FROM Prince William County Police Department's crime report for Monday, June 18, 2018

In late spring and early summer bears are hungry and on the move in search of food. This primal need can cause them to conflict with homeowners and residents using parks and other unimproved areas. There has already been a sighting in eastern Prince William County.

Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Firefighters responded to the report of a house fire in the Lake Ridge area of Woodbridge, according to a 1:12 a.m. news release on June 7 from Rebecca Barnes, OWL public information officer. Barnes said Fire and Rescue units were initially sent to the wrong address in another neighborhood. However, a second caller was able to direct crews to the correct address of 3534 Soffitt Place. Units arrived within minutes to find fire on the side of the house and through the roof, she added.

Chief Barry Barnard of the Prince William County Police Department will host a “Conversation with the Chief” on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at Rockledge Elementary School in Lake Ridge.

On April 18, 2018 the Charlie Deane Central District Police Station located at 5036 Davis Ford Road between the Prince William Parkway and Asdee Lane opened to the public at 7 a.m.

A caller reported to police that she was driving in the Lake Ridge area when she nearly struck a small child who had run onto Hedges Run Ct. The caller contacted police a short time later after she attempted to locate the child’s parents without success.

Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics (VCTM) has named Nicole Clarke, third grade teacher at Old Bridge Elementary School, the 2018 VCTM William C. Lowry Mathematics Educator of the Year for the elementary school level. She has 19 years experience, is author of "I Can Learn If You Teach Me" and winner of Dale City Civic Association's Multicultural Teacher of the Year Award.

Prince William County Police Department's crime log for Friday, Dec. 22, 2017.