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Fugitive Apprehended Getting Into Rideshare Vehicle Outside Virginia Hotel, Sheriff Says Fugitive Apprehended Getting Into Rideshare Vehicle Outside Virginia Hotel, Sheriff Says
Fugitive Apprehended Getting Into Rideshare Vehicle Outside Virginia Hotel, Sheriff Says A man who has racked up an infamous list of criminal charges this month was taken into police custody at a Virginia hotel, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. Early on Friday morning, deputies responded to the Excel Inn and Suites on Warrenton Road to execute an arrest warrant on 33-year-old Stafford resident Markus Collins, who has been on a rampage for weeks since the weather began warming up. Collins was wanted for:  Possession of a firearm by a felon; Possession of ammunition by a felon; Two counts of possession of controlled substances while in possession of a fir…

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by Zak Failla
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Armed Felon Arrested Following Pursuit In Stafford: Sheriff Armed Felon Arrested Following Pursuit In Stafford: Sheriff
Armed Felon Arrested Following Pursuit In Stafford: Sheriff A 33-year-old felon wanted on multiple warrants was captured after authorities performed a high-risk stop, ending a Stafford pursuit, the sheriff's office said. Markus Collins, a convicted felon, had been wanted on drug and firearms charges when a sheriff's deputy spotted him getting into a vehicle on Wwarrenton Roadand Banks Ford Parkway around 4:40 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, a spokesman for the sheriff's office said. Collins got into a vehicle at one of the motels on Warrenton Road motels. As the vehicle traveled on Warrenton Road, Sergeant B.U. Demirci and Deputy C.M. Sterne responded to…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Attempted Murder For Pair Nabbed Nine Months After Mysterious Shooting: Stafford Sheriff Attempted Murder For Pair Nabbed Nine Months After Mysterious Shooting: Stafford Sheriff
Attempted Murder For Pair Nabbed Nine Months After Mysterious Shooting: Stafford Sheriff Nearly nine months after a Virginia shooting, authorities have made two arrests. Stafford residents Markus Collins, 33, and Jayden Jones, 19, were charged with attempted murder, aggravated malicious wounding by mob, and weapons offenses in the Nov. 28, 2022 incident, Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur said. An investigation unfolded following the 4 p.m. incident on Elkton Drive in the England Run North Apartments, where two people had been shot. A sheriff's deputy found a red sedan tied to the incident on Enon Road. The driver refused to stop for police and instead, increased …

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by Cecilia Levine