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Former VA High School Football Player Marques Pitre-Johnson Dies Suddenly, 28
Marques Xavier Pitre-Johnson, a Reston, VA native, died unexpectedly at home in Georgia on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, his obituary said. He was 28 years old.
Marques was being remembered in his obituary as a "true Restonian," having played for the Reston Ankle Biters little league football team and South Lakes Seahawks football team in high school.
He was also a talented music artist, who went by "Johnny Quest," and proudly served in the US Navy and worked as an HVAC tech, his obituary continues.
More than $4,400 had been raised for Johnson's family on a GoFundMe as of press time.
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Virginia Abductor Who Sexually Assaulted Near-Stranger In His Car Captured: Police
A 38-year-old Prince William County man was arrested after police say he sexually assaulted a woman riding in his car in November 2023.
Farhad Mansoori, of Woodbridge, met his victim, a woman, on Nov. 10, 2023, police in Prince William County said.
The following day, the woman was riding in Mansoori's car when he drove to an area on Touchstone Circle and sexually assaulted her, then dropped her off somewhere else, county police said March 4, 2024.
Mansoori has been charged with abduction and sexual battery. He was being held without bond.
