Manassas VA City Police Department's crime report for Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Manassas City Public Schools Education Foundation (MCPSEF) scholarship winners were announced, and MCPS staff and teachers were recognized for excellence in education May 28.

Through further investigation, Manassas City Police identified the driver of the striking vehicle in the June 1 accident with a police motorcycle on Hastings Dr.

During the annual three-day event, CVSA-certified inspectors conduct compliance, enforcement and educational initiatives targeted at various elements of motor carrier, vehicle, driver, and cargo safety and security, with nearly 17 trucks or buses inspected, on average, every minute in Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Roger Ramsammy, provost at the Manassas Campus of Northern Virginia Community College,has been appointed to the American Association of Community Colleges Commission on Academic, Student and Community Development. The higher education association is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Manassas City Police made another arrest as part of “Operation Broken Heart”, a collaborative effort that involves local, state, and federal authorities targeting sexual predators and traffickers during April and May of 2015.

Today, May 17, marks the 27th anniversary of the filing of a missing persons report on Jerry D. Plaster who was last seen on April 16, 1988. Plaster, age 27 at the time he disappeared, left his home to go to Manassas Mall and has not been seen since. He would be 54 now. Anyone with information is asked to call Manassas City Police at 703-257-8092.

el. Richard L. Anderson (Colonel, U.S. Air Force, Retired), will present the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to surviving family members of Mr. Albert L. Jones, Sr., of Manassas, who served during World War II as a wartime member of the Auxiliary of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the Civil Air Patrol (CAP).