At approximately 1:57 PM today, June 23, Virginia State Police and Augusta County Fire/EMS and Augusta County Sheriff’s Deputies were alerted to a train derailment along tracks in Augusta County.
According to online records, Justin Riley Harvey was sentenced to 5 years in prison, but those 5 years were suspended.
The incident occurred at 10:00 AM at the 1500 block of South Main Street on Thursday, June 19.
Bryce Cowett, 34, of Waynesboro, was arrested and charged with one count of Felony Abuse and Neglect of a Child.
The juvenile has been charged with Felonious Assault and Attempted Second Degree Murder and is being held at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Detention Center.
Virginia State Police, with the assistance of Augusta County Sheriff’s deputies, arrested a 37-year-old Harrisonburg man following a pursuit Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Augusta County.
Bryan Glenn Andes was denied bond during a hearing Wednesday morning in Augusta County Circuit Court.
These incidents were reported over the past several days and appear to have occurred during overnight hours.
30-year-old Corey Brock Hamman received 5 additional counts of possession of child pornography with intention to distribute.
In this week’s Rocktown Now Crime Report, Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson looks at arrest numbers for the last two weeks of May and talks about the upcoming Police Academy.

