Possible abduction being investigated in Manassas
MANASSAS, VA – The Prince William Police Department is investigating a possible abduction of a twenty-year-old woman who was walking to her apartment on Butterfield …
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Man Responsible for Violent Crime Spree in Central Virginia to Serve 30 Years in Prison
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – A Gordonsville, Virginia man, who committed a series of armed robberies of commercial business in the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and …
D.C. Teen Charged for Murder of 71-year-old Rideshare Driver
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MD – A Washington D.C. 17-year-old has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of 71-year-old Abdul Rauf Khan of …
Southwest Virginia Man Sentenced for Role in Unemployment Benefits Scam
ABINGDON, Va. – A Southwest Virginia man, who conspired with more than 30 others in a scheme to defraud the government of more than $499,000 …
U.S. Marshals and Virginia State Police Conduct Operation ‘River City Sweep’
Richmond, VA – U.S. Marshals from the Eastern District of Virginia and Eastern District of North Carolina along with Virginia State Police announce the completion …
U.S. Marshals Arrest Maine Man and Recover Missing Persons in Virginia
Portland, ME – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) announces the arrest of Oscar Geovanny Melgar-Flores, 25, on warrants issued from the State of Maine for …
Former Virginia Beach Business Owner Sentenced for Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme
NORFOLK, Va. – A former Virginia Beach business owner was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for his role in operating a durable medical …
Fight at Woodbridge basketball courts leads to stabbing
Officers are investigating a stabbing that occurred near the basketball courts on Waterwheel Terrace. The altercation appears to have stemmed from a fight involving multiple …
Virginia drug investigation leads to two arrests
CULPEPER, VA – The Blue Ridge Narcotics and Gang Task Force has concluded a two-month-long investigation with the arrest of two Culpeper, VA residents. James …
NASA celebrates another successful East Coast rocket launch in Virginia
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with the company’s Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches at 12:40 p.m. EST, Saturday, Feb. 19., 2022, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s …
West Virginia Man Admits Traveling to PA to Have Sex with a Minor
PITTSBURGH – A former resident of Moundsville, West Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit …
Fredericksburg Man Stopping at Store for Bread On the Way Home From Work Wins $100K
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA – Terence Nevins was driving home from work when he realized he needed to stop at the store for a loaf of bread. He ended …
Lucky Haymarket Woman Gets $10 Million Lottery Ticket As Valentine’s Day Gift from Husband
HAYMARKET, VIRGINIA – Some women receive flowers from their husbands on Valentine’s Day. Some get candy. Maria Chicas received a $10 million winning Virginia Lottery ticket from her …
U.S. plan for new center to process Afghan evacuees in Virginia sparks controversy
By Jonathan Landay and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON – The U.S. government aims to open a new center in Northern Virginia to receive additional Afghan evacuees, …
Loudoun County Drops Mask Mandate, Clears Records Of Students Punished For Mask Defiance
Face masks are optional in Loudoun County, Virginia, public schools as of Thursday morning following a lengthy, political battle. The school district announced the change …
Virginia Woman Who Fled To Nicaragua With Her Child For More Than A Decade Pleads Guilty To International Parental Kidnapping
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorneys Trini E. Ross, of the Western District of New York, and Nikolas Kerest, of the District of Vermont, announced today …
Virginia Gov Signs Bill Ending School Mask Mandates
Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed legislation Wednesday afternoon to block school boards from imposing mask mandates and require schools to offer in-person instruction five …
Virginia Man Pleads Guilty To Laundering Millions From Fraud Schemes Targeting Victims Across The United States Perpetrated By Ghana-Based Criminal Enterprise
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRED ASANTE pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering …
Virginia Woman Who Fled To Nicaragua With Her Child For More Than A Decade Pleads Guilty To International Parental Kidnapping
CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorneys Trini E. Ross, of the Western District of New York, and Nikolas Kerest, of the …
Three charged for thefts, damage of property after Richmond police received tip from caller
RICHMOND, VA – After receiving a call for a suspicious person under a parked vehicle on Westover Hills Boulevard last Friday, Third Precinct officers responded …
Suspect charged for murder after assault victim died in hospital
ROANOKE, VA – One person is in custody after Roanoke Police discovered a male with a critical gunshot wound in the area of Jefferson Street. …
Northern Virginia Company Settles False Claims Act Allegations of Improper Paycheck Protection Program Loan
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Zen Solutions Inc., located in Arlington, Virginia, has agreed to pay approximately $31,000 in damages and civil penalties to settle allegations that …
Fairfax County Announces Off-Ramp For School Masking After State Dems Flip On Issue
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) announced a plan to eventually roll back school mask requirements Thursday, according to an email shared by the Fairfax County …
‘Get Serious’: Manchin Says ‘Severe Economic Pain’ Cannot Be ‘Ignored’
Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin ripped into the Biden Administration on Thursday after a Labor Department report showed a key inflation measure setting a …
‘Bullsh*t’: Democratic Rep Elaine Luria Doesn’t Like Proposed Congressional Stock Trading Ban
Virginia Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria called the push to ban lawmakers’ from trading stocks “bullshit,” saying that it fed a false narrative that members of …
Virginia Man Pleads Guilty in Paycheck Protection Program Money Laundering Scheme
A Virginia man who laundered over $900,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds pled guilty on February 8, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. …
Virginia Dems Flip On Masks One Week After Blasting Governor For Going Maskless
Virginia Democrats changed their tune on mandatory masking just days after shaming Gov. Glenn Youngkin for not wearing a mask in a grocery store and …
Lottery Routine Leads Virginia Man To Claim $100K on Big Cash Riches scratch-off
BEL ALTON, MARYLAND – Every week, a Virginia resident stops at Maryland Lottery retailers on his way home from work to buy tickets. His games …
Fed up Virginia mom calls out school superintendent…if masks work, why don’t they work?
PRINCE WILLIAM, VA – Virginia mom Merianne Jensen says those who support continued mask mandates for children in public schools will find out they are …
One person shot and killed in Roanoke
ROANOKE, VA – On February 6, 2022 at approximately 1:50 a.m., Roanoke Police were notified of a person down in the 3300 block of Ferncliff …
Christopher Newport University Professor Calls Glenn Youngkin “Trumpist Retard” During Virtual Genetics Class
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – A professor at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia is being bashed on Twitter today after calling Virginia Governor Glenn …
Parents Sue Virginia School System Over Mask Mandate
Three parents filed suit against a northern Virginia school district complaining its enforcement of a mask mandate defies state policy. Fight For Schools announced the …
Officers shot and killed as State Police investigating shooting on Virginia college campus
BRIDGEWATER, VA – The Virginia State Police are investigating the shooting of two security officers at the Bridgewater College campus. The incident began at approximately …
Virginia governor sued again over order to make masks optional in schools
By Kanishka Singh – A civil liberties group said on Tuesday it sued Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin and his administration over his order making masks …
Political consultant for Virginia Democrat Congresswoman Luria says unmasked kids are ‘d-ckheads’ who should get bad grades
NORFOLK, VA – A political consultant who helped Virginia 2nd Congressional District Congresswoman Elaine Luria, a Democrat get to Washington, D.C. has a plan for …
Virginia Inmate Sentenced for Role in Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Scheme
NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia inmate was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to obtain pandemic-related unemployment benefits …
North Carolina Man Arrested After Using Snapchat, Grindr to Solicit Teenagers in Southwest Virginia
ABINGDON, Va. – A North Carolina man was arrested January 24, 2022 on criminal charges related to his alleged solicitation of teenage boys in Southwest …
Virginia Beach crash victim died of gunshot wound, police say
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – A man found injured after a single-vehicle crash in Virginia Beach was found by police officers to have suffering from a …
‘Lunacy’: Virginia Mom Rips Into School Board Over Mask Rules
A Virginia mother addressed her children’s school board Thursday night regarding the district’s mask mandate, which subverts the Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin’s executive order allowing …
Henry County Woman Wins $100K in New Year’s Millionaire Raffle
MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – Heather Parsons was only joking when she said to her mother, “Let’s see if I’m a millionaire,” as she was about to check …
Raffle Ticket in Christmas Card Proves to be $100K Winner in Deltaville
DELTAVILLE, VIRGINIA – It’s always nice to receive a Christmas card. It’s even nicer when that card contains a Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle ticket that ends …
Blacksburg Man Wins $777K Sitting in Parking Lot on Mega 777’s Ticket
BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA – What would you do if you were sitting in your car in a parking lot, scratching a Virginia Lottery ticket, and you …
West Virginia Man Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison
FORT WAYNE – Kevin Hartleroad, 64, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after being convicted of …
Virginia veterinarian pleads guilty to illegal dealing dog opioids
LYNCHBURG, Va. – A MadisonHeights, Virginia man and former veterinarian pleaded guilty to a pair of misdemeanor drug charges related to his diversion of hydromorphone, an opioid drug …
Virginia Man Arrested on Charges For Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
WASHINGTON — A Virginia man was arrested today for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol …
Youngkin Opens An Anonymous Tip Line For Parents To Report Instances Of Schools Teaching Critical Race Theory
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin opened an anonymous tip line Monday, where parents in the state can report schools for teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) in …
Afghan refugee convicted for sexual assault of 3-year-old, said it is ok in culture
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal jury convicted an Afghan national Friday on charges of abusive sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl. “This case is indicative …
Virginia Scraps CRT Program Critics Said Would Have Destroyed Math Education
A state plan to abolish teaching advanced math in public schools that was seen as a means of implementing Critical Race Theory (CRT) was canceled …
School Boards Sue After Republican Governor Makes Masks Optional
Seven Virginia school boards are taking legal action over Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order that made masks optional in the state’s schools starting …
Police say suspect in Sunday’s shootings identified
ROANOKE, VA – On January 23, 2022 at approximately 7:15 p.m., the City of Roanoke E-911 Center notified Roanoke Police of a person with a …