Fake Karen Served With Outstanding Warrant In Fredericksburg

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — A 46-year-old Stafford woman wanted in Fredericksburg for failure to appear in court was arrested on Thursday after she gave a fake name to a Stafford County sheriff’s deputy.

The deputy was dispatched around 12:48 p.m. to the Wawa at 9 South Gateway Drive in the Fredericksburg area for the report of two people arguing. Arriving on the scene, the deputy spoke to the man and woman involved in the dispute, with the latter identifying herself as “Karen,” according to the sheriff’s office.

Using law enforcement databases, the deputy determined that “Karen” was a false name and that the woman, identified as Lisa Lopez, was wanted on a warrant out of Fredericksburg.

Lopez was arrested on a false identification to law enforcement charge and held at the Rappahannock Regional Jail on a $500 secured bond, according to authorities. She is scheduled to be arraigned in Stafford General District Court on April 30.

Deputies also served Lopez with a warrant for failure to appear at a Feb. 2, 2024 hearing in Fredericksburg General District Court on a driving without a license charge, according to court records. She was originally charged on Dec. 22, 2023.

Lopez will be arraigned on the failure to appear and driving without a driver's license charges April 29 in Fredericksburg General District Court, court records say.