Attorney says court ruling left issues unaddressed A Circuit Court judge was asked Monday to reconsider his decision allowing the Rappahannock County Public Library Board of Trustees to withhold draft lease documents and hold closed-door meetings on the potential...
Judge: ‘I think I’m right, but maybe I’m not’ Chester Brown won a round in court Tuesday when a Rappahannock County Circuit Court judge ruled that DNA evidence gathered during the investigation into the murder of Washington resident Doris Critzer could be...
Before Chester Brown made the decision Aug. 12 to represent himself at his upcoming murder trial, his attorney, Paul Fore, filed over 20 motions asking Rappahannock County Circuit Court Judge Robert Smith to grant them on Brown’s behalf. Here’s how the judge ruled:...
A Flint Hill contractor accused of taking more than $450,000 from a Woodville couple for a home renovation he never finished accepted a plea deal last Tuesday, agreeing to pay $250,000 in restitution. Edward “Eddie” Fletcher Jr., owner of E. Fletcher Construction,...
A Washington woman was sentenced last Thursday to five years in jail after pleading guilty to her sixth DWI, a charge stemming from a March crash near Amissville. With three years and 10 months of her sentence suspended in a plea deal, her jail time was reduced to 14...
Judge: ‘You’re making a terrible decision’ Chester Brown has yet again fired his attorneys and has chosen to represent himself in his upcoming trial for the murder and strangulation of Doris Critzer three years ago in her Washington home. Brown appeared in...
A judge on Monday gave the Rappahannock County Public Library Board of Trustees 10 days to turn over to him lease documents relating to a potential move of the library to Rush River Commons in the Town of Washington. The documents are being sought in a lawsuit...
Attorneys representing Chester Brown, who is charged with the 2023 murder and strangulation of Doris Critzer in her Washington home, requested a private hearing with a Rappahannock judge to discuss expert witnesses in the case. Commonwealth’s Attorney Art Goff, his...
A man the prosecution says has made a habit of taking money for construction work he never completes is now the subject of a Rappahannock County arrest warrant after vanishing following a 2023 fraud conviction. Gregg Howell, 65, whose last known residence was in...
After an hour-long hearing, the chief judge of Rappahannock County Circuit Court sent the attorneys involved in a lawsuit over the Flint Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company’s ousted leaders away with a simple directive — talk to each other. “Communicate. Talk,"...
Driver: Plea agreement not ‘fair enough’ A Front Royal man was sentenced to two years and five months in prison Monday after pleading guilty in Rappahannock County Circuit Court to charges stemming from a high-speed chase through Flint Hill last September that reached...
Three Maryland men were arraigned Tuesday in Rappahannock County General District Court after they were caught driving 100 mph on Route 211 in March. Shehzad Aslami, 19, and Zabiullah Razai, 24, both of College Park, and Bahram Rahmani, 22, of Glen Burnie, were...
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