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Some masonry tools and stones were reportedly stolen Friday from a work site on Zachary Taylor Highway in Flint Hill. The estimated value of the items is about $100.

According to the report at the Rappahannock County Sheriff's Office, a man was doing some masonry work at a home and had left the tools and stones there because he had not yet finished the job. A witness saw another person back a truck into the area and take the items, but no more information was provided to the sheriff's office.

A man was flown to Fairfax Inova Hospital for treatment on Saturday afternoon after he was injured driving a four-wheeler on a wooded trail near Old Church Lane in Rock Mills. According to the sheriff's office report, the accident involved only one vehicle and happened around 3:45 p.m.

The Amissville Volunteer Fire Department transported one man to Fauquier Hospital on Monday after he was injured in a car accident on Richmond Road. According to the sheriff's office report, only one vehicle was involved in the wreck.

Several county residents have reported e-mail scams recently to the sheriff's office, Sheriff Connie Smith said.

The most common scam is an e-mail that tells the recipients they have won a portion of a large lottery jackpot. They can receive a check to deposit if they send a specified amount of money back to the lottery company. But the check ends up being fake and people who fall for the scam lose the money they send to the so-called lottery company.

This is not the way the lottery works, Smith said, and no one should send money or financial information in response to such e-mails or phone calls.

"If you win the lottery, the lottery people are going to come to your house," she said. "If you don't play the lottery, you're not going to win the lottery."