ALLEGHANY COUNTY, Va. – Three men were arrested and charged following a drug bust in Covington on Saturday, according to the Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office. On July 13, the Alleghany Highlands Drug Task Force observed a drug transaction during surveillance. With the help of the Sheriff’s Office, they conducted a traffic stop, resulting in the …
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia — On July 17, 2024, Alejandro Piedras-Padilla, a 42-year-old Mexican fugitive wanted for rape in Mexico, was deported from the U.S. According to Liana J. Castano, Field Office Director for Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Washington, D.C., Piedras-Padilla had been hiding in Virginia to avoid facing justice in Mexico. “He …
RICHMOND, Va. — One person died in a shooting on Sunday morning, following two double shootings that injured four people within 36 hours in Richmond. This surge in violence comes after the city’s police chief had shared positive gun violence statistics just a few days earlier. Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards had announced, “Compared to …
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Chesterfield County Police are investigating a stabbing that happened on Saturday evening. At around 6:15 p.m. on July 13, police found a 37-year-old man with multiple stab wounds at the 20800 block of Shaker Drive. The victim was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. There is no threat to …
A West Virginia police chief who hired a former Cleveland officer, known for fatally shooting 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, has resigned. White Sulphur Springs Police Chief D.S. Teubert has stepped down and returned to his former role as a patrolman, according to WVVA-TV. Mayor Kathy Glover stated that Teubert had recommended the hiring of …
YORK COUNTY, Va. — A Hampton man was arrested for several vehicle break-ins in York County. Early on Sunday, June 30, around 5 a.m., York-Poquoson Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a man breaking into cars in the 300 block of Saint Clair Circle. When deputies arrived, they found several broken-into vehicles and saw …
YORK COUNTY, Va. — A man from Yorktown, Thomas Edward Barnes, was arrested for breaking into a home and assaulting a woman. Early on Tuesday, July 2, around 2:30 a.m., deputies were called to the 6300 Block of George Washington Memorial Highway. A woman reported that a male acquaintance had forced his way into her …
A missing Santa Cruz County hiker is back home after spending more than a week in the mountains, and the heartfelt reunion was captured in photos. Lukas McClish, 34, spent 10 days in the Santa Cruz Mountains. On Tuesday, June 11, McClish set out for a three-hour hike from his hometown of Boulder Creek. He …
Two individuals, each masked and riding on separate scooters, unleashed a barrage of gunfire on a Bronx street on Tuesday night, resulting in the death of a 29-year-old man and injuries to three others, as per authorities. The shooters, mounted on their scooters, discharged at least 10 rounds towards a group of men near the …
The mother of the 5-year-old twins discovered them lifeless inside their Bronx apartment last year, and now she faces murder charges, the NYPD confirmed. Gloria Asamoah, 42, is currently in a psychiatric ward, held there since her son and daughter, George and Gianna Kantanka, were found dead in their home on East 175th Street near …