Eight arrested after fight
Eight Forestville Military Academy students were arrested Thursday following a morning fight at the school, according to Prince George’s County officials. The violence began when a group of teenagers, who were not supposed to be in the school, entered the school, school and law enforcement officials said. The incident stemmed from something that occurred outside of school, officials added. According to Sgt. Mario Ellis, a spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office, seven of the eight arrested students were juveniles. He said the trespassers scattered before arrests were made. One student was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Ellis said.
– Daniel Fowler
Fake bomb, real arrest
Police announced Thursday they have arrested a Falls Church man in connection with a nearly year-old bank robbery in Manassas on charges of building a fake explosive device, abduction and robbery. Derrick Lynn Bumpus, 48, was arrested last week after a three-agency investigation involving the FBI and Fairfax County police, Prince William County police said in a report. A fake bomb was reportedly used in carrying out the late-afternoon Nov. 30, 2006, robbery at the BB&T Bank at 7801 Sudley Road in Manassas, the report said. – Dan Genz
Fairlington cars targeted
The windows of 35 cars parked in the Fairlington area have been broken over three nights this week, Arlington police spokesman John Lisle said. Officers suspect the perpetrators might be teenagers using a BB gun, Lisle said. The cars were parked on the 4000 block of N. Woodstock Street, 4600 block of N. 41Street, 6700 block of N. 26 Street, 6000 block of N. Little Falls Road, and the 2400 block of N. Lexington Street. The windows of 40 cars were broken in a series of similar incidents in June, Lisle said.
– Maria Hegstad
