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Police briefs
Property damage reportedThe Fauquier County Sheriff's Office received several reports of damaged property within the last week.
In one case, someone from the 6400 block of Foster's Fork Road in Warrenton told police someone broke the rear window of their vehicle. The incident was reported June 30 and the estimated loss in the case is $400.
On July 1, a caller from the 5300 block of Providence Lane in Sumerduck claimed that drywall, a deck railing and windows in a shed were damaged. The estimated loss in that case is $1,800.
Someone from the 5300 block of Merry Oaks Road in The Plains reported damage to a basement door and window. The estimated loss is $600 and the matter remains under investigation.
Larcenies investigated
Two larcenies reported to the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office July 3 and July 6 remain under investigation.
In the first case, police received information about a theft from a building in the 7600 block of Wankoma Drive, Remington. The complainant said a 1-carat, multi-gemstone white gold ring was stolen. The estimated loss is $1,235.
In the other case, someone told police that a TV, video game system and games were stolen from a building in the 7100 block of Riley Road, Warrenton. The estimated loss is $1,350.
Reckless handling of firearm
Police said a Bealeton man was arrested on a firearms violation July 4.
William Anthony Jenkins, 27, of Bealeton was reportedly charged with five counts of discharging a firearm within 100 yards of a dwelling.
ATV stolen
A resident from the 4200 block of Winchester Road, Marshall, reported the theft of an ATV to the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office July 6.
Police records indicate the ATV is worth approximately $2,500. An investigation is ongoing.
Animal allegedly causes wreck
Police said a Warrenton man was injured in a single-vehicle accident July 1.
The accident occurred at approximately 10:51 p.m., in the area of Meetze Road and Green Road.
According to a Fauquier County deputy's report, Robert Lee Wyatt, 20, of Warrenton, was driving a 2001 Dodge RT east on Meetze Road when it went off the right side of the road and hit a tree. Wyatt told police he swerved to miss an animal.
The vehicle sustained approximately $2,000 in damages.
Wyatt was not charged in connection with the incident.
Trucker charged with reckless driving
John C. Jacobs Jr., 51, of Windsor, Pa., was charged with reckless driving after he was involved in an accident July 2, police said.
The crash happened in the 14600 block of Warrenton Road near Goldvein Road at approximately 3:15 a.m.
An accident report taken by a Fauquier County deputy indicates Jacobs was driving a tractor trailer carrying milk. He was going southbound when the truck went off the side of the road and hit a guard rail, police said. The vehicle overturned and slid into a creek, and caught on fire. Some of the milk from the container leaked onto the roadway, according to the report.
Jacobs was hurt in the crash, police said.
Failure to control vehicle charged
Jose Luis Ortiz, 39, of Warrenton, was reportedly hurt in a car crash July 4.
The wreck happened in the 4500 block of Brookside Parkway near Groupe Road at approximately 11:25 a.m.
In the accident report, a Fauquier County deputy said Ortiz was driving a 1981 Toyota Cresida when it went off the right side of the parkway, overturned twice and hit a tree.
The vehicle was not a "street legal" vehicle and was not insured, according to the report.
Ortiz was also charged with driving a vehicle with faulty brakes, police said.
Driver hurt in ATV crash
An accident report taken by a Fauquier County deputy indicates that John Turner, 51, of Gainesville, was injured in an ATV crash July 5.
The wreck happened in the 8300 block of Botha Road shortly after 10 p.m.
Turner was reportedly driving a 2002 Yamaha Grizzly west in the woods on a property in the 8300 block of Botha Road when he crashed and was ejected from the machine. Police said Turner told them he did not remember what happened.
DUI charged
William S. Chichester Jr., 45, of Warrenton, was reportedly charged with DUI after he was involved in a motor vehicle accident July 5.
The crash happened in the 8400 block of Meetze Road near Green Road at approximately 10:34 p.m.
According to an accident report taken by a Fauquier County deputy, Chicester was "extremely intoxicated on a mixture of alcohol and narcotics" when he was speeding south on Meetze Road.
"Vehicle 1 was swerving in the roadway and almost struck a police cruiser head on," the report states. "Vehicle 1 then continued to swerve and ran off the roadway."
The 2004 Ford Expedition struck an embankment and several trees. Chichester allegedly attempted to flee on foot, but was apprehended, police said.
He was reportedly hurt in the crash.
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