Stafford News

Stafford attorney Denise Rafferty provided effective counsel to a former Aquia Harbour teen whose victim recanted her rape allegation after his conviction, according to the state Attorney General's Office.

Fourteen people face federal charges as the result of a wide-ranging probe started by the Stafford Sheriff's Office involving contraband cigarettes, guns, drugs and a murder-for-hire scheme.

Stafford Sheriff's Office started investigation. Bill Dubensky WFLS News Date published: 11/5/2009 Fourteen individuals were charged Thursday with allegedly paying or trading more than $8 million, nearly 40 firearms, and drugs to purchase 388,000 cartons - totalling more than 77 million contraband cigarettes - to sell in New York.

A Washington man has been charged in connection with an Oct. 26 home invasion at a North Stafford apartment complex.

Traffic on Courthouse Road near Brooke Point High School in Stafford County was affected for nearly an hour yesterday after a two-vehicle crash sent three adults and a child to the hospital.

A teenage girl who apparently died as part of a suicide pact with her boyfriend in Prince William County formerly lived in Stafford County and attended Stafford High School.

A young Stafford man was arrested Monday night in connection with an incident during which he was running around naked and got hit by a slow-moving train, police said.

UPDATE: The Stafford County Sheriff's Office arrested a suspect in this home invasion.

A family of three was displaced yesterday after an early morning fire at their Aquia Harbour home.

A Triangle teen was charged with reckless driving yesterday after a three-vehicle collision on Interstate 95 northbound in North Stafford that left three people injured, state Trooper Helmes Jaime said.

The two candidates for the Stafford County School Board's Aquia District seat have plenty of experience--just not in elected office.

Stafford County Supervisor Paul Milde displayed a pattern of late personal and business tax payments, even while serving on the board, county records and circuit court documents show.

A local insurance agent was ordered yesterday to serve 10 days in jail for improperly touching one of his employees.

Some scary moments for one Stafford county woman. She says two men forced their way into her apartment Monday afternoon.

A Virginia man involved in a bribery and fraud scheme at military installations in Pennsylvania and Virginia has been sentenced to five years in prison.

The trucker who was driving the rig that ran a red light and killed a Stafford woman Feb.

I would like to know whom Mr. Brito is saving Stafford County from--himself? Is he saving Stafford from some of the lame decisions that the present board has made? Is he getting ready to lower taxes? As a resident of the Hartwood District, I think it is time for a change in leadership of Stafford County .

During the last two years, after decades of ignoring the needs of ordinary residents, the Stafford County Board of Supervisors, under the control of the new Democratic majority, has instituted policies that support all of Stafford, rather than just a few privileged people.

Both candidates for the Garrisonville District seat on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors know what life is like for many of the voters in their North Stafford district.

Grief counselors spent Thursday at Anne Arundel County's North County High School, where students are coming to terms with the sudden death of a former classmate.