A report published by the Commonwealth Attorney says that on April 10th, Kevin David Taylor the Second was shot and killed by a Waynesboro police officer.

In this week’s Rocktown Now Crime Report, Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson goes over the latest arrest numbers and other statistics related to the Sheriff’s Office’s activity for the last couple of weeks.

The three men accused of defrauding Zachary Cruz – the brother of the Parkland, Fl. school shooter Nikolas Cruz – will have to wait a little longer before going to trial.

Timothy Thomas Comer was supposed to have a hearing to appoint council; however online records showed that the hearing was continued until October 30th in Page County Circuit Court.

Overall, the violent crime rate, which includes murder, forcible sex offenses, robbery and aggravated assault, increased by just over one percent last year.

Online records indicated that Vladimir Petrovich Mazur had seven indictments returned against him during a hearing Monday in Rockingham County Circuit Court.

Debra Elliot, 66, was charged after an incident on April 16 in the 5500 of Bryant Hollow Road in which Dymond Thacker of Broadway was riding on top of her car, fell off and was struck.

Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson confirmed that Rose is the subject of a current investigation.
The pedestrians, Opal C. Nelson, 83, and Carolyn M. Childress, 72, both of Staunton, died at the scene. According to a statement from Virginia State Police, neither person was wearing reflective clothing at the time of crash.

A woman who was working as a pharmacy technician in training in the Walmart Pharmacy in Staunton was charged this week in federal court.