At 9:18am today rescue personnel were notified that a man had jumped from the Falmouth Bridge into the Rappahannock River below. Stafford’s Emergency Communications stated that rescue personnel arrived on the scene within five minutes of receiving the call. Fredericksburg Police Department, Fredericksburg Sheriff’s Department, Fredericksburg Fire and Rescue, Virginia State Police as well as Stafford’s Fire and Rescue and the Stafford Sheriff’s Office combined efforts to rescue the subject.

He stayed in the middle of the river and did not respond to any attempts to rescue him from the shore.

Two boats, one from Fredericksburg and one from Stafford Fire and Rescue transported Stafford Sheriff’s Deputies toward the man. Stafford Deputies A.R. Spotts, B.E. Gates and Detective J.S. Massine exited the boats and entered the water near the Chatham Bridge. Law enforcement safely brought the man onto the boat and into custody. He was turned over to the city of Fredericksburg police.