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MONEY SCHEME NETS THREE IN WESTMORELAND
BY PORTSIA SMITH / THE FREE LANCE-STARInvestigation leads to slew of fake $20 and $50 billsA three-month investigation into a counterfeit money schem (more...)
Spotsylvania man charged in theft of dead woman's credit card
William DarrBY KEITH EPPS / THE FREE LANCE–STAR A 35-year-old man has been arrested after being accused of stealing a credit card from a dead woma (more...)
Stafford man charged in hit and run
BY KEITH EPPS / THE FREE LANCE–STAR A young Stafford man was arrested Wednesday following an incident in which he allegedly drove into a stopped vehic (more...)
Police dog helps locate teen theft suspect
BY KEITH EPPS / THE FREE LANCE–STARA 17-year-old boy who was already wanted on other charges was arrested late Tuesday on charges that he snatched a s (more...)
Arthur Gonzales, FBI agent accused of killing estranged wife, gets $25,000 bond in Stafford County
Arthur Bernard GonzalesBY KEITH EPPS / THE FREE LANCE–STAR Arthur Bernard Gonzales, 43, an FBI agent who is accused of killing his estranged wife (more...)
Nibedita Mohanty, Stafford County doctor facing 95 charges, gets $250,000 bond
By KEITH EPPS / THE FREE LANCE-STAR A Stafford County doctor facing 95 charges, including manslaughter, received a $250,000 bond from Judge Theodo (more...)
Stafford man sentenced in federal perjury case
BY KEITH EPPS / THE FREE LANCE–STARA Stafford County man who brokered a drug deal that went bad—resulting in a shooting last year outside the Sp (more...)
Chauncey Cartier Lampkin, suspect in Q Ball Cafe slaying, arrives back in Fredericksburg area
Photo by Reza Marvashti The man accused of fatally shooting a security guard at the Q Ball Cafe March 30 arrived back in the Fredericksburg area T (more...)
Woman, 89, shot in the upper body in Spotsylvania
Personnel from the Spotylvania County Sheriff's Office investigate the scene of a shooting at 8000 Cloverhill Court on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. An 89-y (more...)
Gunshot alerts Fredericksburg police to home invasion robbery
BY KEITH EPPS THE FREE LANCE–STAR Fredericksburg police are investigating a home-invasion robbery early Tuesday during which three victims were tied (more...)
Police: Quantico woman fabricated story of robbery at Walmart in Stafford County
By KEITH EPPS A 22-year-old Quantico woman has been accused of fabricating a robbery that she said occurred at a Walmart in Stafford County last mo (more...)
Burial of Tamerlan Tsarnev in Caroline County draws protest
Photo by Reza Marvashti James Lafferty with the Virginia Anti-Shariah Task Force held a press conference Monday morning near the main entrance to (more...)
Caroline County sheriff provides update on Tsarnaev's burial
DOCUMENT: Here's the official release from Sheriff Lippa Caroline County Sheriff Tony Lippa said Saturday that all of the documents related to the (more...)
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, suspected Boston Marathon bomber, buried in Doswell
Photo by Robert A. Martin BOB LEWIS,Associated Press DENISE LAVOIE,Associated Press DOSWELL (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Ts (more...)
Chauncey Cartier Lampkin, suspect in Q Ball Cafe slaying, waives extradition
BY PORTSIA SMITH / THE FREE LANCE-STARThe man accused in the fatal shooting March 30 at the Q Ball Cafe will face trial in Spotsylvania County sooner (more...)
Girlfriend, 77, to face murder charge, prosecutor says
By PORTSIA SMITH / THE FREE LANCE–STAR A 62-year-old Richmond man, who Spotsylvania authorities say was shot in the head by his girlfriend last mon (more...)
Woman banned from Fredericksburg for three years
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story failed to note that the ban was for three years. By KEITH EPPS A local woman has been banned from (more...)
Man brutally beaten in Fredericksburg
By KEITH EPPS A 29-year-old Stafford County man was brutally beaten Wednesday in an attack that he said was totally unprovoked, police said. The (more...)
Gun-toting men hold up Spotsylvania convenience store
Spotsylvania County authorities are searching for two masked men who police say robbed a local convenience store at gunpoint. According to Capt. Je (more...)
Object thrown from I–95 bridge in Stafford damages vehicle
BY KEITH EPPS / THE FREE LANCE–STAR Stafford County authorities are investigating an incident late Monday in which someone threw an object onto Int (more...)
Asking deputy for gas money leads to chase, Stafford man’s arrest
BY KEITH EPPS /THE FREE LANCE–STAR A Stafford man was jailed Monday following an incident that began when he tried to solicit money from a county d (more...)
Second UMW student arrested in Fredericksburg 'trail of destruction'
BY LINDLEY ESTES / THE FREE LANCE-STAR A second suspect was arrested Monday in connection with the recent downtown vandalism spree that Fredericksb (more...)
Jury finds bombing suspect Laurence Alan Stewart II guilty
A homemade incendiary device was thrown into a home on Normandy Ave. in October 2012. Laurence Alan Stewart II is a suspect in three area pipe-bombin (more...)
Stafford deputies break up party
BY KEITH EPPS / THE FREE LANCE–STAR A number of teenagers were cited for marijuana possession and underage possession of alcohol after deputies bro (more...)
Spotsylvania teen arrested in Stafford disturbance
BY KEITH EPPS / THE FREE LANCE–STAR An intoxicated Spotsylvania teenager was charged with multiple offenses Sunday after he forced his way into a S (more...)
Fredericksburg police arrest one, seek second man in cabbie beating
BY KEITH EPPS / THE FREE LANCE–STAR Fredericksburg police arrested one man and are looking for another in connection with an incident Sunday in whi (more...)
Montana jury set to decide bombing cases
BY KRISTEN CATES / GREAT FALLS TRIBUNEGREAT FALLS, Mont.—The trial of a Virginia man accused of trying to kill seven different law enforcement (more...)
Ex-federal marshal guilty in child-porn case
BY PORTSIA SMITH THE FREE LANCE–STARA Spotsylvania County man who worked for the U.S. Marshals Service pleaded guilty to possession of child pornograp (more...)
Stray shot lands city man in jail
BY KEITH EPPS / THE FREE LANCE–STAR A Fredericksburg man was arrested Thursday after he fired a shot into a neighbor’s home—apparently accidentally, (more...)
Stafford link to bombing admitted as evidence
BY MICHAEL BEALL / GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE GREAT FALLS, MONT.—District Judge Dirk Sandefur allowed into evidence Thursday an envelope containi (more...)
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Daily Crime Report 5/17/2013
Recent police reports and arrests in Fredericksburg: BURGLARY/LARCENY/FRAUD: George Washington Motel, 1320 Jefferson Davis Hwy, 5/12 – 5/13 12:0 (more...)
Daily Crime Report 5/16/2013
Recent police reports and arrests in Fredericksburg: PURSE SNATCHING: 600 block Sophia St, 5/14 11:00 p.m. A female employee of a downtown busi (more...)
Daily Crime Report 5/14/2013
ROBBERY: 100 block Farrell Ln, 5/14 3:00 a.m. Police responded to a home invasion robbery where the three adult residents, a mother and son and a (more...)
