Former Dayton Town Manager John Crim pleaded guilty last month as part of a deal stemming from charges of illegally accessing town emails, according to court documents.
FRONT ROYAL — Front Royal Mayor Chris Holloway was issued a court summons for having a dog roam at large last month.
FRONT ROYAL — The early Sunday morning death of an inmate at the Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail is being looked at as a possible overdose.
FRONT ROYAL — The Front Royal man arrested in connection with a local bank robbery is now facing several additional charges for the three theft-related incidents he was allegedly involved in.
More than 600 citations were issued to commercial vehicle drivers along Interstate 81 in Virginia and Interstate 77 into North Carolina last month.
FRONT ROYAL — A Front Royal man charged with murder in a February 2020 overdose is expected to enter into a plea deal.
WOODSTOCK — A Basye man is facing an animal cruelty charge after fatally shooting a dog with a crossbow.
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A Loudoun County man was arrested and charged with attempted murder in a 2019 Toms Brook arson case.
FRONT ROYAL — The volunteer firefighter driving the fire engine that collided with a pickup truck last month has been charged with reckless driving.
FRONT ROYAL — The Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail had Virginia's second largest decrease in daily costs per inmate over the last three years, according to a state report.
The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office and the Front Royal Police Department are seeking the public's help in separate assault cases.
FRONT ROYAL — A local man was arrested after the Front Royal Police Department responded to an alleged breaking and entering involving a firearm Sunday night.
FRONT ROYAL — All employees at the Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail will receive $3,000 bonuses, the jail authority decided at its meeting this week.
FRONT ROYAL — The Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail is reporting no COVID-19 cases after an outbreak at the end of September.
FRONT ROYAL — The man who allegedly robbed a Front Royal bank last week has been arrested.
A pipe bomb was found south of Edinburg on Sunday, but there was no indication that there were any others in the area, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office.
A Central High School graduate who was stabbed to death in Leesburg on Sunday is being remembered by friends and family for his work ethic and caring nature.
STRASBURG — Although the Strasburg Town Council took no action Tuesday on a unity resolution that expresses tolerance for all residents, officials heard from several speakers who attended the meeting to support a resident whose home has been vandalized twice in the past two months.
HARRISONBURG — A federal jury has convicted a Winchester man of conspiring with others to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin as well as distributing heroin that resulted in serious bodily injury, according to news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia.
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In a recorded jailhouse call with his wife, a retired Front Royal attorney accused of child molestation discussed fleeing to the Bahamas.
Both Sheriff’s Offices in Warren and Shenandoah County will be participating in National Drug Take Back Day today.
STRASBURG — The Strasburg Town Council vowed on Tuesday to work on a resolution denouncing hate after a home displaying the LGBTQIA flag was vandalized.Â
The Mount Jackson Police Department is seeking help in identifying a male suspect in an alleged armed robbery that took place early Friday.Â
Two men were arrested Monday night after being found in West Virginia with half a pound of methamphetamine in their car.
WOODSTOCK – A second suspect in the alleged theft of checks from mailboxes is facing 87 charges.
WOODSTOCK — A local man is facing seven child pornography charges.
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LINDEN – The Warren County community is mourning the loss of one its young residents.
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STRASBURG – A local woman is facing several fire- and obstruction-related charges following a fire at her residence on Sunday.
FRONT ROYAL — A Maryland man is facing several charges including rape, assault and brandishing a firearm for alleged offenses that occurred in Warren County.
FRONT ROYAL — A Front Royal man is facing an aggravated sexual battery charge in Warren County Juvenile Domestic Relations Court.
STRASBURG — The Planning Commission Tuesday night recommended a proposed new Short-Term Rental Ordinance to the Strasburg Town Council with a slight adjustment.
STRASBURG — Strasburg High School was in a modified lockdown for a little over two hours Thursday morning but no credible threat was found as similar incidents occurred around the country.
FRONT ROYAL — The Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak and has altered some operations.
WOODSTOCK — A Mount Jackson man faces 89 charges — including stealing checks, cruelty to animals, and identity theft — that allegedly occurred in Shenandoah County throughout the past year.
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Your cellphone rings and you answer it. A feeling of dread rises as you hear the caller, who says he is from the sheriff’s office, tells you that you missed jury duty and there is a warrant out for your arrest.
FRONT ROYAL — A Front Royal man is accused of impersonating a police officer to get discounts on meals at a local restaurant.
A memorial service will be held later this month for the former Shenandoah County Sheriff’s deputy who died in the line of duty in May while conducting a criminal investigation for a New Mexico police department.
Separate incidents involving a self-inflicted gunshot wound and a pedestrian getting hit by a vehicle are under investigation by the Front Royal Police Department.
WOODSTOCK — The Mount Jackson man who didn’t return to custody after being allowed to leave the Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren County Jail for a doctor’s appointment was arrested Saturday.
FRONT ROYAL — Three Front Royal residents have been arrested in connection with a series of burglaries and thefts from local businesses, according to the Front Royal Police Department.
WOODSTOCK — More charges have been filed against the Front Royal man accused of possessing child pornography he obtained while working at an afterschool camp in Shenandoah County.
A Shenandoah County man has escaped from Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail custody, according to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office.
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Former Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Executive Director Jennifer Rae McDonald now faces federal fraud and money laundering charges and, if convicted, could serve at least two years in prison.
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WOODSTOCK - In October 2020, Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were shot at by a Woodstock man with a rifle.
Strasburg residents can continue carefree consumption of drinking water despite the harmful algae bloom on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, according to a town news release. Samples that were collected Aug. 16 contained no cyanotoxins in the town's untreated or finished drinking water…
Catalytic converters are being stolen out of vehicles in Shenandoah County, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Drug overdoses — a nationwide problem that the Centers for Disease Control said increased by 30% in 2020 — remain a problem in the Northern Shenandoah Valley.
A committee made up of lawmakers, law enforcement and addiction professionals is working to create a drug court program in Warren County to provide offenders treatment rather than put them in prison.
FRONT ROYAL — A Front Royal man and New Market woman were arrested after they were found with drugs in a hotel room Tuesday morning.
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FRONT ROYAL — Tristen Brinklow had been 20 years old for four days before his murder in September 2019.
Criminal incidents fell 10% across Virginia - 338,784 in 2020 from 375,639 in 2019, according to the annual "Crime in Virginia" state police report.
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