Gainesville / Prince William Times September 26, 2018

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NASCAR HERE I COME: Brentsville High grad Mason Diaz raced well at Richmond last week.

September 26, 2018 | Serving Prince William County | Vol. 17, No. 39 | www.PrinceWilliamTimes.com | 50¢

Prosecutors, defense rest in Hamilton case

Army staff sergeant faces death penalty or life in prison

Prince William County police Officer Ashley Guindon, 28, left, and Crystal Hamilton, 29, were fatally shot Feb. 27, 2016, at Ronald and Crystal Hamilton’s Woodbridge home. Ronald Hamilton is on trial for capital murder for their deaths.

By Amanda Heincer Times Staff Writer

The case of the Woodbridge man charged with capital murder and other crimes for the fatal shootings of his wife and a Prince William County police officer in February 2016 is now in the hands of the jury. Ronald Williams Hamilton, 34, has pleaded not guilty to the fatal shootings Feb. 27, 2016, of his wife, Crystal Hamilton, and Prince William County Police Officer Ashley

Guindon, and to the shootings of two other police officers who suffered serious injuries but survived the incident. Jurors were scheduled to hear closing arguments in the case Tuesday. After six days of witness testimony,

prosecutors rested their case against Hamilton Wednesday, Sept. 19. During the prosecutors’ case, which they presented over the course of six days, jurors heard testimony from about two dozen witnesses, including the two surviving officers; other officers who responded to the

scene; neighbors and others who witnesses part of the day’s events. Prosecutors also questioned doctors and paramedics who treated the injured officers and a medical examiner who performed autopsies on the victims. On the first day of testimony, Tuesday, Sept. 11, jurors heard a statement from Ronald and Crystal Hamilton’s then-11-year-old son who hid in his bedroom as his mother was shot with a handgun and when his father shot at officers with his AK-47 from inside the foyer of their Woodbridge home. The boy’s grandmother, Crystal Hamilton’s mother, read the statement in court. Defense attorneys called one witness to the stand: Prince William County police Detective Caillen See HAMILTON, Page 3

‘Stonehaven lite’ advances Planning commission green-lights 551 new homes in Bristow By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

PHOTO BY ROGER SNYDER

An aerial view of the 269 acres at Linton Hall and Devlin roads slated to become a community of 551 new homes. The Prince William County Planning Commission recommended the project for approval Wednesday, Sept. 19. INSIDE Classifieds...........................................20 Calendar.............................................17 News....................................................2 Obituaries...........................................19

Opinion...............................................11 Puzzle Page........................................12 Real Estate..........................................18 Sports.................................................13

Despite long-standing concerns about school overcrowding and worsening traffic, the Prince William County Planning Commission gave its blessing last week to the latest iteration of the now-defunct Stonehaven development, now a new project dubbed “the Devlin Community,” which proposes 551 new homes in Brentsville. The project is planned to include only single-family homes offered at a price of $600,000 or more. The community is being developed by Stanley Martin Homes on 269 acres in the area of Linton Hall Road, Devlin Road and University Boulevard. It will be adjacent to Chris Yung Elementary School and the site of the county’s 13th high school, See DEVLIN, Page 2

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