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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…
Unlicensed Maryland Driver Rams Virginia State Trooper 4X In High-Speed Pursuit: Cops
A Maryland man has been arrested for assaulting police in Virginia following a weekend pursuit, authorities said.
Reggie P. White, 24, of College Park, sped away from a Virginia State Trooper initiating a traffic stop on Route 1 in Fairfax County at 3:40 a.m. Sunday, March 17, a State Police spokesman said.
Traveling in a stolen gray sedan, White rammed a state troop car twice approaching the Beltway then continued onto Interstate 495 westbound, according to VSP. There, White struck the same trooper’s vehicle a third time, and then onto Interstate 95 southbound, where the trooper…
Minibike Fails Rider In Race With Stafford Cops
A minibike operator who told police he fled a traffic stop because he thought he could get away, didn't, authorities in Stafford said.
Stafford County Deputy AT Leckemby was heading east on Garrisonville Road near Onville Road when he noticed a minibike with no lights on it around 8:35 p.m. Nov. 23, the Stafford County sheriff's office said in a release.
The operator, later identified as Gunther Raimund, 24, looked back at Leckemby when he initiated a traffic stop, then hit the gas, authorities said.
Leckemby followed the minibike down Garrisonville Road, onto Richmond Highway, and in…
Fugitives Found With Drugs In Nighttime I-95 Stop: Cops
A pair of fugitives were found with drugs in a weekend traffic stop on I-95 in Northern Virginia.
Deputies pulled over the vehicle driven by 42-year-old Leonard Braxton on the northbound side of the highway in Stafford around 11 p.m. on Nov. 4, after the driver changed lanes without signaling multiple times, Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur said.
Braxton, of Richmond, was wanted out of Prince William, Lancaster, and Fairfax County, while his passenger, Monica Reed, was wanted out of Stafford, police said.
A search of the vehicle turned up numerous drugs, Decatur said. Reed said t…
Spotsy Gunman Arrested Again 6 Days Later — This Time His Weapon Was Stolen: Cops
A loaded gun, a stolen gun, cash and drugs were seized from two men during a Virginia traffic stop, authorities said.
Quamel Hawkins, 26, of Fredericksburg, was a passenger in the vehicle driven by Jaquan Mincy, 23, of Spotsylvania, when a Fredericksburg police officer stopped them on Tuesday, Sept. 26 on Fall Hill Avenue, FXB police said.
After authorities noticed Hawkins reaching under his leg, they searched the vehicle and found a loaded 9mm Glock on Hawkins, Fredericksburg police said.
Mincy, who arrested on Sept. 21 with possession of a concealed weapon, was found in possession o…
Standard Traffic Stop Turns Into Assault Of Police Officer In Stafford
A standard traffic stop by an officer turned into an assault incident in Stafford, police said.On August 14, at around 10 a.m., an officer saw a driver speeding at 62 mph in a 45 mph zone and initiated a traffic stop at the intersection of Port Aquia Drive, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.Law enforcement asked for the driver's license and registration, but the driver refused multiple times, leading to his arrest, police reported.
When the officer tried to get the driver, 30-year-old Dominique Santiful, out of his car to arrest him, Santiful resisted and smacked the officer'…
