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Police briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002
Man arrested, charged with drug distribution A 19-year-old man was arrested and charged with three counts of distribution of marijuana early Monday after the joint Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park narcotics team seized smoking materials and residue from his apartment at 1279 Potomac Vista Drive, Apartment 302. Sappy Frank Williams was held on a $25,000 bond. Gun…
City helps workers’education
A Manassas Park firefighter for more than two years, Todd Lupton, 24, is looking forward to receiving an associate’s degree in Emergency Medical Services Technology from Northern Virginia Community College. “It broadens your spectrum of skills,” he said. “And it gives you a better edge in competition when you’re going for a promotion, seeking to…
Man runs across I-95 to evade police, breaks bones after leaping from retaining wall
A Woodbridge man was arrested Tuesday following a foot chase during which he suffered injuries that landed him in surgery, Virginia State Police said Tuesday. Corey Jermaine Pender, 29, of 13650 Lynn St., was stopped by Trooper R.M. Malden at 8:12 a.m., in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 for passing on the right shoulder…
Yellow ribbon service honors troops
Terri Johnson watched from the front door of the U.S. Inn in Triangle as motorcyclists and pedestrians gathered in front of the Iwo Jima Memorial at Quantico Marine Corps Base. When she learned the 100 or so people had come to town for a yellow ribbon ceremony she said good for them. “I think it’s…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Webb: VRE can win Hill funding
Virginia Railway Express, with its $9-a-day tickets and free parking, is a mass transit system with the right incentives to attract congressional funding, said Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. And it’s done just that – Webb recently pushed to appropriate $5 million toward VRE’s $80 million locomotive replacement program, which officials hope will increase reliability and…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Tsunami aid list
Here are some of the organizations accepting donations to help tsunami victims. Information about donations to humanitarian organizations can be found on the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Web site, www.usaid.gov. LOCAL American Red Cross, Prince William County Chapter 9317 West St., Manassas (703) 368-4511 The Royal Thai Embassy 1024 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 401,…