Dad Found Bleeding In Stranger’s Home Was Left For Dead By ‘Friends,' Family Says
Virginia Dad Found Bleeding In Stranger’s Home Was Left For Dead By ‘Friends,' Family Says A young Virginia father was fatally stabbed and left for dead by so-called friends who dumped him miles from home — forcing him to seek help from a stranger before succumbing to his wounds. Branden Probst, a father of two, was found dying inside a stranger’s home in Fauquier County on Thursday, March 27, in Linden, after deputies say a homeowner came home to find a stranger suffering from critical stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. According to a GoFundMe created by his sister, Jessica Probst, Branden was attacked and abandoned "a few counties over" from where his family liv…

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Police & Fire
Man Found Bleeding In Stranger’s Virginia Home Was Murdered, Sheriff Says Man Found Bleeding In Stranger’s Virginia Home Was Murdered, Sheriff Says
Man Found Bleeding In Stranger’s Virginia Home Was Murdered, Sheriff Says A mysterious death in a quiet Fauquier County neighborhood has turned into a full-blown homicide case — and now, the man accused of murder is behind bars. Jose Velasquez-Martinez, 27, of Verona, was arrested at a hotel in Front Royal early Sunday morning, March 30, after a days-long investigation into a bizarre and deadly scene that unfolded just east of Linden, officials said. Deputies say it started around 9:50 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, when a woman came home and found a man she didn’t know — bleeding and gravely injured — inside her house. That man, identified as 29-year-old Brandon P…

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Virginia Woman Returns Home, Finds Injured Man Dying In Her House: Sheriff (DEVELOPING) Virginia Woman Returns Home, Finds Injured Man Dying In Her House: Sheriff (DEVELOPING)
Virginia Woman Returns Home, Finds Injured Man Dying In Her House: Sheriff (Developing) A woman returning home in Virginia made a horrifying discovery — and now the sheriff’s office is investigating what led to a man’s death inside her house. Deputies were called to the 13000 block of John Marshall Highway, just east of Linden, around 9:50 p.m. Thursday, March 27, after a homeowner found an injured man inside her residence, the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office said. When deputies arrived, they immediately began first aid until paramedics arrived and rushed the man to Winchester Medical Center.  He later died, authorities confirmed Friday. He has not been identified by in…

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by Zak Failla