WOODSTOCK — The Basye man accused of firing a bullet at Shenandoah County Sheriff’s deputies was denied bond Friday as his attorney argued a substance abuse problem led to the incident.
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STRASBURG — At the town park on Tuesday night, two Strasburg Police Department officers held out a radar gun to clock speeders whizzing by.
Local police departments will be reaching out on Tuesday to build community relationships in an attempt to bolster the fight against crime in neighborhoods.
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A Shenandoah County man has been charged with two felonies after allegedly cashing in five forged lottery tickets at a Winchester convenience store.
The Front Royal business owner charged with misdemeanor sexual battery from a February incident in Culpeper was sentenced to six months in jail Wednesday.
Members of two law enforcement agencies fired their weapons at the Strasburg man who died by police gunfire on Monday night, creating the question: Who fired the fatal shot?
WOODSTOCK — Instances of damage to a local business, thefts and a sexual offense were among the latest indictments handed up by a Shenandoah County grand jury this month.
With the legalization of recreational marijuana use, local law enforcement agencies say the number of narcotics violations has noticeably decreased.
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WOODSTOCK — It took only a matter of minutes at Central High School on Wednesday for a school resource officer to neutralize a violent threat during a training session on how to handle an active shooter.
Authorities investigating the April death of a 77-year-old two weeks after he was tackled during a traffic stop by the Warren County Sheriff’s Office remain tight-lipped about their work.
The Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail currently has 60 coronavirus cases among inmates, according to a jail news release.
A K-9 working with the Warren County Sheriff’s Office will be able to have necessary dental surgery after enough money was donated by the public to pay for the procedure.
As drug addiction plagues the Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah County is close to setting up a drug court program to provide offenders a treatment-based alternative to incarceration.
FRONT ROYAL — A jury awarded the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority $1.24 million this week in its case against a developer and his company as part of an embezzlement case involving the agency’s former chief administrator.
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FRONT ROYAL — In 2004, Emily King-Quick was affected by her parents’ divorce to the point that she harmed herself, started using drugs and was eventually caught selling drugs to an undercover police officer.
A Maryland man was arrested after allegedly having a sexual relationship with a juvenile, a news release from the Warren County Sheriff’s Office states.
A Front Royal man was charged with 20 counts of possession of child pornography following an eight-month investigation, according to the Front Royal Police Department.
WOODSTOCK — A Strasburg man is facing a child solicitation charge from the Strasburg Police Department.
A Front Royal woman pleaded guilty Monday for her role as a ringleader of an oxycodone distribution network involving an Arlington doctor, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
A Shenandoah County man remains in jail after being accused of trying to kill two sheriff’s deputies on Friday.
No decision on whether to place charges in the shooting investigation at a Strasburg home two weeks ago has been announced by the Shenandoah County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office.
STRASBURG – A decision to file charges or not in a shooting incident in Strasburg last week was not made by the Shenandoah County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office as of Friday afternoon.
WOODSTOCK – A coveted accreditation status for law enforcement agencies across the commonwealth was recently obtained locally, as another agency lost accreditation and several others continue working toward it.
WOODSTOCK — Almost a year and a half since the officer-involved shooting in Front Royal, a third and final suspect involved was sentenced Wednesday as he faces a murder charge in his home state of Maryland.
STRASBURG – The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office has been asked to re-interview people in last week's fatal shooting of a man at 2342 Copp Road, Strasburg, to get a better idea of what happened. Criminal charges had not been made as of Wednesday afternoon.
WOODSTOCK — The former Toms Brook clerk/secretary and town treasurer has received additional charges related to the alleged embezzlement of town funds she was charged with last month.
WOODSTOCK — A former Strasburg mayor has a July court hearing for not complying with a condition of his plea agreement in a DUI case from earlier this year.
WOODSTOCK — A special prosecutor has been assigned in the criminal case against Shenandoah County Supervisor Brad Pollack.
STRASBURG – The name of the man who died in a shooting on Thursday evening has been released and a search warrant provides some details of what happened. No charges had been placed against a person of interest as of early Monday afternoon.
FRONT ROYAL — Child pornography, sexual assault and theft charges are among the indictments handed up by a Warren County Grand Jury last month.
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FRONT ROYAL – It started out by reading the names of the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the Tops grocery store shooting in Buffalo, New York, and the hospital shooting in Tulsa, Oklahoma, within the last month.
A 54-year-old man was found dead from gunshot wounds Thursday at a residence in the 2300 block of Copp Road in Strasburg, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office.
FRONT ROYAL — The Front Royal man arrested in connection with several thefts in November was sentenced to the six months in jail he had already served before entering into a plea deal last month.
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A 54-year-old man was found dead from a gunshot wound Thursday at a residence in the 2300 block of Copp Road in Strasburg, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
WOODSTOCK — The Loudoun County man accused of setting a Toms Brook house on fire in 2019 was among the latest indictments handed up by a Shenandoah County grand jury in May.
FRONT ROYAL – A former town police chief was the victim of an assault earlier this month.
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WOODSTOCK — Multiple Shenandoah County properties were searched Thursday by the U.S. Secret Service and the Woodstock Police Department as part of the investigation into the missing person case of Lena Frances Keegan, who was reported missing in August by family members who had not been in t…
A Winchester man received serious injuries in a crash after being pursued by Virginia State Police for having an expired registration.
The widow of the 77-year-old man who died two weeks after being brought to the ground by Warren County Sheriff's deputies during an April 2 traffic stop says she's been left in the dark about the investigation.
A former Toms Brook town clerk and secretary is accused of spending more than $270 in public funds for an unauthorized use.
A special prosecutor will take over the case involving an area probation officer accused of raping a juvenile.
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A probation officer overseeing cases in the northern Shenandoah Valley has been arrested for allegedly raping a juvenile.
FRONT ROYAL — A Florida man is facing accusations that he was having a sexual relationship with a local juvenile.
Following briefings on the investigation into the in-custody deaths of two inmates at the Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail, one member of the jail board believes that changes should be made with top leadership.
WOODSTOCK — A Maurertown man was arrested last week on charges of child pornography possession and failure to register with the sex offender registry.
An armed robbery at the Strasburg Visitor Center left an employee with minor injuries on Monday, a Strasburg Police Department news release says.
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A Shenandoah County man who was convicted in January for distributing methamphetamine and carrying a firearm while doing so has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison, authorities announced Friday.
San Antonio police have charged a person in the March killing of a Christendom College graduate.
Shenandoah County authorities have accused a teenager of using a knife in an assault on a fellow Strasburg High School student Thursday.
FRONT ROYAL — The widow of the man who died days after a physical altercation with Warren County Sheriff’s Office deputies during a traffic stop wants to know what happened that night.
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