MANASSAS — The city man charged with abducting and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl last week was charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old girl in 1988, and spent six months in jail, court records show. Franklin T. Ritenour, 48, of 9751 Mock Orange Court, was arrested in August 1988 for abducting a 15-year-old girl in his…
Prince William County police thwarted two would-be thieves Tuesday night at a parkway construction site in Woodbridge, a crime often and easily committed, local law enforcement officials said Thursday. Police arrested two Maryland men, Raymond C. Custis of Chesapeake Beach and Jeffery Van Scurlock of Mitchellville, following a tip from a resident who lived near…
RICHMOND — The House Courts of Justice rejected a proposal Monday for a two-year moratorium on the death penalty, ending possibility of a suspension of executions this year. The legislation, sponsored by Fairfax Delegate Vincent F. Callahan Jr., R-34th, was opposed 16-4. Prince William Delegate Michele B. McQuigg, R-51st, a committee member, was not present…
MANASSAS PARK — Manassas Park firefighters have a new high-tech gadget they hope will save lives and time. Early last summer the Manassas Park City Council approved a line-budget item that allowed the department to purchase a top-of-the-line thermal imaging system that will allow members of the department to scope out a burning house or…
Sheriff E. Lee Stoffregen III wants to recoup $15,000 in training money and wages paid for an ex-deputy sheriff who went to work for the county police department. The Sheriff’s Office filed a lawsuit against Alexis Dominguez, a sheriff’s deputy recruit, asking that he pay back $15,000 as reimbursement for the cost of six months…