Chester Brown’s wish for a new attorney was granted in Rappahannock County Circuit Court Monday, but a change of venue request was not accepted for his trial on charges of murdering Doris Critzer in her Washington home in August 2023. Brown’s attorney Ryan Rakness...
Attorney: No plans to close ‘lucrative’ business A former employee of Williams Tree Service LLC filed a complaint Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia seeking to prevent the company from erasing a debt she says the company owes...
‘We are really, seriously having a problem’ he tells judge Chester Brown had his day — and say — in Rappahannock County Circuit Court Thursday, airing frustrations about his lawyer and how the murder case against him is being handled. Brown, 65, a former Washington...
Judge: ‘Too much [jail] time,’ but approves anyway Despite voicing concern that a negotiated eight-year sentence was “too much” jail time, Judge Robert Smith agreed to accept a plea deal in an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force case in Rappahannock...
A Rappahannock County Circuit Court judge ordered a Castleton man Thursday to pay a total of $10,000 to three victims after he was found guilty of stealing a tractor, a trailer of camping equipment and two antique replica cannons, one of which the prosecution said is...
Judge to decide if it has to release records A legal battle is underway in Rappahannock County Circuit Court to determine whether the Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad (SVRS) is a publicly-funded organization — and therefore required to provide its records under the...
Sheriff’s Office alleges nearly $145K stolen Following a three-month investigation by the Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office, a Sperryville woman was charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors related to an alleged financial exploitation of an elderly victim...
Circuit court to decide next month A Rappahannock County District Court judge set bail at $10,000 Tuesday for Kenneth Warren Allison, who was charged with malicious wounding after a fight that resulted in a stabbing at his Flint Hill residence on Fodderstack Road. ...
A jury trial was set for January for three traffic charges against attorney James William “Bill” Fletcher III in Rappahannock County Circuit Court last Thursday after a last-minute decision by Fletcher to not take a plea deal. “My client has made it known he’s...
A father and son were sentenced in Rappahannock County Circuit Court last Thursday after pleading guilty to grand larceny in connection with the March theft of an estimated $9,600 worth of jewelry at Dragonfly Gems in Sperryville. Judge Grace Carroll sentenced Zabal...
Embezzlement, failure to perform construction work A Rappahannock District Court judge ruled Tuesday that there was enough evidence to send Flint Hill contractor Edward “Eddie” Fletcher Jr.’s case to a grand jury. Fletcher, owner of E. Fletcher Construction, faces...
A Washington man entered into a plea agreement in Rappahannock County Circuit Court Monday, pleading guilty to six counts of child sex crimes connected to an inappropriate relationship he had with a county teenager in 2018. Anthony Aaron Pyle, 50, was originally...
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