Benjamin “Benny” “Ben” Deaver was born June 30, 1988 and passed away suddenly July 18, 2026 at the age of 38.
Ben was diagnosed with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in January 2025.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a Guatemalan national who has a felony conviction for possessing child sexual abuse material. Prince William County police reported a fatal crash on Dale Boulevard that killed an 83-year-old passenger, a death investigation in a Gainesville commuter lot, a residential burglary, and two arrests including a felony assault near Manassas. The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office reported two fraud cases and a hit-and-run that damaged a mailbox.
ICE Washington, D.C. officers arrested Luis Antonio Alejandro-Ramos, a Guatemalan national, on Sept. 7, 2026. Alejandro-Ramos has a felony conviction for possessing child sexual abuse material. Authorities in Arlington arrested him on Feb. 28, 2025, and charged him with felony possession of child pornography. On Sept. 12, 2025, the Arlington Circuit Court convicted and sentenced him to three years in prison; the court suspended all three years and ordered three years of supervised probation. ICE entered him into removal proceedings; he remains in ICE custody pending the outcome of those proceedings.
District Hemp Botanicals will close its store at 9417 Main Street in Historic Downtown Manassas on Saturday, Oct. 17, after nine years in business, founder Barbara Biddle announced this week.
In a letter published by Manassas NOW, Biddle said she was sharing the news “with a heavy heart.” She described the shop as a mission focused on education, access and alternatives, and said changing regulations, the loss of popular products and challenges for independent hemp businesses made it impossible to continue. A 50% closing sale runs through the final day.
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“Technology shouldn’t grow faster than public trust,” Mayor Derrick Wood said, according to Fox5 DC, as the town prepares to show residents how the paused Flock cameras operate.
Council voted 4-2 to halt activation of the eight cameras and gather more information on privacy and data sharing. No cameras will be reinstalled or turned on without further council action. The town hall is at 6 p.m. tonight.
“Members of the FMO identified this gap and took action to create a path to help young people in need rather than sending them straight into formal criminal process and likely to the Juvenile Detention Center,” Mike Hubbel, Prince William County Fire and Rescue battalion chief, said in a county release, according to InsideNova.
The Fire Marshal’s Office, Juvenile Court Service Unit, and Community Services built five pathways that range from direct fire-marshal handling to fire-safety education, behavioral-health evaluation, or standard juvenile processing. Youth ages 10–17 can be assessed after an incident or referred earlier through a healthcare provider, school counselor, or Community Services. Those who do not finish required components can be sent back to juvenile intake.
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ARTfactory will hold its first fundraising 5K, “A Frozen Experience,” on Saturday, Nov. 14, at Evergreen Country Club, 15900 Berkeley Drive in Haymarket.
The 5K starts at 7 a.m., and a one-mile fun run starts at 7:30 a.m. Packet pickup begins at 6 a.m., with a warm-up at 6:30 a.m. Registration is $45 for the 5K and $15 for the fun run.
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge has opened Sentara To Home, an outpatient pharmacy where patients can fill their prescriptions before they leave the hospital.
Hospital leaders cut the ribbon on the pharmacy on Oct. 14. It is on the first floor of the medical center, across from Market Coffee, and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Fredericksburg police say they have arrested a man in Guatemala in connection with two rapes on city walking trails, one in October 2025 and one in May 2026.
Cesar Paau-Pan, 22, of Spotsylvania, faces 11 charges, including four counts of rape by force. He was arrested in Guatemala on Oct. 13 and remains in custody there while extradition proceeds, according to a Fredericksburg Police Department release issued Wednesday.