Police briefs for Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002

Before Nelson Hogan was an all-district football player at Manassas Park in 1989 and 1990, he had a racetrack in his backyard. No wonder he grew up to become a drag racer at Old Dominion Speedway. Hogan, now 30 years old, spends his days driving a crane truck and cutting down or picking up trees…

By ED TURNER For the Potomac News & Manassas Journal Messenger?? Chris Donnelly has been one of the most exciting drivers in Grand Stocks at Old Dominion Speedway for the last seven seasons. ?Every year, he’s had a fast car. In fact, he now holds the track record for the most wins (23) in Grand…

After weeks of speculation, fire marshals said Wednesday that arson is the cause of the fire that destroyed Abundant Life Baptist Church in Dumfries in April. The marshals, though, declined to name any suspects in the case or any possible relationship the arsonist had with the church. “This whole things has hit me like a…

By BRIAN HUNSICKER [email protected] Former Evangel basketball standout Jeremy Levesque, who led the area in scoring in 1999-2000, was killed in a car accident on Sunday. He was 21. Levesque was driving to his home in Catlett with his brothers, Joshua and Jonathan, who were in a different car. Jeremy’s car veered off the road…

By KEITH McMILLAN [email protected] Ontario native Jesse Young often finds his home country the butt of jokes made by his fellow George Mason students. “All the time,” he laughs. “I don’t think a day goes by when I don’t hear something.” But the joking stops when the 6-foot-10, 250-pound senior hits the basketball court. Young,…

When I returned from communing with nature at Scout camp, I looked at the pile of newspapers that had accumulated in my absence. I began reading with eager expectation, daring to hope that spirited political debate, of which I admit to being a junkie and from which I had been withdrawn cold-turkey for a week,…