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CVS murder witness heard gunshots, saw man walk away By Amanda Heincer Times Staff Writer
Joshua Lloyd was sitting on bench outside the Ruby Tuesday’s restaurant in Warrenton at about 10:15 p.m. on July 26, 2017, when he heard what he thought sounded like “fireworks.” When Lloyd stood up and looked in the direction the sound came from, he became the only known eyewitness to the shooting death of Rex Mac Olsen. Lloyd testified in Fauquier County Circuit Court Monday, on the first day of the trial of Bernard Duse, who is charged with murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony for Ol-
sen’s death. Duse pleaded not guilty to both charges, Lloyd testified that he saw a man standing over another man, who was on the ground, near the dumpster behind the CVS Pharmacy at 510 Blackwell Road in Warrenton. “I thought I heard fireworks… then I saw like sparks or something,” Lloyd said. He said he saw the man who had been standing move the other man’s body to the side and then calmly walk away. Lloyd then walked by rear of the CVS, saw a person lying on the ground and bleeding and went into the CVS and asked the employees there to call 911.
Prosecutors allege that Duse, 77, who was the operations manager at the CVS, shot and killed Olsen, 66, the store manager. “The murder was the culmination of a year and a half of bitter litigation,” Fauquier County Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Fisher told jurors in his opening statement Monday. The litigation was related to complaints of discrimination and retaliation that Duse had filed against CVS. According to prosecutors and court records, Olsen had testified unfavorably against Duse in those proceedings.
See MURDER, page 2
New turf farm sparks complaints about construction fill County mulls new rules for using non-agricultural debris
TIMES STAFF PHOTO A memorial for Rex Mac Olsen at the CVS on Blackwell Road in Warrenton.
By James Ivancic Times Staff Writer
Some Midland property owners say they are tired of the noise, dust and water runoff they’ve lived with for more than year because of a 50-acre site off Brent Town Road that’s being prepared for a new turf farm. In Fauquier County, turf farming is allowed by-right on land zoned for agricultural uses. The neighbors are mostly upset, however, with activity going on to prepare the site, including the use of non-agricultural fill, which has been trucked to the area to build an access road for the new farm.
See TURF FARM, page 2 Some Midland property owners are concerned with activity going on to prepare a turf farm off Brent Town Road. TIMES STAFF PHOTO/ JAMES IVANCIC
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