Police briefs for Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002

Some things are beyond coincidence. As a favor to Nashville guitarist and producer Brent Rowans, country music megastar Vince Gill decided to do some of the background vocals on the debut album of the first artist signed to a fledgling record label. Within a year of the album’s release, Gill would release an album titled…

Manassas woman accosted by three men A 28-year-old Manassas woman walking with her 1-year-old infant was accosted by three men in the 9200 block of Byrd Drive on Sunday night. One man grabbed the infant’s stroller and another tried to get the woman’s purse, Manassas City police said. A passing motorist stopped and yelled she…

OmniLink riders will see service and fare changes starting Monday. Among other changes, routes will be streamlined, 69 new bus stops will be added, and extended reduced-fare hours will be implemented. “We’re interested in what we can do to increase ridership,” said Al Harf, executive director of the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, which operates…

TEAM- HANDICAP: Storke Club, Montgomery Village, Md. – Team members: Darla Estep, Stuart Estep, Paula Holmes and Rusty Storke finished with a total score of 2,962 to claim the top prize of $2,000. Other teams cashing: Sunday Niters, Bowie, Md., 2917, 2nd place $1,000; A Family Thang, Washington, D.C., 2823, 3rd place $500; Party Animals,…

Man beaten with baseball bat by group of men in Woodbridge A group of men with a baseball bat beat up a 23-year-old man while the victim was walking in the 3100 block of Chesapeake Drive in Woodbridge on Tuesday afternoon, Prince William police said Wednesday. Police said five or six assailants, who were black,…

WOODBRIDGE — Tom Bizzarri didn’t know it at the time, but he became a football player the day he was cut from his club soccer team. For a kid who had been on traveling all-star soccer teams since he was 9 years old, not making the 16-and-under Prince William Soccer Inc., Spartans was a gigantic…