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Dale City man charged with intent to distribute A Dale City man was found with suspected Ecstasy and marijuana during a traffic stop Wednesday morning in Dale City, Prince William County police said. Micon Alexander Jones, 26, of 13207 Delaney Road was charged with possession with intent to distribute Ecstasy and possession with intent to…
About a half hour after students at Baldwin Elementary School practiced a lockdown drill, everyone was brought indoors once Manassas school officials heard about a shooting on the Va. 234 bypass. “We decided that the safest thing to do was to bring them in,” said Manassas police Officer Greg Francis, who is assigned to the…
The kitchen was the first place Staff Sgt. Eugene Simpson Jr. wheeled himself when he returned home from three months in and out of hospitals. He eyed a chocolate cake on the kitchen table and promised that the red, white and blue sprinkled dessert wouldn’t last through the morning. In the kitchen Eugene Simpson Sr….
A man who hit and severely injured a 7-year-old boy in August will plead guilty to felony hit and run, his lawyer said Tuesday. Fuhard Muhammad Kaloko, 21, of 3806 Delmar Drive in Dale City waived his right to a preliminary hearing in General District Court. Kaloko will plead guilty in Prince William County Circuit…
WOODBRIDGE –Hylton senior linebacker Ahmad Brooks had everyone fooled, even his family. Saying he had made up his mind two months ago, the most hotly coveted player in school history announced he will be playing for the University of Virginia next fall at a press conference at the high school on Monday. Brooks, a consensus…
It will ruin even the most glorious of summer days — the unanticipated shutdown of the neighborhood pool. Parents have spent a great deal of time gathering all the essentials — bathing suits, towels, sunscreen, snacks, goggles and pool toys — for a trip to the pool. Once at the pool, children squirm and wiggle…