Gun charge nixed: Judge rejects felony gun charge against Forest Service ranger

A U.S. Forest Service ranger facing three gun-related charges won a round in a preliminary hearing Monday when a judge refused to certify the sole felony offense to a grand jury.

Winchester police investigate infant's hospitalization

City police are investigating the circumstances that led to a young baby being taken to Winchester Medical Center on Wednesday.

Nurse suspended following arrest

The Virginia Board of Nursing has suspended the license of a nurse from Winchester.

State waits for massive storm to strike

The state is as prepared as possible as it waits for Hurricane Sandy to make landfall.

Shenandoah County: Suspect in N.Y. murder found

A Woodbridge man wanted for the murder of a New York school superintendent was arrested during a traffic stop on Woodstock Tower Road on Friday afternoon.

Man killed in police shooting in Woodstock

A Shenandoah County Sheriff's deputy fatally shot a man after a disturbance at a Woodstock home Friday night -- the first shooting for the agency in more than 15 years, according to Sheriff Timothy C. Carter.

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.

Where did suspect go after festival?

WINCHESTER -- The Frederick County man involved in a crash that killed a family of four Sunday morning attended an overnight festival, but left hours before the deadly incident, an event organizer said Friday.

'A loving family'

STEPHENSON -- Photographs show Amanda Roe with her husband, Mark, and their two sons, Caleb and Tyler -- all smiling.

U.S. 11 crash suspect had prior charge pending

WINCHESTER -- A Frederick County man had an underage possession of alcohol charge pending in court when police say he caused a crash that killed four members of a family Sunday morning.

Four killed in crash on U.S. 11

STEPHENSON-- A family died in a fiery Sunday morning crash on U.S. 11, according to Virginia State Police.

Police: Gun fired in self-defense

A Berryville police officer fired his service weapon in self-defense when a town man attacked him with a metal pipe on April 20, state police said Friday.

Kellam family says sentence 'unjust'

WINCHESTER -- The justice system failed Charceil D. Kellam and unjustly sent her to serve life plus 30 years in prison for minor drug crimes, according to the woman's supporters.

Woman indicted on sex abuse charges against 11-year-old boy

FRONT ROYAL --A local woman was indicted Monday on charges that she committed sexual acts with an 11-year-old boy in June.

Fingerprints sought in post office theft

WOODSTOCK -- Search warrants have been executed in the last two weeks to obtain fingerprints of three men in connection with the suspected theft of items from the Toms Brook Post Office in August, according to Shenandoah County Circuit Court records.

Man charged in stabbing amid dispute over drugs

NEW MARKET -- A resident of the Blue Ridge Inn is accused of stabbing a neighbor following a dispute regarding a drug transaction.

Woman, 76, hurt in two-car crash

STRASBURG -- A town woman was taken to Winchester Medical Center following a crash Tuesday afternoon on North Massanutten Street.

Neighborhood watch meeting set

WOODSTOCK -- Police Chief Bryan Hutcheson will host his second neighborhood watch meeting in January.

Couple avoids jail time after torching car

WOODSTOCK -- A New Market couple played with fire but didn't get burned by having to spend any time behind bars for doing so.

Washington man charged with abduction

WINCHESTER -- A Washington, D.C., man held his fiancee captive after assaulting her and another woman in Stephens City before fleeing to Warren County on Christmas Eve, authorities said Monday.

Fire devastates Frederick County home

GORE -- A rural Frederick County home was destroyed by fire Wednesday night.

City man pleads guilty to federal conspiracy charge

HARRISONBURG -- A Winchester man recently convicted of running a check-fraud ring in the area in 2009 pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to a federal conspiracy charge, according to court documents.

Woman's 911 call thwarts burglar

WINCHESTER -- A Frederick County woman retreated to a bathroom Tuesday afternoon and called 911 after a man broke into her home with a crowbar, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office.

Man, 22, guilty of larceny charges

FRONT ROYAL -- A White Post man who authorities said stole firearms from a relative's home in March, and later threatened to burn down the residence after he broke into it, must serve two months in jail after pleading guilty Tuesday morning to a larceny charge stemming from the incidents.

Man charged with incest had just served time

WOODSTOCK -- A Mt. Jackson man recently charged with incest was released from incarceration only about a month before the sex crimes are thought to have first surfaced, according to Shenandoah County Circuit Court records.

Town man nears plea agreement

FRONT ROYAL -- A plea agreement could be entered next month for a local man accused of committing or attempting numerous burglaries and stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry earlier this year.

City man charged after I-81 blowup

WINCHESTER -- State police charged a city man with three crimes Saturday afternoon after he got into a dispute in his car on Interstate 81, walked down the highway and assaulted a driver.

Sentencing in sex crime delayed

WOODSTOCK -- Sentencing is on hold for a Strasburg man who has admitted to sexually assaulting two girls under 10 years of age until a psychologist who prepared a sex offender report on him can testify.

Robber of Union Bank still at large

WINCHESTER -- Authorities have released a more detailed description of a car possibly involved in a Wednesday armed bank robbery in Frederick County.

More trouble for alleged bank robber

Loudoun County and Fairfax authorities have joined the Winchester Police Department in pressing charges against accused bank robber Benjamin Luzan Sebastian.

Defense says home search was illegal

WINCHESTER -- Authorities illegally searched the home of a man accused of killing his mother in February, according to the defendant's attorney.

Sentencing delayed for convicted bank robber

WOODSTOCK -- Sentencing for a convicted bank robber was delayed on Wednesday in Shenandoah County Circuit Court after questions were raised about sentencing guidelines and reports that he had again tried to harm himself.

Man charged with abduction counts

WINCHESTER -- A Maryland man remained in jail Wednesday after he was accused of holding a woman from Hyattsville, Md., against her will in his vehicle for several hours Tuesday afternoon.

Man remains in jail in 2008 killing

BERRYVILLE -- A Mexican man accused of murdering one person and trying to kill another in Clarke County in 2008 remains in jail without bond.

Man accused of assault indicted

WINCHESTER -- Two Front Royal men accused of assaulting a city deputy after shoplifting from an Apple Blossom Mall department store were indicted Tuesday by a Winchester Circuit Court grand jury.

Man in custody after fleeing crash

WINCHESTER -- A Stephens City man is in custody after fleeing the scene of an crash Monday evening that closed both southbound lanes of Interstate 81 near Stephenson. Ray Cullen Hackett, 25, turned himself in at the state police office in Kernstown on Tuesday, according to Sgt. F.L. Tyler.

Man sentenced in 2008 murder plot

A man charged in an unsuccessful 2008 plot to kill since-slain Berryville Town Councilwoman Gail S. Smith pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge in the case.

Man, 19, to serve time for sex crime

WINCHESTER -- A Frederick County man must serve jail time for committing a sex crime against a teen girl in March.

City man pleads guilty to drug distribution charges

HARRISONBURG -- A Winchester-area man could serve at least five years in federal prison for plotting to deal 10 ounces of cocaine in the Winchester area in August.

Man hit by truck remains critical

MT. JACKSON -- A local family was still clinging to hope Friday that, for the second time in two years, one of its members would not be lost because of suspected criminal wrongdoing.