Man Who Knocked Victim Cold With Baseball Bat Found Month After Mob Attack In Virginia: Cops Man Who Knocked Victim Cold With Baseball Bat Found Month After Mob Attack In Virginia: Cops
Man Who Knocked Victim Cold With Baseball Bat Found Month After Mob Attack In Virginia: Cops A 28-year-old Prince William County man has been arrested for his role in a mob assault that left a 46-year-old man unconscious, authorities said. The victim was dropped at an area hospital on March 8 around 4:30 p.m. after he was assaulted at a property on the 4200 block of James Madison Highway in Haymarket, county police said. During the investigation, detectives learned the victim had been assaulted by multiple male acquaintances, including Juan Manuel Mata Benavides, police said. At one point during the encounter, Benavideas struck the victim in the head with a baseball bat, …
Drunken Man, 53, Chases Vehicle Occupied By Children In Leesburg Drunken Man, 53, Chases Vehicle Occupied By Children In Leesburg
Drunken Man, 53, Chases Vehicle Occupied By Children In Leesburg A Leesburg man is arrested for drunkenly chasing a vehicle occupied by children earlier this week, authorities said. Allen K. Shreve III, 53, was following the victim's vehicle and trying to hit it with his own just after 6 p.m. on the 800 block of Anne Street SW on Wednesday, April 10, local police said. Responding officers determined that Shreve knew the victim, had at one point blocked the free passage of the victim’s vehicle, leading the victim to drive across multiple lawns while being pursued by Shreve, police said. Shreve also struck and knocked down a fire hydrant. The victim'…
Bomb Threat Disrupts Drag Queen Storybook Hour At Arlington Bar, Owner Fights Back With Love Bomb Threat Disrupts Drag Queen Storybook Hour At Arlington Bar, Owner Fights Back With Love
Bomb Threat Disrupts Drag Queen Storybook Hour At Arlington Bar, Owner Fights Back With Love Freddie Lutz calls his Arlington bar the only one that's straight-friendly LGBTQ+ in Northern Virginia. Adorned with gay flags and pink trim, Freddie's Beach Bar & Grill attracts members of the LGBTQ+ community, families with children, and people of all races, religions, and colors.  "We do karaoke, brunch, and we have drag shows," Lutz, 73, told Daily Voice. "It's kind of like the gay 'Cheers.'" On Saturday, April 7, two things happened for the first time at Freddie's:  The first, Drag Show Storybook Hour, an event where drag queens read books to children. The sec…
Man Shot Overnight In Bailey's Crossroads Man Shot Overnight In Bailey's Crossroads
Man Shot Overnight In Bailey's Crossroads A man was shot overnight in Bailey's Crossroads, police said. He was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries to the upper body after the shooting on the 3400 block of Charles Street before dawn, police said. It was not immediately clear whether or not a person of interest had been identified.
Woman Being Evicted From Northwest DC Apartment Threatened To Shoot US Marshals: MPD Woman Being Evicted From Northwest DC Apartment Threatened To Shoot US Marshals: MPD
Woman Being Evicted From Northwest DC Apartment Threatened To Shoot US Marshals: MPD The 59-year-old woman who barricaded herself inside a Northwest DC apartment and threatened federal officials attempting to evict her is facing multiple criminal charges, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Camille Ceasar didn't go down quietly and will have a new place to stay behind bars after she was arrested for pointing a gun at officers during an eviction situation that escalated rapidly, officials say. Shortly before noon on Wednesday afternoon, officers and members of the US Marshals Service were called to assist in the eviction of Ceasar from her apartment in the 4000 …
Former Marine, 23, Died Doing What He Loved In Alexandria Motorcycle Crash, Loved Ones Say Former Marine, 23, Died Doing What He Loved In Alexandria Motorcycle Crash, Loved Ones Say
Former Marine, 23, Died Doing What He Loved In Alexandria Motorcycle Crash, Loved Ones Say A 23-year-old Alexandria motorcyclist killed in a crash on Tuesday, April 9 has been identified as a former US Marine. Kaden Olsen was broadsided by a DASH bus on Duke and North Ripley streets just after 5 p.m., police in Alexandria said. He died at the scene. A GoFundMe for Olsen's family remembered him as being "larger than life." "He passed doing what he loved, riding his motorcycle," reads the campaign launched by Brooke Jensen. Kaden graduated early from high school and went on to fulfill his dreams of joining the Marine Corps, Jensen writes. He was honorably discharged in …
Homicide Indictments Handed Up To Ex-Warren County Deputies In Deadly Traffic Stop Homicide Indictments Handed Up To Ex-Warren County Deputies In Deadly Traffic Stop
Homicide Indictments Handed Up To Ex-Warren County Deputies In Deadly Traffic Stop A pair of former Warren County Sheriff's Office employees have been served with new indictments in connection with a deadly traffic stop in April 2022, Virginia State Police announced. On Monday, April 8, 2024, a Warren County grand jury handed up one felony count of homicide against Zachary A. Fadely, 31, of Shenandoah County, and one felony count of homicide against Tyler S. Poe, 27, of Warren County, police said. Both Fadely and Poe were deputies when they stopped a 77-year-old Gainesville driver for going 63 mph in a 55 mph zone on April 2, 2022 around 1:20 a.m., and assaulted him, acco…
District Man Charged With Murder For Separate DC Slayings Facing Life In Prison: Feds District Man Charged With Murder For Separate DC Slayings Facing Life In Prison: Feds
District Man Charged With Murder For Separate DC Slayings Facing Life In Prison: Feds A 23-year-old District man is facing multiple murder charges following separate slayings and robberies in 2021 and 2022, federal authorities announced. Corde Fitzhugh-Clingman was indicted by a grand jury in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia this week on multiple counts of felony murder and other related offenses for his alleged role in the killing of Bristow resident Muntsier Sharfi in July 2021 and Zekariya Elmi, 26, in April 2022. On July 8, 2021, Prince George's County Fire and EMS personnel were called to the 3300 block of Southern Avenue SE, where they found Sharfi, 24, a…
MD Man, 47, Sent Sexually Explicit Texts To Child In VA: Cops MD Man, 47, Sent Sexually Explicit Texts To Child In VA: Cops
MD Man, 47, Sent Sexually Explicit Texts To Child In VA: Cops A 47-year-old Maryland man is accused of sending sexually-explicit messages to a minor earlier this year in Prince William County, authorities said. Lamar Bobby Hopkins, of Oxon Hill, MD, was an acquaintance of the victim who received the disturbing texts in February 2023, in Woodbridge, Prince William County police said. A family member found the messages and contacted police. Following the investigation, detectives obtained arrest warrants for Hopkins.  On March 25, Hopkins was served while incarcerated in Prince George’s County on an unrelated matter. He was extradit…
Elderly Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Young Girl In Virginia Hotel Elevator: Police Elderly Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Young Girl In Virginia Hotel Elevator: Police
Elderly Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Young Girl In Virginia Hotel Elevator: Police An 80-year-old man has been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a young girl in the elevator of a Prince William County hotel, police say. Dennis James Schettino, of Calabash, North Carolina, was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual battery for an alleged incident that was reported early on Easter Sunday at the Hampton Inn on Old Stage Road in Dumfries. According to police, at around 9:30 a.m. on March 31, officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to investigate when a girl under the age of 15 said that she was accosted in the elevator by an unknown …
DC Gunman Shot Wrong Woman, Then Told Her To Call 911: Feds DC Gunman Shot Wrong Woman, Then Told Her To Call 911: Feds
DC Gunman Shot Wrong Woman, Then Told Her To Call 911: Feds A purported case of mistaken identity led to one woman being shot and landed her shooter behind bars following an incident in Southeast DC, federal authorities say. Michael Owusu-Sakyi, 47, was charged in federal court this week for aggravated assault while armed after shooting a woman early in the morning on Friday, April 5, then having second thoughts after realizing she wasn't his intended target. Police say that at approximately 9:45 a.m. on the morning of the shooting, officers were called to the 1700 block of Fairlawn Avenue SE, where there was a reported shooting. Responding office…
Repeat Offender Indicted For Murder Of Visiting Teacher Near Catholic University In DC: Feds Repeat Offender Indicted For Murder Of Visiting Teacher Near Catholic University In DC: Feds
Repeat Offender Indicted For Murder Of Visiting Teacher Near Catholic University In DC: Feds A 22-year-old District man with a checkered criminal past has been indicted in connection to the fatal, targeted shooting of a visiting teacher near the Catholic University of America in Northeast DC last summer, federal authorities announced. Jaime Macedo is facing murder and other charges following the fatal on-campus shooting of 25-year-old Kentucky resident Maxwell Emerson, a teacher and wrestling coach in Oldham County, in what was initially described as "an incident of violence" by officials. We are aware that there was an incident of violence that resulted in a fatality this morni…