Crime & Safety
Woodbridge Woman Accused Of Brandishing Weapon At 13-Year-Old
A Woodbridge woman is facing charges after police say she brandished a weapon at a teen boy and brought the weapon onto school property.
WOODBRIDGE, VA – A Woodbridge woman has been arrested after police say she brandished a weapon at a teenage boy and made threatening statements about middle school staff.
According to the Prince William County Police Department, officers responded to the 14900 block of Enterprise Drive in Woodbridge on Nov. 4 following reports of a brandishing.
Police say a 13-year-old boy was approached by a strange woman, who questioned him about damage to her property. The boy and the woman argued, and at some point the woman walked to her vehicle, where her 12-year-old and five-year-old child were sitting, and took out a firearm, which she brandished at the teenage boy.
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No shots were fired and no injuries were reported, according to police.
Police also say that shortly before the alleged brandishing incident, the woman had driven her car onto Rippon Middle School property and threatened and had on another occasion threatened the School Resource Officer.
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Whitney Jenay Kelley, 33, of Woodbridge, was arrested Nov. 4 and charged with one count of brandishing, one count of possession of a weapon on school property, two counts of child neglect and one count of obstruction of justice. Her first court dates are not yet scheduled.
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