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🌱 Patch AM: Food Lion Employee Sexually Assaulted In Woodbridge, Man ID'ed As Suspect: Police

Also check out Brooke Point High Dance & Football Team's Back To School Bash & Craft Fair on the Woodbridge Patch calendar

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Morning Woodbridge! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Police seek suspect after sexual assault at Woodbridge Food Lion
  • What police say about three serious incidents around Woodbridge this week
  • Can a Woodbridge resident revive Potomac High's struggling football program?

Also on today's calendar: Brooke Point High Dance & Football Team's Back To School Bash & Craft Fair and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the longest word in the dictionary? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 76 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Sunday: Warmer with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 86, low: 60. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: Partly sunny with a shower, with a high of 82 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Food Lion Employee Sexually Assaulted In Woodbridge, Man ID'ed As Suspect: Police (patch.com) — Residents in Woodbridge are being asked to help police locate a Dumfries man accused of sexually assaulting a 35-year-old employee inside the Food Lion on Dillingham Square. Officers say the suspect inappropriately touched the worker, grabbed her arm, and then left in a vehicle, and they've now obtained warrants and released his physical description while continuing the search.
   

2. Police Blotter: Death Investigation, Sexual Assault Reported (potomaclocal.com) — Police are investigating a man's death outside Chuy's on Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge, though they say there's no sign of foul play or community threat. Officers also report a sexual assault of a worker at the Dillingham Square Food Lion and an arrest for impersonating an officer at the county's Central District Station, alongside separate Stafford County fraud and intoxication cases.
   

3. Marquez Hall looks to turn Potomac football around (insidenova.com) — A Woodbridge resident and former North Stafford coach, Marquez Hall, is taking over Potomac High's struggling football program while seeking a job closer to home. Hall, credited with a major turnaround at his previous school, hopes to rebuild the Panthers with a larger roster and a more college-style coaching approach. His past teams even defeated Woodbridge en route to a regional title.
   

4. Seth Hendler-Voss will leave the parks for an office in the city (potomaclocal.com) — Prince William's longtime parks director Seth Hendler-Voss is leaving to become Falls Church's next city manager, raising questions about unfinished projects back home. One major effort, a long-discussed indoor sports complex planned for a county-owned Telegraph Road site in Woodbridge, never broke ground and may now depend on a future public‑private partnership at The Landing Town Center.
   

5. Meet Saniaa Purdie: New Reporter Covering Prince William & Stafford Schools (potomaclocal.com) — A Potomac Senior High School student, Saniaa Purdie, is stepping up to cover Prince William and Stafford school boards just as both divisions confront declining enrollment and school closures. She's already reported on Woodbridge's Belmont Bay, where residents are pushing back against a large dock proposed at GMU's Potomac Science Center, and invites local families to share what's happening in their schools.
   

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