AARP reports that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has declared social media a “Gold Mine” for scammers. Social media scams in 2021 doubled the amount of reported losses from 2020 – and we know fraud is severely under-reported, so the real losses are likely much higher.

On Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 8:12PM, Prince William County Police officers responded to a residence located in the 4000 block of White Haven Dr in Dumfries (22026) to investigate a stabbing, according to First Sgt. Jonathan Perok, public information officer.

On Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 6:19PM, investigators with the Prince William County Police Department's Crash Investigation Unit responded to the area of River Ridge Road and Jefferson Davis Highway in Woodbridge (22191) to investigate a crash involving a pedestrian, according to Officer Wade Dickinson, public informer officer.

On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 3:30PM, Prince William County Police Department officers responded to the area of Cotton Mill Rd and Presidio Way in the Lake Ridge area of Woodbridge (22192) to investigate a suspicious person.

On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 detectives with the Prince William County Police Department's Special Victims Bureau, in coordination with Child Protective Services (CPS), began an investigation into a sexual assault that was reported to have occurred at a residence located in the Woodbridge (22191) area of Prince William County on March 8.

Police find two knives at Reagan Middle, electroshock weapon at Colgan High School.

On March 3, 2022 detectives with the Property Crimes Unit concluded the investigation into two commercial burglaries previously reported to have occurred at the Bristow Vape & Smoke Nokesville Rd. in Manassas (20109) on Sept. 29, 2021 and again on Oct. 2, 2021 and arrested a juvenile male, age 14.

At the time of the incident, the school bus was occupied by four people: the bus driver and two family members identified as an infant and a 14-year-old male juvenile, and a bus attendant.