STEPHENS CITY -- Law-enforcement officers recovered the body of a 14-year-old Stephens City boy who drowned in the lake Thursday evening at Sherando Park.
A Frederick County couple awakened by a burglar chases off the suspect. A man wakes up to find a burglar robbing his change jar. Thieves are becoming either more brazen or stupid, according to Maj. Robert "Robbie" Eckman of the Frederick County Sheriff's Office.
WINCHESTER -- Two men charged in the theft of a woman's purse and subsequent check forgeries have been indicted by a Frederick County Circuit Court grand jury.
STRASBURG -- The Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad has made "extreme strides" and is working on a plan to overcome its past problems, Councilman Justin Ritenour said Thursday.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Shenandoah Shores Volunteer Fire Company has been given permission by the Warren County Board of Supervisors to enter into an agreement for tax-exempt financing for an expansion of the station.
EDINBURG -- A Woodstock man has been arrested in connection with the theft of hundreds of dollars in change, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
FRONT ROYAL -- A man who robbed a bank on Shenandoah Avenue last week is still at large, and additional suspects may also have been involved in the heist, police said Thursday.
WINCHESTER -- Authorities plan on "aggressively" citing solicitors who ask for donations from motorists, the Winchester Police Department announced Thursday.
FRONT ROYAL -- Consolidating the Fortsmouth and Rivermont fire companies, establishing a health and safety program for volunteer staff and building a specialized training facility are among recommendations being made by a consultant in its comprehensive study of the Warren County Fire and Rescue Department.
WINCHESTER -- "Police! Stop or I'll release the dog!" shouted Winchester police Cpl. B.N. Neer, but the suspect continued to run. Neer pressed a button on her belt, triggering the rear door of her police Jeep to open. Immediately, a fast, brown animal leapt out of the back seat, streaked across the lawn and firmly sank its teeth into the man's jacket.
HARRISONBURG -- A Maryland man accused of hiring a hit man from his Warren County Jail cell pleaded not guilty to murder-for-hire and other charges Tuesday in U.S. District Court.
NEW MARKET -- A Sunday morning fire at the home of New Market Fire Department Assistant Chief James Bowman leveled a garage and destroyed a truck, officials said.
WINCHESTER -- The hacker who took down two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Web sites in 2007 says his attack was a protest of U.S. and Turkish policy regarding Israel.
BERRYVILLE -- A body found Saturday in West Virginia is that of Kayleigh Marie Plamondon, a Clarke County woman reported missing since June 9, authorities said Thursday.
WINCHESTER -- Murder suspect Justin Shane "Pi" Slater was returned to Virginia on Wednesday, and is being held at the regional jail on two felony charges.
WINCHESTER -- A Frederick County man who investigators say was slain by his brother last week died from a single shotgun blast to the head, according to the Virginia state medical examiner's office.
FRONT ROYAL -- A man is facing attempted malicious wounding charges after he allegedly fired gunshots at a couple's home in the Shenandoah Farms area on Saturday.
WOODSTOCK -- A Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury indicted an Edinburg man late last month on charges that he maliciously wounded and attempted to rape a 16-year-old girl.
WINCHESTER -- A man wanted in connection with the shooting death of his brother and disappearance of his ex-girlfriend was arrested Saturday after an extensive two-day search, authorities said.
WOODSTOCK -- Two propane tanks were taken from an outbuilding in the 100 block of Stultz Gap Road, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
WINCHESTER -- Police were still searching late Thursday night for a man wanted in connection with his brother's slaying. Justin Shane Slater, 24, is wanted for first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a murder. He is considered armed and dangerous. Video: View video from the crime scene
WINCHESTER -- Authorities are seeking a man who robbed a cash advance store in the Sunnyside area Wednesday afternoon, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office.
NEW MARKET -- A Strasburg man faces a burglary charge and two counts of soliciting without a permit, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
WINCHESTER -- City police are searching for two suspects they say broke into a Bond Street home Monday morning and robbed someone inside at knifepoint.
STEPHENS CITY -- A 16-year-old boy faces several charges after two teenagers say he and an accomplice robbed and assaulted them Saturday in a residential neighborhood, authorities said.
WOODSTOCK -- A town woman faces a charge of felony child neglect after her 2-year-old child was found wandering around the used car lot at Grubbs Chevrolet.
STRASBURG -- A 15-year-old Strasburg boy faces two counts of grand larceny. Staff at Signal Knob Middle School found an iPod and a calculator that had been stolen. The calculator, which belonged to the school, was worth $100, Shenandoah County...
WINCHESTER -- Owners of a Frederick County limousine firm raided by authorities earlier this week are under investigation for alleged fraud and other crimes involving their vehicles, according to court documents.
BERRYVILLE -- A vehicle stolen from the scene of a home invasion in Clarke County last week was purchased using a fake name, authorities said Thursday.
BERRYVILLE -- A victim in last week's home invasion in Clarke County is now wanted on a drug charge from an earlier incident, authorities said Tuesday.
BERRYVILLE -- Authorities in a neighboring West Virginia county have found the burned remains of a car stolen during a home invasion last week in Clarke County.
WOODSTOCK -- Town police have released a picture of a truck similar to the one used as a getaway car for the man who robbed Stellar One Bank on Friday.
RELIANCE -- Edgar "Ed" Shifflett and his wife, Thelma, are Bible- and gun-toting Christians who say they feel just as safe after thwarting an attempted home invasion as they did before.
BERRYVILLE -- Two men bound and beaten Thursday morning during a home invasion in Clarke County have gone missing, officials said, and their attackers remain at large.
FRONT ROYAL -- A man wanted in Warren County on an assault charge was arrested in West Virginia early Friday morning after leading police on a chase that began in Winchester.
WINCHESTER -- A Toms Brook man faces charges after a state bomb squad unit was called to a city home last week to dispose of several explosive devices, authorities said.
WINCHESTER -- A Woodstock man broke into a Frederick County house and fled when the resident came home Monday afternoon, according to the Sheriff's Office.
FRONT ROYAL -- A Warren County woman convicted of felony child neglect because her infant tested positive for cocaine has been arrested for distribution of methadone.
TIMBERVILLE -- The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and Environmental Protection Agency have opened a criminal investigation against the former owner of a local wastewater treatment plant.
EDINBURG -- Residents and visitors to Edinburg have lost an option when it comes to buying gas, grabbing a sandwich or picking up convenience-store items.
FORT VALLEY -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of several thousand dollars' worth of furniture in the 100 block of Lost Lane.
WINCHESTER -- A regional jail inmate on work-release is back behind bars after failing to return to the facility from her job earlier this month, authorities said.
STRASBURG -- A Front Royal teen was charged with reckless driving and having defective equipment after striking a Strasburg man walking along U.S. 11 early Saturday morning, according to Strasburg Police Chief Tim Sutherly.
MAURERTOWN -- Two men have been charged in relation to a January larceny that occurred in the 100 block of Big Oak Lane, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
WOODSTOCK -- An Edinburg woman faces charges of drunken driving and felony hit and run related to an April 30 incident, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
WINCHESTER -- A former Frederick County Public Schools bus driver is charged with sending explicit text messages to a 15-year-old boy sometime in February and March.
STRASBURG -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a Stihl chain saw and copper tubing from a home in the 300 block of Cedar Hill Road. The items, valued at about $400, were taken from a...
EDINBURG -- A woman was rearrested after failing to maintain the conditions of her release after she was arrested earlier in the day, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
TOMS BROOK -- A man who resisted arrest while causing a disturbance at a truck stop was subdued by deputies before being taken into custody, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
MT. JACKSON -- A 17-year-old boy from Edinburg has been charged with communicating a bomb threat in relation to a January incident at Triplett Tech, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
FRONT ROYAL -- A Page County man is being held without bond after being charged with a weekend crime spree in Warren County and Luray to support his crack cocaine habit, an official said.
WINCHESTER -- City police are investigating an attempted rape and abduction that occurred on Molden Drive early Saturday, according to a press release from Winchester Police Sgt. Amanda Baker.
NEW MARKET -- The former assistant treasurer of the New Market Volunteer Fire Department has been charged with 20 counts of forgery and obtaining money by false pretenses in Rockingham County.
STRASBURG -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of an antique pie safe from a home in the 5000 block of John Marshall Highway.
FRONT ROYAL -- A town man has been indicted by a Warren County Circuit Court grand jury on charges of trying to break into a downtown business last month.
WINCHESTER -- A boy sentenced for attacking and robbing a food delivery driver in Frederick County last year tried to escape from the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center on Friday, authorities said.
(3:45 p.m.) WOODSTOCK -- A portion of Interstate 81 in Shenandoah County that has been closed since a fiery crash that killed three people late Monday night was reopened at 3:30 p.m., state police Sgt. F.L. Tyler.
WINCHESTER -- Frederick County Sheriff's Office deputies charged more than 20 people with underage possession of alcohol after breaking up a house party early Tuesday morning
WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of more than $1,000 worth of tools from a shed in the 1000 block of Lakeview Drive.
WOODSTOCK -- The driver of the vehicle a Woodstock police officer was chasing when his cruiser struck a pickup Tuesday afternoon was arrested at home several hours after the incident, Woodstock Police Chief Jerry Miller said Wednesday.
WOODSTOCK -- A Woodstock police cruiser struck the rear of a pickup truck while an officer was pursuing another vehicle on U.S. 11 on Tuesday afternoon, according to state police.
MT. JACKSON -- A 38-year-old man the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office accuses of being connected to the largest methamphetamine ring ever busted in the county has been arrested on a drug charge.
WINCHESTER -- City police have arrested a suspect accused of conning drivers out of cash by getting them to pull over and then pretending to repair their vehicles.
WINCHESTER -- A former Frederick County Public Schools bus driver is under investigation for allegedly sending explicit text messages to a boy earlier this month.
MT. JACKSON -- Eleven hunting rifles, along with jewelry and electronics, were reported stolen from a home in the 1900 block of Turkey Knob Road on March 16, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
WOODSTOCK -- A mother and daughter face drug charges after narcotics were discovered in their car during a traffic stop, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
STRASBURG -- Two Winchester residents have been charged with stealing guns and a musical instrument from a home in the 100 block of Little Sorrel Drive in December.
WINCHESTER -- A former Winchester social worker committed sex crimes in Frederick County against a teenage boy under the care of the agency at the time, according to authorities and court documents.
WINCHESTER -- Authorities charged dozens of people, many of them Shenandoah University students, with underage possession of alcohol at a large party deputies broke up late Saturday in Frederick County.
STRASBURG -- A Manassas man wanted on 14 felony charges in Maryland -- including six counts of attempted murder -- was arrested by Strasburg police without incident Sunday night.
TIMBERVILLE -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of nearly $900 worth of items from a carport in the 1000 block of South Middle Road.
The property was taken between March 11 and 12, Maj. Scott Proctor said.
Pair manufactured drugs in what police believe is largest disbanded operation By Preston Knight pknight@nvdaily.com WOODSTOCK -- Two people have received prison sentences in Shenandoah County Circuit Court for their roles in a local methamphetamine-cooking operation. Cynthia Tease, 38, of...
FRONT ROYAL -- Less than two weeks after pleading guilty in Warren County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court to one count of illegally tattooing a 16-year-old girl, a town man has been arrested and charged with three additional counts of the same crime.
WINCHESTER -- City Council members unanimously opposed an amendment Tuesday night that would allow civilians to oversee administration of the Police Department, tangling Craig Smith's bid for the job.
WINCHESTER -- A man's death in a Frederick County apartment in September came as a result of Russian roulette, authorities said Tuesday following a months-long investigation.
EDINBURG -- Francisco Mosqueda's bad back likely saved his life when his home caught fire Tuesday morning. Mosqueda was asleep in the walk-out basement of his sister and brother-in-law's home at 16974 Old Valley Pike when the smoke alarm woke him up around 8 a.m.
FRONT ROYAL -- A Winchester man was arrested on drug and firearm charges Friday night after deputies received a tip that the man was selling illegal narcotics, according to the Warren County Sheriff's Office.
FRONT ROYAL -- Seven suspects, including five juveniles, have been arrested and charged in connection with the armed robbery of a 7-Eleven convenience store last week, police said.
WOODSTOCK -- An Edinburg man has been indicted by a Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury on charges that he grew and sold hallucinogenic mushrooms from his residence.
WINCHESTER -- A Handley High School student could face charges after an assault early Saturday morning on the Loudoun Street Pedestrian Mall, police said Monday.
FRONT ROYAL -- A Bentonville man is charged with one count of maliciously discharging a firearm and one count of attempted malicious wounding of a deputy, according to the Warren County Sheriff's Office.
FRONT ROYAL -- A Middletown man was charged with DUI and child endangerment Saturday morning after he fled from police and rolled his car, officials said.
MAURERTOWN -- The alleged victim of a domestic assault reported early March 6 in the 1200 block of Harmon Road ended up being arrested later on drug and alcohol charges, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
FRONT ROYAL -- A Linden man who police say shot at people outside his home on Sunday has been charged with recklessly handling a firearm while intoxicated.
FRONT ROYAL -- A man was killed Sunday at the entrance to Shenandoah National Park after he drew a weapon and fired at authorities, a Virginia State Police official said.
WINCHESTER -- The Frederick County Sheriff's Office is investigating the Feb. 4 armed robbery of the Mohawk Motel, 2754 Northwestern Pike. The victim reported that two suspects, both wearing black masks, entered the motel. One pulled out a shotgun and...
WINCHESTER -- More than four years after Richard Fowler was beaten and robbed at the Frederick County Burger King where he worked, authorities have a suspect in the case.
FRONT ROYAL -- Town police are looking for more information on a Saturday hit-and-run at the intersection of North Commerce Avenue and East Sixth Street. At approximately 6:25 p.m., a black Ford Explorer traveling south on North Commerce Avenue rear-ended...
MT. JACKSON -- A utility trailer and a rotary tiller were reported stolen from a property in the 1100 block of Jerome Road on Saturday. It's thought the equipment was taken between Feb. 24 and 25, Shenandoah County Sheriff's Maj....
FRONT ROYAL -- A Warren County man is being held without bond after authorities said he made telephone calls to the Sheriff's Office threatening to kill officers.
FRONT ROYAL -- A Warren County restaurateur wanted for allegedly trafficking cocaine in Massachusetts is being held without bond in the Warren County Jail.
WINCHESTER -- Marijuana and drug paraphernalia were seized Tuesday from a car in the parking lot of James Wood High School during a random drug sweep, authorities said.
WINCHESTER -- Authorities continue to search for an armed man who robbed a Winchester bank on Saturday morning and got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. Investigators are processing a steady stream of leads from the public and surrounding...
WINCHESTER -- Authorities are looking for a white male who robbed the United Bank branch at 1041 Berryville Ave. on Saturday of an undisclosed amount of cash.
WINCHESTER — Authorities arrested a man Wednesday on charges of committing cruelty to two pit bulls in Frederick County earlier this month, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
WINCHESTER -- Police are seeking a man suspected of breaking into an apartment and assaulting its occupants Friday morning, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office.
FRONT ROYAL -- State police are seeking the identity of a driver who rear-ended another vehicle on Wednesday, sending a Bentonville man to the hospital.
MT. JACKSON -- An 18-year-old man was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and carrying a concealed weapon, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
NEW MARKET -- Thousands of dollars' worth of CDs, a stamp collection and other collectibles were stolen from a home in the 200 block of Huckleberry Lane last week.
STRASBURG -- Four teens were charged with a variety of felonies -- including carjacking -- after one boy used a pellet gun to take a fifth boy's wallet and car Sunday night, Strasburg Police Chief Tim Sutherly said Tuesday.
WINCHESTER -- Authorities are looking for a suspect in a strong-armed robbery that occurred Tuesday morning, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office.
FRONT ROYAL -- A Frederick County man was found guilty last week of a fourth charge, aggravated vehicular manslaughter, related to a June drunken driving case that resulted in a Front Royal woman's death.
STRASBURG — A raging fire ripped through a large house amidst blistering winds at one of the highest points in town Thursday afternoon. The structure, at 154 W. North St., was split into two large apartments, occupied by six people total. Nobody was injured in the blaze, which was reported shortly before 3 p.m. and could be seen from miles away. Multimedia: View slideshow
FRONT ROYAL -- With the troubled economy having an uncertain effect on next year's budget, the Warren County Board of Supervisors wants to wait to see if funding would be available for an emergency notification system that could alert residents to a variety of hazards.
STRASBURG -- A Prince William County man was charged with possession of marijuana Tuesday after police found 14 "smoking devices" in his car, Strasburg police Lt. Jerome Robinson said.
WINCHESTER -- One of Winchester's most wanted fugitives has been captured by city police. Christopher Andrew Thompson, 24, of 2413 Papermill Road in Winchester, was arrested without incident at his residence by Winchester police on Friday. Thompson was wanted on...
EDINBURG -- A 47-year-old man has confessed to shooting his daughter's 16-year-old boyfriend to death, according to a criminal complaint filed in Shenandoah County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.
