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Fauquier County man dies after assault at CVS
Suspect is in custody, being held with no bond By Tate Hewitt Staff Writer
A Fauquier County man has died after he was assaulted last week in the CVS parking lot in Warrenton. Malcolm McIntyre, 78, died Tuesday, a week after he was allegedly assaulted by Sonny Sauceda, 40, in the parking lot of the CVS at 510 Blackwell Road. At about 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 13, an altercation was reported involving a man with a brick in the drugstore parking lot. First responders found McIntyre unconscious on the
Suspect arrested a week before assault. see page 2 street next to a car, surrounded by masonry bricks. McIntyre was flown by helicopter to a Fairfax hospital with head injuries but succumbed to his injuries on Aug. 20. Warrenton police arrested Sauceda on the scene on Aug. 13 and charged him with aggravated malicious wounding. He is being held with no bond, according to the Warrenton Police Department. McIntyre’s body was taken to the Virginia Medical Examiner’s office See CVS, page 2
A soft touch from Virginia helped keep Olympic horses at their peak
Licorice Pizza to open in Old Town Friday Denim and Pearls owners launch new pizza project to replace Black Bear
Massages by Fauquier County’s Linda Vegher bolstered the U.S. team
By Kate Seltzer
Contributing Writer
Part pizza joint, part sit-down restaurant and part bar, Licorice Pizza opens this Friday in Old Town Warrenton. It’s a new project for veteran restaurateurs Jenn and TC Robinson of Denim and Pearls. “We literally are directly across the street, and we saw an opportunity and thought, ‘It’s going to be somebody over there. So why not us?’” Jenn Robinson said. Licorice Pizza, or LP, a nod to vinyl records, will take the place of Black Bear Bistro & Brick Oven — a former Main Street staple that closed its doors suddenly in June. The Rob-
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Fauquier County’s Linda Vegher, a specialist in horse massage, accompanied the United States Equestrian Team to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
By Beth Rasin
Contributing Writer
insons recently bought the building that houses Denim and Pearls and hope to one day own the building that houses their new restaurant. With a TouchTunes jukebox and walls decked out with vinyl records from music groups from AC/DC to Aerosmith to The Who, the restaurant See LICORICE, page 2
Olympic athletes receive every possible treatment to help them perform at their peak — whether they have four legs or two. So, when the U.S. eventing horses stepped off the plane in France last month, they did so along with a sports massage therapist from Fauquier County. Linda Vegher, 45, has been massaging horses since 2016. She accompanied the eventing horses to the 2022 World Championships
in Italy, the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile and the 2024 Paris Olympics last month. She worked alongside team veterinarian Susan Johns, also based in Fauquier at Virginia Equine Imaging in The Plains. Vegher said her job is “making sure that the horse is comfortable, functioning at their best ability.” “Horse welfare is always first and foremost,” she said. “If they’re not feeling 100%, they’re not going to be able to give their 110%.” An equine patient can’t tell you where they’re stiff or sore, Vegher said, so she will start a session by assessing a horse at the walk. See MASSAGE, page 4
Warrenton Horse Show returns for its 125th year, page 15
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