
Waynesboro pursuit ends with arrest of Augusta County woman
The Waynesboro Police Department has arrested an Augusta County woman wanted by the Virginia State Police on several charges.

The Waynesboro Police Department has arrested an Augusta County woman wanted by the Virginia State Police on several charges.

Virginia State Police has charged a Charlottesville woman with one count of embezzlement. Dayna T. Awkard, 43, turned herself in to state police Thursday morning (June 5, 2014) after an Albemarle County grand jury handed up an indictment for embezzlement.

At 2:39 p.m. Saturday (May 24, 2014), Virginia State Police Trooper R.C. Martin responded to the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport in Weyers Cave Airport to investigate a crash landing of an aircraft.

At 5:32 p.m. Thursday (May 22), Virginia State Police Trooper R.C. Martin responded to Schneider Community Park in Stuarts Draft. A 6-year-old Lyndhurst, Va., girl had been struck by a vehicle in the parking lot at the park.

Virginia State Police have made one more arrest in the investigation into the death and disappearance of Waynesboro Police Reserve Capt. Kevin Quick, 45, of Rockfish, Va.

Tips and intelligence in the disappearance of Waynesboro Police Reserve Captain Kevin Quick led to an active 24 hours for the Virginia State Police and surrounding agencies with the case reaching as far as Northern Virginia and metro Richmond.

Virginia State Police has recovered the vehicle belonging to missing Nelson County man, Kevin W. Quick, 45. In addition, the local business community has dedicated $7,000, including a $5,000 cash donation from New Age Auto on East Main Street, as a potential reward for anyone with information that leads to Quick’s discovery.

Photographs obtained by Virginia State Police has law enforcement gravely concerned about the safety of a missing Nelson County man. State and local police have been searching for Kevin Wayne Quick, 45, since he was reported missing Saturday (Feb. 1, 2014) by family.

At 11:14 a.m. Wednesday, Virginia State Police were called to the scene of a plane crash in Albemarle County. A single-engine Beechcraft crashed landed in the front yard of a house in the 3100 block of Preddy Creek Road.

The Virginia State Police has launched a new crime prevention mobile application See Something, Send Something®. The reporting app enables suspicious, criminal activity to be captured as a photo or written note and sent to the Virginia State Police.
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