Mary Washington locked down after assault report
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Published: July 10, 2008
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) _ University of Mary Washington officials locked down a portion of the school after a man armed with a gun tried to assault a female jogger at a running track.
Fredericksburg Police spokeswoman Natatia Bledsoe says the woman reported being restrained by the man at about 7:30 a.m. Thursday. She struggled and the man dropped his gun, then picked it up and ran toward Alum Spring Park.
An alert issued by the university at 8:46 a.m. indicated that the area around the athletic complex on Hanover Street was under a lockdown. The lockdown was lifted at 9:40 a.m.
The suspect is described as being a clean-shaven white man, about 6-feet-2 and weighing about 250 pounds. He was wearing black shorts and a white T-shirt.
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Posted by ( badger21 ) on July 17, 2008 at 6:53 am
You have to remember that the staff, faculty, and police force at MW is SLOW and special!
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Posted by ( POOKEYSGRL07 ) on July 16, 2008 at 1:46 pm
IT WOULDN’T HAVE TAKEN THAT LONG FOR HER TO GET A CHARGE IF SHE HAD SHOT HIM!
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Posted by ( tah*tah ) on July 15, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Dont you just love our police officials???
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Posted by ( kevenc153 ) on July 11, 2008 at 6:26 pm
please remember that police force love donut’s and must have had a fresh warm batch of donut’s being served up at the local cop shop down there >> they were to busy
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Posted by ( khader1955 ) on July 10, 2008 at 3:33 pm
from 7:30 am untill 8:46 am to make a decision to lock down the university. would you think that this is a little bit toooooooooooooooooooooooo long.
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