Prince William Times 06/05/19

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EYES ON THE PRIZE: Brentsville baseball is among five county teams in the state title hunt. Pages 9-10

June 5, 2019 | Vol. 18, No. 23 | www.princewilliamtimes.com | 50¢ Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.

Dems vying for top prosecutor, sheriff point to experience By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

Amy Ashworth and Tracey Lenox, the two attorneys vying for the Democratic nomination for commonwealth’s attorney, agree on a lot, includ- DEMOCRATIC ing that there’s PRIMARY JUNE 11 been racial disAMY ASHWORTH TRACEY LENOX crimination in the administrafor Prince William County sheriff tion of justice in Prince William and also hold similar views. that the county should reinstate a drug Both Josh King, a Fairfax County court for nonviolent offenders arrested sheriff’s deputy and U.S. Army vetfor low-level drug possession. eran, and Brian Fields, a Dumfries The two law-enforcement officers town councilman, former police ofvying to be the Democratic nominee ficer and National Guardsman, agree

JOSH KING

BRIAN FIELDS

on what could be a key issue in the fall campaign against Republican incumbent Sheriff Glen Hill. Both say the county should end its controversial 287(g) agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that authorizes Prince William

sheriff’s deputies to act as immigration agents in the county jail. King says the 287(g) program is inappropriate in a majority-minority community and “has been used to discriminate against people of color.” “I want to find another way of dealing with this immigration problem, but I don’t think us trying to detain and deport [undocumented immigrants] is the way,” King said. Fields notes his own family is comprised of immigrants. Both Fields’ wife and his nephew, who he and his wife are raising, immigrated to the U.S. from Central America, Fields said.

See DEMS, Page 4

Tough Mudder no more? After some object to park venue, county mulls event’s future By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

COURTESY PHOTO Participants in the June 1 and 2 Tough Mudder scramble up and over the huge “Mudderhorn” obstacle at Silver Lake Park. INSIDE Classified............................................15 Looking Back......................................11 Lifestyle..............................................12 Opinion.................................................5

Obituaries...........................................14 Puzzles.................................................8 Real Estate..........................................12 Sports...................................................9

More than 7,500 people descended on sleepy Silver Lake Park last weekend to clamber over a giant, ropelooped peak, slide on their backs through muddy pits and traverse about nine miles of wooded trail — all to complete an muck-soaked event known as the “Tough Mudder.” But the decision to hold the event in a western Prince William County park designated for “passive recreation” stirred up a controversy almost as messy as the race itself.

See MUDDER, Page 2

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