by Ireland Hayes | Jun 11, 2025 | Crime and Courts
Chester Brown made his first court appearance via video from prison Tuesday after being charged last week with first-degree murder and strangulation of Doris Critzer, 74, a Washington resident who was found dead in her home in August 2023. Brown, 64, formerly from...
by Ireland Hayes | Jun 5, 2025 | Crime and Courts
Chester Brown, identified by law enforcement as a “person of interest” early on in the investigation of the murder of Washington resident Doris Critzer, has been charged with her murder almost two years later. Brown, 64, a former Washington resident, has been...
by Andy Alexander | Jun 3, 2025 | Crime and Courts
A federal court has dismissed a bankruptcy filing by a construction firm headed by Rappahannock County contractor Edward D. “Eddie” Fletcher Jr. In mid-April, E. Fletcher Construction LLC filed a petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Harrisonburg under Chapter 11 of...
by Ireland Hayes | May 30, 2025 | Crime and Courts
‘I have never neglected my horses’ A renowned breeder of endangered and rare Choctaw horses was found guilty by a judge last Tuesday of inadequate care of several of her horses after the Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office discovered “skinny” and “malnourished” ones...
by Ireland Hayes | May 24, 2025 | Crime and Courts
Case postponed to find out A Castleton man’s case was continued in Rappahannock County Circuit Court Friday to determine the value of a Napoleon bronze 12-pounder cannon barrel — a weapon widely used in the American Civil War — like the one he is accused of stealing. ...
