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17-year-old charged with murder in Stafford
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17-year-old charged with murder in Stafford

A 17-year-old is in custody after a fatal shooting on Hulls Chapel Rd., Stafford Sheriff’s Office confirmed. Just after 11 p.m. on Sept. 4, SCSO said the office received numerous calls about a shooting. Callers stated that a man was shot and the suspect was fleeing in a Mustang. According to SCSO, First Sergeant D.W. Fetterolf and Deputy M.N. Sayegh were first to turn onto Hulls Chapel Road, and they saw a Mustang fleeing the area. The officers stopped the car, detained the driver, a 17-year-old who reportedly had a gun in his possession. Three other deputies responded to the residence where the shooting occurred, and SCSO said they found a 42-year-old Stafford man, Jose Cruz Del Cid, who had been shot once. The officers attempted performing life-saving measures until Fire and ...
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Police seize guns from house that prompted Herndon evacuations
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Police seize guns from house that prompted Herndon evacuations

Residents around the 200 block of Herndon Station Square were cleared to return to their homes last night after an hours-long evacuation prompted by what police found in the home of Steven Timothy Kyle, a 44-year-old Herndon man wanted in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Authorities concluded that the items-- which still haven’t been named--pose no threat to the community Herndon Police Captain Steve Pihonak said at a press conference last night. Initially, Herndon Police described what they found in Kyle’s townhouse as “chemical substances and other evidence that raised alarm.” Hours later, at an evening press conference, Pihonak said authorities were still working the scene. “It’s serious enough that that’s why we’ve closed the area all around,” he added. But later that night, whe...
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Police expecting to work Herndon Square Station scene all night
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Police expecting to work Herndon Square Station scene all night

Approximately 20 households near the 200 block of Herndon Station Square have been evacuated and sites in the surrounding area are closed due to a discovery made this morning while executing a search warrant. And Herndon Police Department is advising individuals impacted by that to make preparations. At a press conference this evening, Captain Steve Pihonak said there’s no timeframe for residents to return. It’s going to be a long, slow, meticulous process, he said, adding that authorities are expecting to be working the scene through the night. The captain didn’t go into detail about what was found in the residence where they arrested Steven Timothy Kyle. But he said, after Kyle was in custody, while police were searching for items related to the arrest, they found unrelated items. ...
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Chemical incident in Herndon leads to evacuations, closures, & bomb squad
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Chemical incident in Herndon leads to evacuations, closures, & bomb squad

Homes in Herndon have been evacuated, roads shut down, and a portion of the Washington & Old Dominion Trail is closed due to an “evolving situation” involving chemical substances and other alarming evidence, Herndon Police Department announced. The situation began to unfold this morning at around 11:30 a.m. when Herndon PD executed a search warrant on behalf of Central Bucks Regional Police Department in Pennsylvania, the department announced. That search warrant for the 200 block of Herndon Station Square was linked to Steven Timothy Kyle, a 44-year-old Herndon man who is wanted in Pennsylvania for criminal mischief, stalking, and three counts of harassment, HPD explained. Kyle was taken into custody without incident, but amid his arrest, HPD said detectives found chemical su...
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Truck crash leaves trailer standing upright in New Kent
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Truck crash leaves trailer standing upright in New Kent

A single vehicle trailer-trailer crash shut down part of I-64 West in New Kent for hours on Thursday. According to VSP, at about 9:30 a.m., the truck was heading westbound when, at the 200 mile marker, the raised bed hit the overhead traffic sign. VSP said the bed separated from the cab and remained upright against the damaged highway sign. The bed was finally removed at about 11 a.m. (Photo: VSP) While the hours-long response was underway, traffic was diverted from I-64 West onto county roads prompting New Kent County Sheriff’s Office to issue a message warning of heavy traffic throughout that rural county. The driver, 62-year-old Richard D. Houston, Jr. of Lorton escaped the incident without injuries, VSP reported. So far, he has been charged with reckless driving. But ...
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SCC blocks attempt to hike tolls on Dulles Greenway
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SCC blocks attempt to hike tolls on Dulles Greenway

Virginia’s State Corporation Commission denied the requests to hike toll rates on Dulles Greenway and to change the process for rate hike applications. The Greenway is a privately-owned, 14-mile toll road in northern Virginia that runs through Loudoun County connecting Leesburg to Washington DC. Its owner, Toll Road Investors Partnership II, aka TRIP II, filed an application for increases to congestion and off-peak tolls. Whereas the rate for a car is currently $5.80 and $5.25, respectively, for peak and off-peak travel, TRIP II wanted to hike those rates to $8.10 and $6.40. Chart showing what rates would have been if TRIP II's application succeeded The SCC considered input from a local hearing in Chantilly, a telephone hearing and evidentiary hearing, and arguments filed by...
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No swimming at 5 Norfolk beaches, per the health dept.
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No swimming at 5 Norfolk beaches, per the health dept.

During a swimming advisory beachgoers should not enter the water, according to the Virginia Department of Health. Norfolk Department of Public Health issued swimming advisories for five of the city’s beaches, yesterday, Sept. 4, including: 5th Bay North Community Beach Ocean View Park 10th View 13th View The advisories were issued after testing conducted yesterday found elevated levels of enterococci bacteria. An advisory is issued if the bacteria levels exceed 104 (MPN/100 mL of water), VDH explains. Ocean View Park, the worst of the results, was four times the acceptable level at 457 and 10th View wasn’t far behind at 408, according to VDH reporting. Enterococci bacteria aren’t harmful themselves, but they are an indicator for fecal contamination, which poses...
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VSP seeking suspect in Powhatan hit & run
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VSP seeking suspect in Powhatan hit & run

Virginia State Police is calling on the public for help with an alleged hit-and-run case in Powhatan. The incident occurred, Sunday, September 1, around 7:20 a.m. in front of WeightPack at 3490 Anderson Highway. View of the area where the accident occurred. Not from the day of the incident (Photo: Google Earth) Video footage from VSP shows a silver/gray SUV slam into the back of a pickup that then flips and barrels along the edge of the WeightPack parking lot into the treeline. According to VSP, the pickup is a 2003 Ford Ranger, and it was preparing to make a right turn into a driveway near Academy Drive when it was hit. Overhead view of area between WeightPack & Academy Rd. (Google Earth) The pickup hit a guidewire to a power pole and flipped before the hitting seve...
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VA pharmacist gets 2 years in federal prison for tampering with opioids at CVS
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VA pharmacist gets 2 years in federal prison for tampering with opioids at CVS

A pharmacist who worked at CVS in Gate City has been sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for drug tampering in a scheme that involved stealing narcotics and replacing them without other medications. Dillion Breeding, 34, pled guilty to one count of tampering with consumer products after he admitted that while he was pharmacist, he stole oxymorphone, morphine, hydromorphone, and testosterone, federal court documents show. He used two methods to obtain the pills. In some cases, while counting out medications with a spatula, he would hide a pill in his hand then take it by mouth, he admitted. In some instances, he stated he shorted patients when he was dispensing their prescriptions. Court documents show Breeding’s theft was uncovered because the pharmacy manager was filling an ox...
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10 New Yorkers, incl. juveniles, arrested for organized theft in Leesburg
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10 New Yorkers, incl. juveniles, arrested for organized theft in Leesburg

An investigation is underway after another group of New Yorkers were arrested for “organized retail theft incidents” in northern Virginia stores, Leesburg Police Department announced. On Sunday, LPD arrested 10 people at the scene of one of their alleged hits. It was about 5:30 p.m. when LPD responded to Target at 1200 Edwards Ferry Road NE. LPD said it was reported that a group of individuals took merchandise from the store, left, and divided up into two vehicles. Those vehicles were stopped as they were leaving the parking lot and large amounts of Target merchandise was found, LPD confirmed. Officers also found merchandise from other stores, the department added. The group involved included eight adults and two minors. All of them were arrested, said LPD. The eight adults ...
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