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Potomac News Online | Muhammad turns defense over to attorneys
Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad’s two attorneys expressed relief that he rehired them this morning after two days of acting as his own counsel. Muhammad decided Monday to represent himself just as testimony in the trial was about to begin. “You don’t know how emotional it is for a lawyer with death on the table…
Brentsville survives late Manassas Park flurry
By KIPP HANLEY [email protected] NOKESVILLE –The last thing Brentsville coach Doug Poppe wanted to see was a defensive letdown and that’s exactly what he got in the fourth quarter of his team’s game against Manassas Park on Saturday. The Tigers committed the majority of their 16 turnovers in the fourth quarter and had to hold…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Laborers’ loitering cases postponed
A score of defendants in Prince William General District Court on Monday had more than the usual entourage of family, defense attorneys and Spanish interpreters. Closely following the cases of some 22 Latino laborers charged with loitering at a Woodbridge 7-Eleven store were attorneys who work with the American Civil Liberties Union and a Virginia…
Indians take third at Scuderi
The Gojekian Relays at Woodbridge wasn’t the only meet this weekend with excellent performances by local track athletes. Despite missing Group AAA indoor state shot put champion Tiffany Evans, who was taking her SAT, Gar-Field finished fourth in the Scuderi Team Challenge at West Potomac on Saturday. The boys finished second behind Lake Braddock. Lake…
Manassas Journal Messenger | West Nile worries
Area residents may want to clean their gutters with extra vigor this spring. Though the task is rarely at the top of the “to-do” list for most homeowners, recent health concerns may bestow a higher priority on this annual ordeal. Clogged gutters, while often unnoticed, produce a virtual petri dish of standing water prime for…
More city workers commuting, census shows
Manassas resident Paul “Monty” Lynch, 46, leaves home at 6 a.m. each morning to beat rush hour traffic as he drives to his job as a building inspections administrator in Fairfax County. “Theres a 15 minute window,” he said. “If I leave before it, I can make it to work in a half an hour.”…