Officer Kicked By Woman Being Detained For Assaulting Juvenile Family Member In VA: PD Officer Kicked By Woman Being Detained For Assaulting Juvenile Family Member In VA: PD Officer Kicked By Woman Being Detained For Assaulting Juvenile Family Member In VA: PD
Officer Kicked By Woman Being Detained For Assaulting Juvenile Family Member In VA: PD A 28-year-old woman was arrested for assaulting both a young family member and an arresting officer in Prince William County, police said. Officers responded to the 13700 block of Lynn Street in Woodbridge on Tuesday, Aug. 8 for a domestic dispute involving Kaitierra Shavae Thigpen, of Alexandria, Prince William County police said. During the investigation, Thigpen was being detained for assaulting a juvenile family member when she kicked an officer, police said. The officer was not injured.  Thigpen was jailed on charges of assault and battery on a law enforcement officer, and domest…
Virginia Man Stabbed Maryland Victim Then Chased Him Until He Died: Police Virginia Man Stabbed Maryland Victim Then Chased Him Until He Died: Police Virginia Man Stabbed Maryland Victim Then Chased Him Until He Died: Police
Virginia Man Stabbed Maryland Victim Then Chased Him Until He Died: Police A 24-year-old man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a Maryland man in Northern Virginia over the weekend. Heriberto Valdez, of Woodbridge, fatally stabbed Jesser Edwardo Marroquin Cordon, 33, during an argument on Saturday, Aug. 5 in Woodbridge, Prince William County police said. Valdez and Cordon, who police identified as acquaintances, were arguing at a home on the 800 block of Fulton Place in Woodbridge around 10:25 p.m. Saturday, authorities said. Valdez stabbed Cordon, then chased him into the backyard, where Cordon collapsed. Cordon was pronounced d…
Failed Knifepoint Robbery Lands Manassas Man In Custody Failed Knifepoint Robbery Lands Manassas Man In Custody Failed Knifepoint Robbery Lands Manassas Man In Custody
Failed Knifepoint Robbery Lands Manassas Man In Custody A 19-year-old man was being held without bond after police said he tried robbing a Manassas restaurant at knifepoint. Shane David Lucas went into Dona Bessy Pupuseria on Festival Lane around 7:35 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, armed with a knife, Prince William County police said. Lucas walked to the register where he brandished a knife and demanded money. When another employee intervened, Lucas fled the store without obtaining any money.  While investigating the incident, officers located the accused nearby and detained him without incident. No injuries were reported.  Lucas was …
Homeless Man Gouges Officer's Eye While Resisting Arrest In VA: Police Homeless Man Gouges Officer's Eye While Resisting Arrest In VA: Police Homeless Man Gouges Officer's Eye While Resisting Arrest In VA: Police
Homeless Man Gouges Officer's Eye While Resisting Arrest In VA: Police Good Samaritans came to the aid of a Prince William County police officer who was assaulted by a homeless man during an arrest attempt on Sunday night. Brayan Villatla Vasquez, 21, who has no known address, refused to go down without a fight following the investigation into a robbery in Manassas in the area of Sudley Road and Irongate Way on Sunday, July 23. Police say that responding officers called to investigate the robbery found Villatla Vasquez walking in the area, and when they attempted to apprehend him, he resisted and refused to follow their demands.  During the struggle…
Man, 85, Sexually Assaulted Girls For 7 Years In Virginia: Police Man, 85, Sexually Assaulted Girls For 7 Years In Virginia: Police Man, 85, Sexually Assaulted Girls For 7 Years In Virginia: Police
Man, 85, Sexually Assaulted Girls For 7 Years In Virginia: Police An 85-year-old Virginia man has been charged with sexually assaulting two girls between 2015 and 2022, authorities said. John Pasquale DeMarco, of Gainesville, was being held on $5,000 unsecured bond on accusations he sexually assaulted the victims, who were under the ages 13 and 15, between January 2015 and November 2022, Prince William County police said. The assaults occurred at a home in Gainesville, police said. The victims reported the incidents in November 2022 prompting the police investigation. Following the investigation, DeMarco was arrested and charged with two counts of aggrav…
Man Killed Passing Gun Around In VA Was Seeking Better Life In America Man Killed Passing Gun Around In VA Was Seeking Better Life In America Man Killed Passing Gun Around In VA Was Seeking Better Life In America
Man Killed Passing Gun Around In VA Was Seeking Better Life In America Support is surging for the family of a 21-year-old man who died when a gun accidentally fired while he and his friends were passing it around in Northern Virginia. Reynaldo J. Villalobos Hernandez had moved to the U.S. in pursuit of his dreams, according to his aunt, Maria Hernandez, who launched a GoFundMe. "Reynaldo was only 21 years old, he was a good, happy, hard-working, sociable, positive boy full of life and dreams and goals to achieve," Hernandez writes. "That is why a year and a half ago he decided to travel to the United States, leaving his parents and siblings to help them and h…
Victim Flown In PWC Shooting Dies Victim Flown In PWC Shooting Dies Victim Flown In PWC Shooting Dies
Victim Flown In PWC Shooting Dies Authorities in Prince William County are investigating a homicide. A man called 911 saying his friend had been shot in the upper body around 1 a.m. Tuesday, July 18, then hung up the phone, county police said. "Officers initially responded and checked the area unable to locate the involved parties or a crime scene," police said.  Police found the victim on Big Crest Lane, and he was airlifted to the hospital, authorities said. He died hours later. The shooting does not appear to be random. Detectives are actively following up on leads as the investigation into the incident and what l…
Friends Passing Around Handgun Leaves One Dead In Virginia Friends Passing Around Handgun Leaves One Dead In Virginia Friends Passing Around Handgun Leaves One Dead In Virginia
Friends Passing Around Handgun Leaves One Dead In Virginia A 21-year-old man died when an acquaintance accidentally fired the handgun that they and one other person were passing around over the weekend in Northern Virginia, police said. Daniel Villalobos Marquez, 27, was being held without bond in the death of Jesus Villalobos Hernandez on Saturday evening, July 15, Prince William County police said. The incident happened around 6:25 p.m. in a home on the 8300 block of Scotland Loop in Manassas, police said. Marquez "neglectfully discharged the handgun, firing a round and striking the victim in the chest," PWCPD said.  Responders provid…
WANTED: Pantless Man Who Grabbed Woman Sought For Sexual Battery In Northern VA WANTED: Pantless Man Who Grabbed Woman Sought For Sexual Battery In Northern VA WANTED: Pantless Man Who Grabbed Woman Sought For Sexual Battery In Northern VA
Wanted: Pantless Man Who Grabbed Woman Sought For Sexual Battery In Northern VA A half-naked man who followed and grabbed a woman in Northern Virginia is being sought on charges of sexual battery and felony indecent exposure. The man, later identified as 36-year-old Jamie Kentrel Harris, pulled up in a vehicle behind his 23-year-old victim in a parking lot on the 6200 block of Token Forest Drive in Manassas, around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 13, Prince William County police said. Harris, who wasn't wearing pants, approached the woman and, after a brief conversation, put on shorts and began to follow her while making inappropriate gestures, police said. At one point…
Police ID Pedestrian Killed In Prince William County Crash Police ID Pedestrian Killed In Prince William County Crash Police ID Pedestrian Killed In Prince William County Crash
Police ID Pedestrian Killed In Prince William County Crash A 72-year-old man was fatally struck by a car early Friday morning, July 14 in Prince William County, authorities said. Chyi Mao, of Gainesville, was in the crosswalk at Forkland Way and Somerset Crossing Drive in Gainesville, when he was struck by a 2011 Honda Odyssey, heading east on SCW around 7:15 a.m., police in Prince William County said. Fire and rescue personnel responded to the scene where Mao was pronounced dead. The driver of the striking vehicle remained at the scene. Speed, alcohol, and drug use were not factors in the crash. The vehicle was driven by a 77-year-old Gaines…
Laundromat Beatdown: Man Throws Punches In Virginia Parking Lot, Cops Say Laundromat Beatdown: Man Throws Punches In Virginia Parking Lot, Cops Say Laundromat Beatdown: Man Throws Punches In Virginia Parking Lot, Cops Say
Laundromat Beatdown: Man Throws Punches In Virginia Parking Lot, Cops Say A 46-year-old Virginia man was in custody for carrying out an assault in a laundromat parking lot last month. Jose Jeremias Aguilar Cruz has been charged with malicious wounding in connection to the June 8 incident at Spin Cycle Laundry, in Woodbridge, Prince William County police said. There, Cruz and a 41-year-old acquaintance were arguing in the parking lot, when Cruz struck the man several times, then fled the area, PWC police said. The victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Cruz was arrested on June 16, with a court date set for Aug. 17. Want breaking news in the…
Drunk Man Arrested For Kicking Multiple Cops In Virginia: Police Drunk Man Arrested For Kicking Multiple Cops In Virginia: Police Drunk Man Arrested For Kicking Multiple Cops In Virginia: Police
Drunk Man Arrested For Kicking Multiple Cops In Virginia: Police A 44-year-old man was being held without bond after drunkenly kicking multiple officers in Northern Virginia, authorities said.  One officer claimed minor injuries after he and two of his colleagues were kicked by Ryan Russell Webster, on Piper Lane in Bristow around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, police in Prince William County said. Webster was charged with three counts of assault and battery on a police officer, one count of obstruction of justice, and one count of intoxicated in public, police said. Police were initially called to the scene to investigate an assaul…