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The Office of Commonwealth Attorney for the City of Charlottesville has filed in the Charlottesville General District Court a request for the entry of an order of nolle prosequi of misdemeanor charges pending against Martese Johnson.
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Last week, we recognized National Police Week, an annual commemoration leading up to May 15th, which was coined Peace Officers Memorial Day in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy. We owe much gratitude to our law enforcement officers at the local, state, and federal levels, who put themselves in danger on a daily basis.
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This morning, the Office of the Attorney General issued new legal guidance regarding how the Virginia Department of Health and State Board of Health can proceed with implementing revisions to Virginia’s TRAP regulations.
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Tragedy pushed a young Tim Martin to a career chasing bad guys. His older brother, Edward, was shot in the head at point-blank range during a 1993 robbery. Tim Martin, then 16, was a regular in the courtroom at the trial of the man accused of shooting Edward, then 23, and Edward’s girlfriend, Sheryl L. Stack, 20, who was killed in the shooting.
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After attending oral argument in Obergefell v. Hodges, the marriage equality case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Attorney General Mark Herring issued the following statement.
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This week, Attorney General Mark Herring will commemorate Crime Victims’ Rights Week by bringing awareness to those who have suffered from crime and highlighting services for victims offered by the Office of the Attorney General.
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Attorney General Mark Herring concluded his second annual statewide public safety tour Tuesday with a regional meeting on the Eastern Shore with representatives from Northampton, Accomack, Exmore, and Chincoteague.
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Attorney General Mark Herring issued the following statement after the General Assembly agreed to Governor McAuliffe’s ethics bill amendment establishing a $100 annual aggregate limit on gifts received by officials.
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At a press conference Friday in Richmond, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced his actions on the 800 bills passed by the Virginia General Assembly during the 2015 legislative session.
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During a field hearing of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Richmond, Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced that his office will be developing strategies to combat predatory lending that ensnares thousands of Virginians each year in a cycle of debt.
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