by Ireland Hayes | Jan 20, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Fire/Rescue, Local Services, People, Politics
Scott Hale, formerly of Washington, was sentenced Monday to two years in jail on two child pornography charges in accordance with a plea agreement made with the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office in August. “I stand here deeply regretful and remorseful for the actions...
by Ireland Hayes | Jan 19, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Fire/Rescue, Local Services, Politics
Former Amissville resident William McGinnis was found guilty Monday of two of three probation violations after a lengthy discussion in Rappahannock County Circuit Court on what it means to have “contact” with a minor. The probation violations stem from child abuse...
by Ireland Hayes | Jan 17, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Fire/Rescue, Local Services, People, Politics
Sperryville resident James Wayne Sisk pleaded guilty Monday in Rappahannock County Circuit Court to five felony charges tied to a Sperryville fight last January. A Rappahannock County deputy was dispatched to a report of a fight in progress on Jan. 8, 2024 on Slate...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Dec 2, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Health, Local Services, Politics
Jeffery Dwyer, 61, a Warrenton man who pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of one of his nephews who came forward with allegations dating back to the 1980s — when he was a child and Dwyer was 20 in Rappahannock — was sentenced to serve 2.5 years of a 20-year sentence in...
by Ireland Hayes | Oct 27, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Fire/Rescue, Local Services, Politics
Items discovered after DWI arrest A Castleton man pleaded guilty last Thursday to driving while intoxicated as well as stealing items totaling more than $67,000: two antique replica cannons worth $50,000, a $12,000 John Deere tractor and a $5,000 trailer full of...