Man Terrorizes Ex-Girlfriend In Stafford: Police

STAFFORD, VA—A man broke into his former girlfriend's home and assaulted her Monday night on Stevens Circle, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, the culmination of what became an evening of escalating terror.

Albert William Ware was found shortly afterward near the wood line near Foxwood Drive and Anita Drive and charged with breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, assault and battery, felonious assault, trespassing, as well as abduction by force, intimidation or deception.

Earlier that night, according to the woman, she visited Ware at his home and an argument broke out when she attempted to leave. But leave she did, returning to her home on Stevens Circle.

Shortly thereafter, Ware appeared in her bedroom window. She told him to leave. He went to the front door instead. She opened it but left the storm door closed and locked. Ware then forced open the storm door, went inside and threw the woman against a bookshelf and then a filing cabinet. She suffered an injury to her chin and he fled.

Photo: Stafford County Sheriff's Office