Bealeton, VA

While investigating the break-ins, the officers identified a suspect and located him in a wooded area near the 13900 block of Richmond Highway. The suspect, 21-year-old Kender Roberth Velasquez of Woodbridge, was arrested and put into a police vehicle, where he struck and pushed an officer in order to escape the vehicle.

The region’s first Cook Out fast-food restaurant appears to be nearly ready for its opening. Social media users have recently taken to posting photos of the Manassas Park building, which appears to be nearing completion. Cook Out signs on the building’s façade appear to be fully installed.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - Authorities are investigating after thieves stole four catalytic converters earlier this week from vehicles in Stafford County. Investigators say the catalytic converters were stolen during the overnight hours from August 15 to 16 at businesses in the Fredericksburg area. Koto LLC and Manuel’s Auto Repair, both on...

A kitchen fire early Thursday displaced 11 people and left a resident with minor injuries in the County Center Crossing Apartments in Woodbridge. Fire crews were called to the 13000 block of Tanazari Way at 4:43 a.m. and arrived to find a kitchen fire extinguished by the building’s automatic sprinkler system.

Multiple catalytic converters were stolen overnight in Stafford County. On August 16th, around 12:13 p.m. Deputy A.J. Layug responded to a call of a larceny at Koto LLC at 28 Potomac Creek Drive. The victim had their catalytic converter stolen off their vehicle. A report was taken; however, that would not be the only catalytic converter stolen.

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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — A train hit and killed a former Prince William County basketball star just two days before he was set to begin college in North Carolina. Emergency crews rushed Kyle Honore, of Dumfries, to a nearby hospital shortly after a train hit him Tuesday night near the entrance of Wingate University.

The 73rd annual Prince William County Fair began this weekend but several events are still scheduled, including pony rides, mechanical bull rides, a sea lion show, a performance by country singer Tracy Byrd, a demolition derby and a mullet contest.

According to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a report of a robbery at the Motel 6 on the 400 block of Warrenton Road just before 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16. The victim reported one suspect kicked the door to his room open and threatened him with a knife demanding money -- and a second suspect outside the room acting as a lookout.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. - A decomposing body was found behind a vacant commercial building in Prince William County. Officers discovered the body Saturday night behind 14011 Worth Avenue in Woodbridge. Investigators say the body was transported to the Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy and to determine cause of death. The...

At around 8 a.m. on Aug. 16, a deputy reportedly observed a Nissan Rogue speeding and weaving in and out of traffic while traveling southbound on I-95 near the Washington Drive exit.

FAUQUIER COUNTY, Va. (7News) — On Tuesday, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares met with law enforcement and school officials in Fauquier County, Va. for a roundtable discussion on school safety. “I've been getting around the state talking about school safety issues,” Miyares told 7News. “And what I have done...

State officials kept a list of preventive measures for dealing with a major snowstorm on the shelf. They issued promises of help to desperate, stranded motorists that they couldn’t keep. Those were two of the most damning findings of the newly released audit by the Office of the State Inspector General of Virginia’s response to […] The post Doing just the basics could have prevented worst of I-95 January storm appeared first on Virginia Mercury.

The ACLU of Virginia is suing the director of the Virginia Department of Corrections and a state prison warden to try to force the release of an inmate, arguing the agency incorrectly blocked him from being let out early for good behavior in response to a last-minute change in the state budget that rolled back some sentencing reforms.

Incarcerated people across Virginia are hoping a new lawsuit from the ACLU might help them get out of prison when they expected to instead of unexpectedly serving more time. Antoine Anderson is serving time at the Coffeewood Correctional Center near Culpeper, and he was expecting to be released this month. But after Governor Glenn Youngkin amended the budget to change who was eligible to earn sentence credits, he’s still behind bars.

When you hear the word "legacy" what do you think of? For me, I just think, "I'm not that important." Or, "My actions in this life should be enough." If you think that way, too, that might stop you in your tracks and you do nothing at all about your legacy.

Prince William County police have begun a death investigation after a body was found near a local trash compactor, officials said. At around 6 p.m. on August 13, officers responded to an empty commercial building in Woodbridge, where they found a dead body behind the building near a trash comp…

WASHINGTON (7News) — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares visited Fauquier County, Va. where he joined the superintendent, sheriff, school board members, and others to discuss ideas on how to keep kids safe in school. Before that round table discussion, 7News reporter Nick Minock spoke to Miyares one-on-one for a...

A Portsmouth man has been arrested and accused of assaulting a deputy in Stafford County Monday.

A suspect is wanted by the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office for fraudulent use of a credit card at a Walmart store that was stolen from a local Costco.