by Ireland Hayes | Dec 18, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
A Rappahannock County District Court judge decided there was not enough “probable cause” to send a malicious wounding charge against Kenneth Allison to a grand jury after hearing testimony about a stabbing in Flint Hill in October. “I don’t think there’s enough...
by Ireland Hayes | Dec 6, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
Attorney: No plans to close ‘lucrative’ business A former employee of Williams Tree Service LLC filed a complaint Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia seeking to prevent the company from erasing a debt she says the company owes...
by Ireland Hayes | Nov 30, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
Judge: ‘Too much [jail] time,’ but approves anyway Despite voicing concern that a negotiated eight-year sentence was “too much” jail time, Judge Robert Smith agreed to accept a plea deal in an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force case in Rappahannock...
by Ireland Hayes | Nov 28, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
A Rappahannock County Circuit Court judge ordered a Castleton man Thursday to pay a total of $10,000 to three victims after he was found guilty of stealing a tractor, a trailer of camping equipment and two antique replica cannons, one of which the prosecution said is...
by Ireland Hayes | Oct 29, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
Sheriff’s Office alleges nearly $145K stolen Following a three-month investigation by the Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office, a Sperryville woman was charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors related to an alleged financial exploitation of an elderly victim...