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No injuries reported after woman crashes vehicle into Waffle House in Wytheville
Read full article: No injuries reported after woman crashes vehicle into Waffle House in WythevilleFortunately, no one was hurt after a woman crashed her vehicle into a Waffle House in Wytheville early Wednesday morning, according to the Wytheville Police Department.
Authorities searching for man after Wytheville Walmart bomb threat
Read full article: Authorities searching for man after Wytheville Walmart bomb threatA Charlottesville man is wanted after allegedly threatening to bomb a Walmart in Wytheville on Sunday, Jan. 22, according to the Wytheville Police Department.
Man goes into cardiac arrest, dies after police officer tases him in Wytheville
Read full article: Man goes into cardiac arrest, dies after police officer tases him in WythevilleA man is dead after police used a taser on him at a motel in Wytheville early Friday morning, according to the Wytheville Police Department.
Federal fugitive out of North Carolina arrested in Wytheville
Read full article: Federal fugitive out of North Carolina arrested in WythevilleA fugitive was arrested in Wytheville early Friday morning, according to the Wytheville Police Department. Wytheville officers were notified by the United States Marshal Service that a federal fugitive was possibly in the area, and were asked to be on the lookout for the suspect and his car. Officers and detectives set up a perimeter around the motel and police said Tremain Kapp, 39 of Winston Salem, North Carolina, was taken into custody at about 4:30 a.m.Federal fugitive Tremain Kapp, 39, was arrested in Wytheville early Friday morning (Wytheville Police Department)Kapp was wanted by the United States Marshal Service for violation of federal probation on previous narcotics charges, according to the Police Department. Authorities said Kapp was detained by the Wytheville Police Department, then the U.S. Marshals Service and was finally taken into federal custody.
Police asking for help finding two teens who ran away from group home
Read full article: Police asking for help finding two teens who ran away from group homeWYTHEVILLE, Va. The Wytheville Police Department is asking for help finding two missing 17-year-old boys. Daniel Henry Thompson II and Jeffrey Alexander Bartlett ran away together from the Presbyterian Childrens Home in Wytheville on Sunday after 9 p.m., according to police. Daniel Henry Thompson II and Jeffrey Alexander Bartlett (Wytheville Police Department)Police are not sure where they are going. Anyone with immediate information on either boy is asked to call 911. Anyone with tips about where they may be is asked to call the departments non-emergency line at 273-223-3300.
Couple who allegedly hid power tools under their clothes arrested after returning to Wytheville store
Read full article: Couple who allegedly hid power tools under their clothes arrested after returning to Wytheville storeWYTHEVILLE, Va. – On Thanksgiving, Wytheville police arrested the couple they say were seen on a hidden camera stealing power tools from Rural King a week earlier. Samantha Ashley Stephens, of Loudon, Tennessee, and Robert John Davis, of Greenback, Tennessee, were arrested after returning to the store on Thanksgiving. Original StoryThe Wytheville Police Department is asking for help finding a man and woman it believes are responsible for stealing power tools from Rural King. On Nov. 20, two people entered the Rural King on Main Street at two different times, going to the Milwaukee power tools section. Full Screen 1 / 9 Surveillance images from Rural King on Nov. 20, 2019.