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Manassas VA City Police Department's crime report for Monday, March 4, 2013 includes report of another threatening note left at a city residence and recovery of a stolen vehicle.

Weather permitting on Sunday, March 10, Balls Ford Road in Manassas will be closed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. between Wellingford Drive and Randolph Ridge Lane while Norfolk Southern performs work at the railroad crossing.

Manassas VA city police department's crime report for Friday, March 1, 2013 includes two counts of abduction in a domestic violence felony case.

On February 28th at 11:07AM, Prince William County police responded to the 10600 block of Lake Jackson Dr in Manassas (20111) for a single vehicle crash. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

On March 6 from 5 to 7 p.m., the Manassas Campus of Northern Virginia Community College will host “An Evening with Sonia Sanchez” in Colgan Theater. The free event was rescheduled from Feb. 25 due to illness. Free parking too.

A suspect arrested in connection with a North Carolina bank robbery has also been charged in connection with the Feb. 23 robbery of the Burke & Herbert branch bank on Smoketown Road in Woodbridge. The suspect will be extradited to Prince William County VA.