Crime Fighter's Notebook

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013

WEAPONS VIOLATION:

2200 Gordon Shelton Blvd, 2/2 4:00 p.m. Police responded for reports of a male subject who

was illegally shooting on Celebrate Virginia property behind the Slavery Museum site. The two

witnesses who reported the incident stated that they approached the male and advised him that he

was not allowed to be on the property. After being confronted, the unknown subject fired

multiple shots into the ground before leaving the scene in his white Toyota 4-Runner. City

officers and a trooper with the Virginia State Police stopped the Toyota near the intersection of

Bragg Road and Plank Road and took the driver into custody without incident. Bernhard

Randhahn, 45, of Fredericksburg was arrested for DUI, refusal to submit to a blood or breath

test, reckless handling of a firearm, discharging a firearm within the city limits, two counts of

brandishing a firearm, and two felony counts of discharging a firearm in or on a vehicle.

Randhahn was incarcerated at the Rappahannock Regional Jail under no bond. Three handguns

were seized from his vehicle for evidence. The investigation is ongoing.

PURSE SNATCHING:

Target, 1180 Carl D Silver Pkwy, 2/3 6:50 p.m. A 59-year-old Spotsylvania resident reported

that she was loading her purchases into the trunk of her vehicle when a male subject grabbed her

purse from the shopping cart. The victim chased after the subject across the parking lot until he

jumped into the back seat of a silver car and fled the scene. An officer patrolling in the area

observed a silver vehicle driving at a high rate of speed and without its headlights on; the officer

stopped the vehicle on Central Park Boulevard and located the victim’s purse behind the driver’s

seat. The three occupants of the vehicle, all from Woodbridge, were subsequently detained and

charged: Cody Lillard, 22, was arrested for grand larceny, conspiracy to commit grand larceny,

and possession of marijuana; Raven Heard, 19, and Tabitha Compton, 21, were both arrested for

conspiracy to commit grand larceny. Compton was released on a personal recognizance bond,

while Heard was incarcerated under a $1000 bond and Lillard was incarcerated under no bond.

All of the victim’s property was returned to her.

BURGLARY:

Living Word Fellowship Church, 1500 Stafford Ave, 1/31/ - 2/1 9:00 a.m. The pastor reported

that an unknown person broke in to the church and stole a guitar and amplifier from the music

room. The investigation is ongoing.

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY:

2100 block Idlewild Blvd, 2/1 – 2/2 10:30 a.m. A resident reported that she found pry marks and

other damage around her front door jamb. The investigation is ongoing.