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On March 18, 2025, Roanoke Police officers arrested 24-year-old Anton Brown and charged him with Obstruction/Resisting without Force for refusing to listen to an officer’s command during a lawful traffic stop.
An 18-year-old man has been arrested for possessing obscene material using minors, according to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office.
Transportation Security Administration officers at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport said they stopped a man who was attempting to bring a loaded handgun on board a plane on Thursday.
Two families have been awarded $750,00 after a jury ruled that the owner of a Smith Mountain Lake campground discriminated against them because of the color of their skin.
A grand jury has indicted an Altavista man on multiple child pornography possession charges following an initial arrest in June 2024 that led to drug and gun charges, according to the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office.
The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office has reported an incident that occurred on March 17 at 8:24 p.m. involving Matthew Brady, who attempted to break into Cross Point Church on Alum Springs Road with a pickaxe.
A Lynchburg man is facing charges after allegedly driving into a fence on Thursday, March 13, according to Virginia State Police.
Investigators with the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, or ICAC, said they’ve seen a major increase in the number of tips they’re tracking down — from an estimated 2,000 in 2019 to 10,600 last year.
An 82-year-old man has been arrested and charged as part of a Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation, according to the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office.
A former executive director for the Botetourt County Chamber of Commerce was indicted on embezzlement charges, according to the chamber.
A Romanian man has been arrested after card-skimming devices were found in Walmart stores throughout Virginia and other states on the East Coast, according to the Bedford Police Department.
A man wanted for his involvement in a 2024 Martinsville shooting has been arrested after nearly 10 months of searching, Martinsville Police Department said.
On Feb. 28, 2025, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office, in collaboration with local law enforcement, conducted Operation Hide and Seek, leading to the arrest of seven individuals.
Gov. Youngkin signed Executive Order 47 on Thursday, titled "Keep Virginians Safe from Dangerous Criminal Illegal Immigrants."
A 44-year-old man has been charged following an alleged stabbing near the University of Virginia, according to the Charlottesville Police Department.
A man who was wanted for outstanding warrants in Lynchburg was arrested in Waynesboro Tuesday, according to the Lynchburg Police Department.
An Amherst County man has been arrested after a bomb was discovered in his residence during a search warrant that was executed by the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office Monday.
A Martinsville woman has been arrested and charged with malicious wounding after stabbing a man during an altercation at an apartment complex Sunday, according to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office.
Both an officer and a suspect were shot and injured in a shooting incident that occurred in Danville on Monday, Danville Police Department said.
Three people have been injured and two are in critical condition after a shooting in Danville Saturday night, according to Danville PD.
Five men were arrested in Henry County on Tuesday following a narcotics investigation that led to a pursuit, Henry County Sheriff’s Office said.
A man was arrested in Rockbridge County following a human trafficking investigation in Rockbridge County on Monday, Virginia State Police said.
A man was arrested in Franklin County after authorities received a tip he was involved in the production of child pornography, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said.
The Botetourt County Sheriff’s Office announced that they have arrested and charged an individual for possession of obscene items, depicting an individual engaged in sexual contact with an animal.
A Lynchburg middle school is on lockdown following reports of a student possibly in possession of a gun, Lynchburg Police Department said.
The manhunt continues for an inmate who reportedly escaped through a ventilation system at a North Carolina jail last week.
A 50-year-old Bedford man has been arrested and faces 10 felony charges which pertain to the use of communication systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children, the Bedford Police Department announced Friday.
Despite limited resources and awareness, a nonprofit in the New River Valley is working to support teenage girls who are sexually exploited or trafficked.
A mistrial has been declared in the case of a man charged with murdering his fiancée in Henry County in 2023, BTW21 reports.
Campbell County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect following multiple larcenies that occurred on Barbour Drive late Thursday night.
A former professor of communications at Virginia Tech has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography, according to the Department of Justice.
The “Waverly Two” - Terence Richardson and Ferrone Claiborne were accused of killing Officer Allen Gibson in Sussex County in 1998. They've maintained their innocence.
A child was found and his father was arrested following reports of both of them missing out of Lynchburg, Lynchburg Police Department said.
A man from Floyd has been arrested and is facing several charges for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
A 30-year-old man will spend nearly a decade behind bars after pleading guilty to recruiting multiple Lynchburg juveniles in a criminal street gang, according to the Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Lynchburg, Bethany Harrison.
A Roanoke man made a court appearance on Thursday following his indictment for an October 2022 bank robbery, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia said.
A man was sentenced to 254 months in federal prison following the sexual exploitation of at least six minors, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia said.
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said a man received additional charges following a drug trafficking investigation on Wednesday.
Justin Sigmon was convicted of sexually abusing a young girl last year. The U.S. district court in the Southern District of Florida sentenced him to 24 months with time served.
Multiple business burglaries were reported in Roanoke County on Thursday morning, and police are searching for a suspect, Roanoke County Police said.
