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...
Nine people appeared in Rappahannock County District Court Tuesday after their March target practice led to a stray bullet narrowly missing a neighbor’s head. On the afternoon of March 21, a call came into the Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) dispatch line...
An additional felony charge prompted a continuance Tuesday in the case of a Sperryville woman accused of financially exploiting an 89-year-old woman, days after a judge denied the prosecution’s request to allow the elderly woman to testify remotely from her nursing...
Victim: ‘It’s stayed with me’ Defendant: ‘I’m sorry for everything I’ve done’ A Rappahannock County Circuit Court judge last Thursday sentenced a Washington man to 105 years in prison with all but six years suspended on charges related to an inappropriate relationship...
Health issues — ‘wiggy hormones’ — led to arrests, he says Attorney James William “Bill” Fletcher III pleaded guilty last Thursday to two counts of reckless driving over the 2024 Christmas holiday for which he received suspended jail time, fines and a year of...
‘[She] is a danger to the community’ A Rappahannock District Court judge refused Tuesday to release on bond a defendant facing her sixth DUI charge, saying she is "a danger to the community." Brittney Lee, 38, of Washington was denied bond after her arrest last week...
A Fairfax County man was indicted by a Rappahannock County grand jury Monday for eluding, reckless driving and other charges related to a 120 mph chase on Route 211 that resulted in a three-vehicle crash. Virginia State Police Trooper Eric Smith attempted to pull...
Flock cameras stay, privacy worries persist Rappahannock’s three Flock Safety cameras will continue to record the movement of cars as they traverse county roads, and notwithstanding widespread public unease, a fourth will soon be installed. As a Board of Supervisors’...
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