Maryland Man ID’d As Victim In Deadly Hit-Run On Gainesville Highway, Police Say
A Maryland man was fatally struck while crossing a highway in Northern Virginia, and police are still working to identify the driver who fled the scene.
Timothy Scott Rinehart, 44, of Laurel, was killed early Thursday, June 5, while attempting to cross Lee Highway near Virginia Oaks Drive in Gainesville, according to the Prince William County Police Department on Monday, June 9.
Officers were called to the intersection around 1:57 a.m., where they found Rinehart dead at the scene. Police said the driver who hit him sped away.
"The investigation revealed the driver of an unknown vehicle was…
Pharmacy Owner Named In 2021 Gainesville Sexual Assault Investigation: Police
A Northern Virginia pharmacy owner is facing criminal charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman inside his Gainesville store years ago, police said.
Davinder Pal Kahlon, 41, turned himself in to Prince William County Police on Wednesday, March 19, nearly four years after the reported assault.
Davinder Pal Kahlon
Prince William County Police
The victim, who was an adult at the time, told detectives she went to Gainesville Pharmacy in the 7900 block of Heritage Village Plaza on January 23, 2021, shortly before closing time, according to police.
While inside, the store’s own…
Centreville Man Abducts Woman, Child In Stolen Car, Flees For Weeks In Virginia: Police
A Northern Virginia man who allegedly abducted a woman and their young child before fleeing in her vehicle has been arrested weeks after the incident, authorities announced.
Naim Arrak, 26, was taken into custody on Thursday, March 13, in connection to a violent domestic dispute in Gainesville that led to a police pursuit, according to the Prince William County Police Department.
The charges stem from an incident on Friday, Feb. 14, when officers responded around 11:15 p.m. to a home in the 7400 block of Brunson Circle after a woman reported being assaulted by Arrak, police said.
Investiga…
‘Heavy Sleeper’ Excuse Falls Flat: Duo Busted With Drugs At Stafford Motel
An alert deputy’s routine patrol in North Stafford turned into a serious bust after he spotted a suspicious scene involving a so-called "heavy sleeper."
Shortly after 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16, a deputy from the Stafford County Sheriff's Office was patrolling the Super 8 Motel on Wicomico Drive when he saw a woman violently shaking the driver of a Ford, raising concerns of a possible overdose, officials said.
In fact, it was not a medical emergency, and Centreville resident Kalila Prochno, 31 tried to explain that the driver, Jason Haller, 49, of Gainesville, was simply a "heavy s…
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…
