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Update: Suspect In Custody, Lockdown Lifted At Middle School: Police
Police have arrested a man in Stafford County. Gayle Middle School was placed on a partial lockdown as police searched for the suspect.
Updated at 10:20 a.m. on Wednesday.
STAFFORD COUNTY, VA — The lockdown at Gayle Middle School has been lifted after a man who ran from police was taken into custody, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies were looking for the suspect in England Run near Lyons Boulevard. Authorities said the school was locked down out of an abundance of caution.
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The sheriff's office did not specify what crime the suspect was accused of.
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