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Sunday, apr 28
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18-Year-Old Inmate Found Dead In Virginia Cell: Police
An 18-year-old inmate was found dead in his cell prompting a death investigation at the Prince William-Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center, police said. Juan Felipe Mejia Campos of Alexandria was found unresponsive Thursday morning, March 28, county police said. Aid was rendered, however, Campos died at the scene, police said. There were no signs of foul play. The death appears medical or narcotic-related. The investigation continues. While online records show a 20-year-old Juan Mejia Campos of Stafford was arrested on March 20 on drug charges, county police could not confir…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Fentanyl Found On Spotsy Man In Routine Fredericksburg Traffic Stop: Sheriff
A wrong turn outside a Fredericksburg apartment complex led to multiple drug charges for a Spotsylvania man who was caught with a small cache of drugs, according to officials. Over the weekend, an officer on patrol spotted 40-year-old Cleveland Parker making an illegal left-hand turn onto Fall Hill Avenue from the Forest Village Apartment Complex, prompting a traffic stop that led to his arrest. During the subsequent stop, Parker readily admitted that his license was suspended, and while interviewing him, the officer "saw indications of drug activity," leading to the seizure of a plast…
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Repeat Offender With Name Ill-Suited For DC Back Behind Bars For Drug, Weapon Offenses: Feds
Honesty continues to be a concern in Washington, DC. A District man known to run afoul of the law is back behind bars after being convicted - again - on drug and weapon charges, federal authorities announced this week. James Fitzgerald Honesty, 35, was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison following an incident in May 2022 that required a police foot chase and led to the recovery of drugs and a 9mm semi-automatic handgun. It was Honesty's fifth conviction involving weapons, and third for possession of drugs with the intent to distribute. According to prosecutors, the latest i…
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Convict Caught With PCP, Short-Barreled Rifle Cops To Crime In DC: Feds
A District man with a checkered criminal past is facing decades behind bars after admitting to federal gun and drug charges, authorities announced. Clarence Faulkner, 42, a convicted felon, pleaded guilty in Washington, DC to unlawful possession of a short-barreled rifle that was found in his car along with PCP and cocaine, according to federal prosecutors. In November last year, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department were on patrol in the 300 block of 61st Street NE when they spotted an unoccupied sedan parked on the side of the street running and unattended. After advising the …
Police & Fire
Wanted Duo Won't Be Home For The Holidays After Christmas Eve Traffic Stop In Stafford: Sheriff
They say "there's no place like home for the holidays." Antonio Wright and Ashleigh Sullivan are living proof of that in Virginia. Wright and Sullivan, both 31, traded pajamas and Christmas dinner for a prison jumpsuit and plastic silverware in Stafford County after being busted and readily admitting that they were wanted for previous offenses during a Christmas Eve traffic stop. A driver was stopped near the intersection of Warrenton Road and Sandford Drive at around 8:45 p.m. on Sunday night, according to a sheriff's office spokesperson, leading to a series of unfortunate events fo…
Police & Fire
Fairfax Fire Lieutenant Stole Fentanyl, Morphine From Department Vials: Police
A Fairfax County Fire and Rescue veteran lieutenant was arrested on drug charges, police said. Aleksandra Olegoyna Kazmar, 40, of Front Royal, tampered with vials of morphine and fentanyl multiple times between August and September 2023, Fairfax County police said. The discovery came to light during a monthly inspection of medication at Fire Station 36, when a technician noticed the volume of the liquid contained within the vial was not consistent with similar vials and there appeared to be a hole in the plastic-controlled substance kit. The technician immediately reported the in…
Police & Fire
Hotel Trespasser Resists Arrest At Best Western In VA: PD
Police say that a wanted homeless hotel trespasser in Prince William County did not want to go down quietly over the weekend after being busted on a drug charge. Patrick Emmanuel Session, 22, who has no fixed address, attempted to resist arrest on Saturday, May 6, when he was caught trespassing at a site he had previously been instructed to stay out of, according to the Prince William County Police Department. The incident played out shortly after 9 a.m. on Saturday morning at the Best Western on Balls Ford Road in Manassas. When officers arrived at the scene, they found Session, who had p…
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Deputy Assaulted During Not So Great Escape By Wanted Man In Stafford County: Sheriff
A Fredericksburg man made things worse for himself during an early morning disturbance in Stafford County over the weekend where he went rogue and attempted to avoid being apprehended by members of the Sheriff’s Office. Freddie Carter, Jr. 37, a man familiar to members of the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, is facing a smorgasbord of criminal charges following his latest encounter with law enforcement that landed him behind bars after he returned to the scene of an earlier crime. Carter’s long day began at approximately 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, April 23, when members of the sheriff’s office w…
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Steroids Found In PA Trooper's Mail, Authorities Say
A Pennsylvania State Police trooper was arrested Wednesday, May 4 on drug charges after steroids were discovered in mail addressed to him, authorities said. Trooper Joseph W. Czachorowski was charged with misdemeanor counts of possessing a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia, a small amount of marijuana, and instruments of crime, state police said. A U.S. postal inspector and state police trooper conducted a warranted search of Czachorowski's mail and discovered 30 Oxymetholone pills and two vials of Trenbolone acetate, both steroids and Schedule III controlled substances, au…
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