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Investigation Into Sex Assault Of A Minor Leads To Arrest In Virginia: Police Investigation Into Sex Assault Of A Minor Leads To Arrest In Virginia: Police
Investigation Into Sex Assault Of A Minor Leads To Arrest In Virginia: Police Police in Prince William County have charged a man who allegedly sexually abused a family member multiple times over the course of several months last year, authorities announced on Wednesday. Woodbridge resident Joaquin Rodriguez Melendez, 26, has been arrested following an investigation into alleged sexual assault that was reported in Prince William County between May and November 2022. According to a Prince William County Police Department spokesperson, the investigation found that Rodriguez Melendez allegedly sexually assaulted a family member who was under the age of 13 at the tim…

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by Zak Failla
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Family Of Three Dead In Northern Virginia Stabbing Family Of Three Dead In Northern Virginia Stabbing
Family Of Three Dead In Northern Virginia Stabbing Three family members died in a stabbing at a Prince William County home Tuesday morning, May 16, authorities said. The three were all found at a home on the 5100 block of Cannon Bluff Drive in Woodbridge around 7:15 a.m., county police said. Officers immediately provided first aid until fire and rescue personnel arrived on scene. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene while both men were taken to an area hospital where they died from their injuries.  The individuals were determined to be family members and the altercation was contained to the home.  Detectives were inve…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Support Surges For Springfield Mother Of 5 Brutally Murdered By Husband Support Surges For Springfield Mother Of 5 Brutally Murdered By Husband
Support Surges For Springfield Mother Of 5 Brutally Murdered By Husband Five children will live the rest of their lives without their mother after she was brutally stabbed to death by who police say was her husband in Virginia. Support was surging for Evelin Cali's children days after Jose Mejia was captured in South Carolina and charged in her murder. Two GoFundMe pages had raised a total of $14,000 to cover funeral costs and provide for Evelin's four children, in addition to her nephew, who she had been raising: Astrid, Kenneth, Daniel, Alex, and Bella. A relative said Mejia called and admitted he had stabbed her before leaving his wallet behind and fleeing…

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by AJ Goldbloom