Crime & Safety
Woman Kidnaps Friend's Two Kids In Nokesville: Police
A woman was arrested Wednesday after picking up a friend's two kids school and then refusing to let them leave the vehicle in Nokesville.

NOKESVILLE, VA — A woman was arrested Wednesday after picking up an acquaintance's two teenage girls from school and then locking them inside the vehicle at Patriot High School, 10504 Kettle Run Road, according to Prince William County Police. Aleasha Rashea Miller, 41, of the 13600 block of Chapeltown Mews in Bristow, was charged with two counts of abduction. She's being held without bond.
Around 4 p.m., the victims, 14 and 16, were waiting to be picked up by their mother. That's when Miller showed up and told them their mother had requested she pick them up, instead. So they got into the vehicle but Miller suddenly went all "Hotel California" on them: You can check anytime you like, but you can never leave.
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In fact, though, they could and did leave, but not until their mother arrived about an hour later. Soon thereafter, the three contacted police. An investigation found that the mother and Miller were involved in an ongoing verbal dispute.
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