Crime & Safety

Pipe Beating Yields Another Arrest in Woodbridge: Police

Victim says he was awakened by two masked men who demanded money and drugs, according to Prince William County Police.

WOODBRIDGE, VA — The second of two suspects was arrested Monday for allegedly hitting a sleeping man with a metal pipe and then demanding — and getting — money and drugs last Tuesday in the 1400 block of Forest Lane, according to Prince William County Police.

Terrell Harris (above), 21, of the 1300 block of Bayside Avenue, was charged with robbery, aggravated malicious wounding and burglary while armed.

Previously arrested was Robert Ellis Robinson, 47, of the 1000 block of Gardenview Loop, who was charged with the same.

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The victim, 48, told police that after being assaulted by two masked men, he was forced to fork over an undisclosed amount of money, marijuana and other items, whereupon the suspects fled the home, which had a shattered kitchen window.

Police say they noticed inconsistencies in the victim's account, and that he was only able to describe the suspects as black men with large builds.

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Photo: Prince William County Police

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