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Sales tax holiday for emergency supplies

Emergency and first-aid supplies will be sold tax-free through the next week.
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More than 1,000 illegally sold guns head to new home

The guns of Don Francis Simonpietri, more than 1,000 of them by law enforcement estimates, were loaded into a rental truck at the Front Royal Police headquarters Thursday and taken away to a federal facility for permanent storage.
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Man pleads guilty to transporting illegal immigrants

A man accused of carrying more than a dozen illegal immigrants in a van on Interstate 81 pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg to one count of transporting and moving aliens.
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Two plead guilty to illegal cigarette sales

A Berryville husband and wife accused by the federal government of participating in a ring that sold hundreds of thousands of cigarettes illegally pleaded guilty to a total of three felony counts in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg, according to court documents filed Tuesday.
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Special teams trained in meth lab response

With the recent resurgence of suspected meth labs in the area, a regional methamphetamine response team has seen increased use.
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Two injured in Warren County crash

Two Winchester residents were transported to separate hospitals following a Wednesday afternoon crash on Interstate 66 in Warren County, according to state police.
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Another suspected meth lab busted in Shenandoah County

For the second time in less than a week, Shenandoah County drug investigators have raided a suspected meth lab.
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City probation office firebombed

Police are looking for one or more people suspected of firebombing the Probation and Parole Office in Winchester early Monday morning.
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Officers investigate early morning burglary

The Winchester Police Department is investigating a break-in that happened just before 5:30 a.m. Saturday, according to news release sent out on Sunday.
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Police: Woman hit man with shoe

A woman was arrested early Saturday morning after police responded to a fight near the Braddock Street Auto Park, according to a news release sent out by the Winchester Police Department on Sunday morning.
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Police launching seat belt enforcement campaign

Police agencies throughout the Northern Shenandoah Valley have begun their annual "Click It or Ticket" campaigns, part of a nationwide effort around Memorial Day weekend to encourage seat belt usage.
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Accused meth maker faces theft charges

The Strasburg man accused of running a meth lab and bomb factory out of his King Street house was charged with three more crimes on Thursday.
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Jail inmate accused in theft of pickup truck

An inmate in the Rockingham County jail is facing charges of vehicle theft, burglary and vandalism after the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office linked him to an abandoned pickup truck discovered in the George Washington National Forest.
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Police say meth lab and bomb making going on at Strasburg home

An alleged King Street meth lab was shut down by town, state and federal officers Wednesday afternoon in Strasburg.
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Ceremony honors local police who died in line of duty

The risks and tragedies police officers experience in their jobs were vividly remembered Wednesday at the ninth annual local law enforcement memorial service in Middletown that honored eight who died in the line of duty.
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Large motorcycle gang gathering passes uneventfully

Law enforcement officials in several communities kept a wary eye on the Pagans MC outlaw motorcycle gang as up to 150 members rumbled through the Northern Shenandoah Valley Saturday.
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Front Royal man pleads guilty in cigarette scheme

A Front Royal man could face prison time for his role in an illegal cigarette trafficking operation.
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Former town council candidate arrested in gun incident

Shenandoah County sheriff's deputies arrested an unsuccessful local government candidate in New Market Saturday and charged him with two counts of brandishing a firearm.
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Whittlesey appears in court, refuses to speak

HARRISONBURG -- The man accused of robbing a Winchester bank seven months ago and shooting at responding officers didn't have much to say when he made his initial appearance in federal court in Virginia today. In fact, he didn't say a word.
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Search warrant describes trail that led to accused burglar

A search warrant filed in Warren County Circuit Court reveals details about how Front Royal police followed a trail of evidence that led them to a man they arrested in a wave of burglaries from November through early February.
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Warrant: Bloody knife attack also included a baseball bat

A search warrant filed in Warren County Circuit Court describes a bloody trail left throughout a home where a man was stabbed 30 times in the pre-dawn hours of April 20.
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Man accused of burglary indicted on 10 counts in Circuit Court

A man accused in a wave of break-in and thefts from late November to mid-February was indicted Monday in Warren County Circuit Court on 10 counts of burglary.
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Police seek suspect in morning stabbing

Winchester police are looking for a person they say stabbed an individual outside a downtown bar early Saturday morning.
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Man accused of injuring woman, two children

A 21-year-old Front Royal man faces two counts of malicious wounding of a mother and her 10-year-old son in a Jan. 11 domestic violence case.
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Indictment: Man sexually assaulted 3-year-old girl

A Front Royal man was indicted Monday in Warren County Circuit Court on a charge of aggravated sexual battery of a child and taking indecent liberties with a child.
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Driver charged in SUV crash

State police provided more information about a Thursday afternoon crash in Shenandoah County which sent two people with minor injuries to a hospital.
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Drivers hurt in truck crash on I-81

Authorities say rescue workers took at least one person to a local hospital after suffering injuries in a Friday morning crash involving two trucks near Edinburg.
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Woman sentenced for trying to hire hitman

A West Virginia woman who tried to hire a hitman to kill a Strasburg resident has been sentenced to five years in federal prison.
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Woodstock man accused of molesting teen girl

A Woodstock man has been charged with several sex offenses after his ex-girlfriend allegedly caught him kissing a 14-year-old.
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Woodstock woman arrested on arson threat charge

A Woodstock woman was arrested recently on a charge of threatening to burn another woman's home, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
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Driver seriously hurt in Wednesday crash

Authorities have identified the driver injured in a car crash which occurred early Wednesday morning near Edinburg.
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Alleged bank robber Whittlesey due in court Monday

The former fugitive accused of robbing a Winchester bank and shooting at city police last fall is scheduled to make his first appearance in federal court in Virginia on Monday.
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Crash sends one to hospital

Authorities say at least one person went to a local hospital after a crash in Shenandoah County early Wednesday morning.
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New Market fire investigation questioned

The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors plan to ask Commonwealth's Attorney Amanda Wiseley for an update into the investigation of past misdeeds at the New Market Fire Department.
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Driver killed in New Market crash

State police continue to investigate a head-on crash this morning that killed a man.
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Trooper had halted cycle chase

Virginia State Police released more details Monday of a motorcycle crash late Friday that took the lives of two at an intersection on U.S. 11 in Frederick County.
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Budget cuts identified to fund Master Police Officer program

FRONT ROYAL -- At their Monday night work session, town council came up with several budget cuts that would bring the police department much closer to implementing both Master Police Officer and Senior Dispatcher programs.
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I-66 traffic stop turns into drug bust

A Warren County Sheriff's Deputy arrested a West Virginia man on a charge of driving under the influence of narcotics late Sunday night after he was found with drugs and drug paraphernalia during a traffic stop, according to the Sheriff Daniel McEathron.
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Motorcycle crash kills two in Frederick County

State police said two West Virginia residents were killed late Friday when the motorcycle they were riding hit a minivan on U.S. 11 at an intersection two-tenths of a mile south of Interstate 81 exit 317.
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More funding coming for child sex crime investigators

A campaign to get more funding to fight pedophiles in Virginia has proven successful. The General Assembly's two-year $85 billion budget calls for all of the funds collected through a special court fee to go into the Internet Crimes Against Children Fund, which pays for law enforcement positions on two task forces

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