Crime & Safety
5 months ago
Staunton Sheriff’s Office warns residents about sheriff scam

According to City Sheriff Chris Hartless, the office is receiving reports that community members are receiving phone calls that the Staunton Sheriff” is saying that they missed jury duty and now owe a specified amount of money to avoid going to jail.

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Crime & Safety
5 months ago
ACSO responds to public intoxication call, suspect dies in custody

The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office responded to multiple calls Monday morning about a Staunton individual which led to him being unresponsive in-custody.

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Crime & Safety
5 months ago
Additional charges against Edinburg man

Corey Brock Hamman has been charged with 5 counts of bestiality and 3 counts of possession of child pornography.

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Crime & Safety
5 months ago
Trespassing someone from your property | Rocktown Now Crime Report

Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson answers the question “how do I trespass someone from my property?”

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Crime & Safety
5 months ago
RCSO arrests wanted fugitive on 13 counts of child pornography

Jacob Duvall-Early is 34-year-old man of McGaheysville, VA has been charged with 13 counts of Possession of Child Pornography. He also has similar outstanding charges out of Baltimore County, Maryland.

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Crime & Safety
5 months ago
Trespassing charges dropped against Fishersville man

The County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office formally entered a nolle prosequi in the trespassing case against Zachary Cruz of Fishersville yesterday, effectively dismissing the charges.

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Crime & Safety
5 months ago
JMU professor arrested for alleged child porn possession

According to online records, JMU Associate Professor of Latin American and Caribbean studies, William Chisholm Van Norman of Charlottesville was arrested Tuesday and with one count Possession of Child Pornography and two counts of Second or Subsequent Violation of Possession of Child Pornography.

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Crime & Safety
5 months ago
Harrisonburg suspect arrested after setting fires, attempting to elude law enforcement

A man was arrested early Tuesday morning after allegedly setting multiple fires near businesses on the eastern side of Harrisonburg before fleeing police and eventually being captured in Greene County.

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Crime & Safety
5 months ago
ACSO arrests man for felony solicitation of a minor

On April 24, 2025, the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) arrested Christopher K. Hibbs, 39, of Staunton, for felony solicitation of a minor.

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Crime & Safety
5 months ago
Stuarts Draft man sentenced to two and a half years in jail

According to online records, Raymond Gregory Allen reached a plea deal with prosecutors during a hearing this morning in Augusta County Circuit Court.

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