by Ireland Hayes | Aug 15, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
After hearing nearly a dozen witnesses lay out the prosecution’s case against Chester Brown in the murder of Washington resident Doris Critzer — including new DNA evidence — a Rappahannock County District Court judge on Tuesday found enough probable cause to send the...
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 | Apr 4, 2025 | Crime and Courts
Flint Hill resident and local contractor Edward “Eddie” Fletcher’s case on embezzlement charges came up in Rappahannock County General District Court Tuesday, the second felony charge related to a Woodville construction and remodeling job. Fletcher’s case was...
by Ireland Hayes | Apr 4, 2025 | Crime and Courts
Quoc Bao Vuong, a Centreville man accused of stealing a rental car from The Inn at Little Washington, appeared in Rappahannock County General District Court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing on a grand larceny charge. A public defender was appointed to Vuong’s case...
