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AUGUST 10, 2018
Brother’s stabbing leads to murder charge for Stafford man
NIGHT OUT IN THE RAIN
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A brief downpour cooled off the crowd Tuesday at the National Night Out at Stafford Marketplace. Stafford County Fire and Rescue Master Technician Tony Armstrong, right, helps 11-year-old Brian Harris, of Stafford, man a fire hose at a display for children during National Night Out in North Stafford. ALEKS DOLZENKO/INSIDENOVA
Workers team up to clear Falmouth Park
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arts of Stafford County received 6 to 15 inches of rain during July, according to the National Weather Service, and most of it eventually flowed down the Rappahannock River to the Historic Port of Falmouth Park. The floods did not arrive emptyhanded: debris, including massive tree trunks, washed down during each of the many heavy rainfalls, leaving the park covered with trees and branches, and unusable, accord-
ing to a Shannon E. Howell, county community engagement manager Not only has this affected the many visitors to Falmouth Beach, the Belmont-Ferry Farm Trail and the soccer/rugby field located at the park, but the volume of debris left behind is threatening the Yankees in Falmouth historical display held in September. The event is held on the grounds of the Moncure Conway House with parking at the Historic Port of Falmouth Park.
“We are looking at a huge recovery effort during our busiest time of the year,” said Michael Morris, director of Stafford’s Parks, Recreation and Communities Facilities. “We had to be creative and innovative in accomplishing this cleanup with the resources we have available and still completing our mission of providing camps, parks and activities to visitors all summer long.” FALMOUTH» PAGE 3
Stafford man is facing a murder charge in the stabbing death of his brother Aug. 1, according to Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office spokesperson Amanda Vicinanzo. Miequan Curmon, 19, is charged with second degree murder after his brother, Latonio Curmon, 18, was found dead at MIEQUAN CURMON 5:51 p.m. in a residence on Clint Lane in south Stafford. Stafford deputies responded to the location and found an unresponsive male lying on his back in a pool of blood with a stab wound on the left side of his torso that was bleeding heavily, Vicinanzo said. The Sheriff ’s Office established a perimeter and called in the drone team as well as the canines to assist with the investigation. After several hours, a suspect was found in the area of Cool Springs Road and Kings Highway. He was taken into custody at 8:29 p.m. Miequan Curmon is incarcerated at the Rappahannock Regional Jail without bond.
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