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Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Animal
Cruelty
: Man Left Dog On Boat In 100-Degree Weather, Stafford Sheriff Says
A man and his sister were arrested at a Stafford marina after they trespassed onto a boat and neglected their dog in 100-degree heat, officials said. On July 23 at around 4:15 p.m., John Allen, 28, was found sleeping aboard a boat at Hope Springs Marina, while his dog was stuck outside in blazing heat with no food or water, according to Stafford County Police. When officers woke Allen, he was clearly intoxicated as he explained that he and his sister, 22-year-old Megan Allen, were aboard overnight to fix damages on the boat. The owner of the boat denied Allen's claims and beli…
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Stafford Woman Wants A Ride To Richmond But Got Free Trip To Jail Instead: Police
A woman didn't quite make it to her preferred destination of Richmond, Virginia, earlier this week, but her consolation prize was a free trip to jail. Michelle Oliver, 34, was hassling customers outside a Wawa convenience store on Gateway Drive in south Stafford around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said. She was asking them for money and a ride to a ride to the state capitol. The store called the Sheriff's Office to get her to leave. When the deputy asked her to move along, she took two steps back and lunged at him instead, the Sheriff's O…
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Inmate's Release Short-Lived After Assault Of Virginia Jail Employee
An unruly inmate’s freedom didn’t last long in Virginia as she was thrown back behind bars shortly after being released from a Stafford County jail. Charlottesville resident Nicole Dean, 37, was apprehended after allegedly assaulting a jail clerk and causing property damage on her way out of the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford, authorities announced. A deputy from the sheriff’s office responded to the jail at approximately 12:40 a.m. on Wednesday, June 15, where there was a report of an assault. While investigating, he located Dean walking along the shoulder of US 1 near the jail a…
Paterson, NJ
News
Drunk, Disorderly Man In Wayne Turns Out To Be Connecticut Escapee
A drunk and disorderly man stopped by Wayne police turned out to be a convicted purse snatcher who fled from custody in Connecticut, authorities said. Responding to a report of an inebriated man yelling at people near the busy intersection of Berdan Avenue and Hamburg Turnpike, Sgt. Doug Itjen and Officers Dennis Sagvay and Rob Feeney found Anthony Butler, 42, of Norwich, CT. “He was staggering, laughing and yelling out loud to passersby” while carrying three cans of beer and smelling of alcohol, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. A computer background check returned a warrant out of Newark an…
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Chase In Stafford Ends After Driver Crashes Into Stopped Truck: Police
A driver trying to escape a ticket wound up in a lot more trouble after he crashed his car while trying to get away from police, authorities said. Deputies clocked Jefferson Melendez Duran, 19, of Sterling at 20 miles per hour above the posted 45 mph along Cool Springs Road in south Stafford on Sunday night, but when they went to pull him over, Melendez Duran picked up the pace, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said. Though, he didn't make it far. Melendez Duran passed several cars on a curve in an attempt to get away from deputies, but the chase ended less …
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Woman Asleep At Stafford Gas Pump Helped Police Find Wanted Criminals
A woman asleep in a car at a gas pump in Stafford led to two arrests earlier this week. Deputies took notice of the woman just before 11 a.m. on Friday, June 3, at a 7-Eleven on Orville Road. As they watched, a man stumbled back to the car and seemed high, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. When deputies investigated, they found drugs and paraphernalia in the car. The couple also had outstanding warrants, the release said. Deputies arrested Michelle Rupe, 44, and Douglas Nail, 52, and charged them with drug possession and public intoxica…
Manassas, VA
Police & Fire
Drunk Virginia Man Assaulted Officers While Getting Detained: Police
A Prince William man is being held without bail after he was charged with assaulting three police officers while they were trying to detain him, authorities said. Police responded to a call about a man who was allegedly running around with a handgun at a home in the 13500 block of Kaslo Court in Dale City, Prince William County Police said. Upon arrival, officers learned the man, later identified as Cristobal Ortiz, wasn't armed but intoxicated. The officers requested medical personnel, which Ortiz refused, and he was detained, according to police. Ortiz grabb…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
'Dangerously Insane': Facebook Slams PA Man Accused Of BBQing Dog, Lighting $100 Bills On Fire
A 49-year-old Pennsylvania man was "incredibly intoxicated" and burning $100 bills in a fire pit after shooting his dog then putting it on a hot barbecue grill, recent news reports say. Northampton Township officers responding to reports of an open fire found Nikolay Lukyanchikov sitting on a bench at his Holly Knoll Drive home near a fire pit and burning couch with a gun setting $100 bills on fire with lighter fluid, according to an affidavit obtained by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Once the fire was out, officers noticed an animal -- later determined to be Lukyanchikov's dog -- badly burne…
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
Police & Fire
PA Man Arrested For Calling Woman 45 Times In One Day, State Police Say
A man with a history of abuse was charged with harassment after calling a woman 45 times in one day, according to Pennsylvania State Police in Cumberland County. Brian Knouse, 44 of Mechanicsburg, PA, was arrested in South Middletown Township on April 26 after attempting to contact a woman 45 times in a 24-hour period, police say. Knouse went to the woman’s home even after she told him to stop contacting her, says PSP. Knouse has a pattern criminal behavior, having previously plead guilty to charges in York and Cumberland counties for public intoxication, DUIs, harassment and assaults st…
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Upland PD: Woman Spotted With White Powder Around Nose Busted With Meth
A 37-year-old woman spotted by a police officer with white powder around her nose was busted with methamphetamine, authorities in Delaware County said. Upland Borough police officer Ervin was on patrol when he spotted a woman who appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance around 5:20 p.m. on March 4, near West 22nd Street and Upland Avenue, police said. Ervin stopped the woman, identified as Katie Tobin, 37, of Trainer, and noticed she had white powder around one of her nostril's, along with other physical indicators of potential drug intoxication, police said in a release. …
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
Police & Fire
Drunken NJ Man Punches Officer After Brawl At Indiana Rest Stop, Authorities Say
A New Jersey man was drunk when he got into a brawl at a rest stop in Indiana and then punched a responding police officer, authorities said. Parwinder Kang, 42, of Mt. Holly, battered another individual at the Pilot Travel Center on Warrenton Road near Haubstadt Indiana around 7:20 p.m. on Jan. 16, the Gibson County Sheriff's Office said in a release. "Mr. Kang was an extreme state of intoxication and was verbally and physically noncompliant with officers during the investigation," authorities said. Kang was booked in the Gisbon County Jail on charges of battery, public intoxic…
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Police & Fire
'Let Me Get My Teeth On You': Drunk Sussex County Man Spits, Coughs On Officers, Police Say
A drunken Sussex County man spit, coughed on and tried to bite police trying to arrest him after finding him outside of a local business Tuesday, authorities said. Hamburg police responding to reports of an unconscious man outside of an Ames Boulevard business found Scott Thompson, of Stockholm, who was alert and conscious but highly intoxicated around 4 p.m., according to a news release from the Hamburg Police Department. Thompson immediately became belligerent and confrontational with the officers, and refused to sit down for a medical assessment by Saint Clare's EMS, police said. …
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