by Ireland Hayes | Oct 3, 2026 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
DNA retest delays trial Chester Brown said in court last Friday that he is in over his head preparing for his upcoming murder trial without a lawyer, and said he wants one back on the case. “I’m overwhelmed,” Brown told Rappahannock County Circuit Court Judge...
by Ireland Hayes | Aug 19, 2026 | Crime and Courts, Local servcies, Sidebar
A judge on Monday gave the Rappahannock County Public Library Board of Trustees 10 days to turn over to him lease documents relating to a potential move of the library to Rush River Commons in the Town of Washington. The documents are being sought in a lawsuit...
by Ireland Hayes | Jun 22, 2026 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
Attorneys representing Chester Brown, who is charged with the 2023 murder and strangulation of Doris Critzer in her Washington home, requested a private hearing with a Rappahannock judge to discuss expert witnesses in the case. Commonwealth’s Attorney Art Goff, his...
by Ireland Hayes | Jun 12, 2026 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
Driver: Plea agreement not ‘fair enough’ A Front Royal man was sentenced to two years and five months in prison Monday after pleading guilty in Rappahannock County Circuit Court to charges stemming from a high-speed chase through Flint Hill last September that reached...
by Ireland Hayes | Jan 23, 2026 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
Will trial be elsewhere in Doris Critzer murder case? A Virginia Public Defender Office has agreed to represent Chester Brown, who has been charged with first-degree murder and strangulation in the death of longtime Washington resident Doris Critzer. “It looks like...
