Photo by Quincy Morris.

Under suspicion for selling drugs to prisoners, a Ruther Glen man got caught in a sting operation set up by Stafford County police.
Allen Sellers, 35, was a Corporal Correctional Officer at the Rappahannock Regional Jail at the time of the alleged offenses and his arrest.
Caroline County police searched his home on Ponderosa Lane prior to his arrest on July 25.
They recovered money transfer documents, two hand drawn pictures of jail house tattoos, marijuana plants in germination pots and several glass smoking pieces, according to a search warrant filed in Caroline County Circuit Court.
Sellers is charged with possession of illegal drugs, delivery of prohibited items to a prisoner and unauthorized delivery in jail. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Aug. 17 in Caroline County Circuit Court.
Jail authorities first reported Sellers to the Stafford County Sheriff's Drug Enforcement Unit because they suspected Sellers of providing contraband, such as tobacco, to inmates. One inmate paid up to $100 for cigarettes, according to an affidavit filed in Caroline Circuit Court.
Sellers has been under investigation since June 2007, according to the affidavit. He also allegedly supplied chewing tobacco and prescription drugs to the inmates at Rappahannock Regional Jail. One inmate told another that Sellers could get them "whatever they needed," according to the affidavit.
At one point, Sellers requested that an inmate pay him in crack cocaine. That's when Stafford police set up an undercover operation.

County rezones for Chase Green
Developers must now request water usage from Bowling Green
By C. Ruth Ebrahim
By agreeing to rezone almost 30 acres along Chase Street in Bowling Green, the county paved the way for a new subdivision.
That doesn't mean building will start right away.
Developers of Chase Green proffered to build a "green" development by using Energy Star appliances. All lighting, heating and air conditioning systems and major appliances used will be energy efficient, according to the development application.
The applicant Chase Green, LLC, includes builder Gary Watts of GH Watts, Steven Lohr of Federal Financial and property owner Don Pitts of Pitts and Manns.
They proffered the full cash proffer of $17,632.36 per residential unit. The development includes 19 residential lots, two of which are allowed by right.
The cash proffer amount is split between schools (58.1 percent), roads (26.2 percent), public safety (7.1 percent), government space (3.6 percent), parks and recreation (2.6 percent), and libraries (2.5 percent).
Chase Green is the first residential rezoning approved by the county since amending its proffer policy in April 2005.
By right, the developers of Chase Green could build two houses on the property. They will pay the cash proffers on 17 lots, for a total of $299,750.12 once all the lots are built. The lots range from half acre to over an acre in size.
First, though, the developers must acquire water services from the Town of Bowling Green.
Town Manager Stephen Manster said that, by rezoning the property for Chase Green, the county essentially gave the developers permission to request water usage from the town.

Caroline Christian Health Center links prayer with modern medicine
By Ed Simmons, Jr.
The new Caroline Christian Health Center features the miracle of modern medicine--and, if you wish, prayer with your doctor and nurse.
“It’s been in my heart to do this--I want to practice my faith with my medicine,” said Dr. Daniel Trementozzi, who studied medicine at Penn State before practicing seven years with the U.S. Army and five years with the Pratt Medical Center in Fredericksburg.
The Caroline Christian Health Center--which currently offers only pediatric care but will be expanding to adult care--is a traditional medical office that accepts insurance while offering a sliding scale for those without, based on income and number of dependents, said the doctor.
“We are reaching out to the poor--a large segment of Caroline,” said Tremontozzi.
The center is located in Ladysmith at the intersection of Ladysmith Road and Jefferson Davis Highway, in the former Union Bank & Trust building, which has been remodeled for doctor’s officers.
Donations came from private individuals and 20 businesses to start the clinic that opened June 28, according to Trementozzi. The clinic is seeking partnerships with local churches and is active with Congregations of Promise, he said.
The center also features a comfortable conference room which Trementozzi said he hopes area churches will use as a place to meet.
Trementozzi, a resident of Massaponax, attends River of Life Worship Center in Thornburg--which is Assembly of God--with his wife Amber and children Drew, Jessica and Nathan.
His nurse Sharon Seal attends St. Mary of the Annunciation Catholic Church on Ladysmith Road.