by Ireland Hayes | Aug 26, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Fire/Rescue, Local Services, People, Politics
Instead of a jury trial, Michael Breeden chose to enter into a plea deal Thursday with the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office on charges related to stealing copper pipes and wiring from an Amissville home. According to a plea agreement, Breeden pleaded guilty to...
by Ireland Hayes | Aug 25, 2024 | Art, Business, Crime and Courts, Education, Fire/Rescue, Health, Local Services, Politics
‘If we saved one child, then that’s one child we saved’ Chris Garcia knows firsthand just how dangerous the internet can be for kids from his work as an undercover detective with the Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office. In June, a 41-year old man traveled to...
by Ireland Hayes | Aug 21, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Fire/Rescue, Local Services, People, Politics
Guilty plea entered, bond denied in another case Two men accused of internet crimes against children — Scott Hale and Sanjay Sugay — appeared in two separate cases in Rappahannock County Circuit Court Monday. Scott Hale of Washington entered into a plea deal with the...
by Ireland Hayes | Aug 19, 2024 | Art, Business, Crime and Courts, Local Services, Politics, Real Estate
Alex Sharp VII, real estate broker and former member of Rappahannock’s Board of Zoning Appeals and Water and Sewer Authority, has been ordered to pay over $50,000 in back child and spousal support by the end of this month, or go to jail, a judge ruled in Rappahannock...
by Ireland Hayes | Jul 24, 2024 | Crime and Courts
• Will serve 2.5 years of 20-year sentence • Prosecutor Art Goff fights back tears: ‘These are rough ones’ An emotional day in Rappahannock County Circuit Court Tuesday ended in a plea deal for Jeffery Dwyer, who will serve 2.5 years of a 20-year sentence for the...