Crime & Safety

Fugitive of the Week: Dumfries Robbery Suspect

The victim was lured to Dumfries Road and Jefferson Davis Highway to buy a cell phone, but was instead held up at gunpoint, Prince William County Police said.

The Prince William County Police "Fugitive of the Week" is the suspect in a robbery in Dumfries last March.  

Darius Dequan Brent, 23, of Rocky Mount Lane in Dumfries, is wanted for armed robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. He is about 5'5", 175 pounds, black with a light complexion, brown hair and brown eyes. He has tattoos on his right wrist, right and left arms and a mole on his right cheek. 


Police identified Brent as a suspect on August 2 in the March 23 robbery of a man who came to Dumfries Road and Jefferson Davis Highway to buy a cell phone. The victim had arranged to meet an unknown man, and when he arrived, the man did not have the phone, police said.

Instead, a second man approached and pulled out a handgun. The victim was able to run away before they took anything and call 9-1-1.  


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