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Misaddressed Package Helped Keep 35,000 Fentanyl Pills Off Stafford Streets, Sheriff Says
Enough fentanyl to kill thousands of people will never hit the streets after the Stafford County Sheriff's Office pulled off a massive drug bust.
Investigators got an assist from the US Postal Service, when earlier this month they were called to a Stafford home when a resident received a package in the mail that was sent to the wrong address.
Inside that package, investigators found approximately 15,000 fentanyl pills, prompting a larger probe that came to its conclusion on Tuesday night, when they arrested Stafford resident Dwaine Jones, Jr., 26, who was supposed to be the initial recipien…
Child Welfare Check Uncovers Half Dozen Illegal Guns Inside Selkirk Home, Police Say
A woman is facing multiple charges after police allegedly found a half dozen illegal guns inside her home in the region where children were present.
Albany County resident Ramona Orr, age 42, of the hamlet of Selkirk, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 5, on eight felony charges, according to Bethlehem Police.
Officers were called to Orr’s home at around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3, when Child Protective Services requested assistance with a welfare check after receiving a report that numerous weapons were inside the house.
After arriving at the property, investigators reportedly uncovered …
Carjacking Brothers Wreck Stolen Vehicle In I-95 Pursuit With Baby, Loaded Guns (Details)
Two carjackers and brothers were arrested after leading an Interstate 95 pursuit through Spotsylvania County with an 18-month-old child in the stolen vehicle, police said.
Larique E. Leach, 18, of Maryland, and Larry Leach, 22, of Washington DC, were both being held without bond in the Rappahannock Regional Jail, Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Major Troy J. Skebo said.
Trouble began on Saturday, Sept. 2 around 3:20 p.m., when a citizen reported he was carjacked at gunpoint by two men in the 11100 block of Salem Station Boulevard in Fredericksburg, Skebo said.
The suspec…
2-Year-Old Surrounded By Beer Cans In Back Seat Of Stafford DUI Driver's Car: Sheriff
A 2-year-old child was in the back seat of a drunken driver's car, surrounded by cans of opened and unopened beer, authorities in Virginia said.
Silvia Herrera Hernandez, 24, is facing charges of driving under the influence with a child, failure to maintain control of her vehicle, and felony child endangerment, following the incident on Sunday, Aug. 27, Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur said.
Sergeant B.U. Demirci was heading north on I-95 and, when he happened to see the car in front of him swerving across the lane, Decatur said. He watched the car until it exited the highway onto…
Parents Living In Squalor Charged In Death Of Teen, Neglect Of Six Others: Montgomery County PD
Police say that a pair of parents in Montgomery County are facing neglect and murder charges after their teen daughter died in their care living in filth with eight other family members.
Cynthia Moore, 40, and her husband, Dominique Moore, 45, both of Montgomery Village, are in hot water with the law following an investigation into abhorrent living conditions involving a family of 10, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police.
Last May, officers from the 6th District were called to the 9400 block of Quill Place to investigate a working code in progress, officials said
At the …
