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Governor Ralph Northam has designated April in Virginia as Highway Safety Month. With highway fatalities alarmingly on the rise in the Commonwealth and nationwide, Governor Northam called on his public safety and transportation agencies to coordinate efforts to elevate awareness to save lives.
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The Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement Task Force, working in conjunction with the Skyline Drug and Gang Task Force and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, arrested Ersy Alejandro Hernandez on March 23 on an outstanding Albemarle County warrant for assault and battery.
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A dozen men and women from Staunton to the Virginia capitol are behind bars following a series of illegal drug investigations conducted and search warrants executed in recent weeks by the Skyline Drug Task Force.
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An unidentified man is dead from an apparent suicide after a single-vehicle traffic accident in Augusta County led to a 14-hour long standoff with police.
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A Waynesboro man faces drug and weapons charges after a March 19 arrest.
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The Skyline Drug Task Force announced three arrests after a month-long investigation into methamphetamine trafficking.
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Members of the Skyline Drug Task Force executed a narcotics search warrant in the 400 block of North Magnolia Avenue in the City of Waynesboro on Monday, resulting in the arrest of the 30-year-old Tershay Daquis Wells.
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More teen drivers in Virginia will be involved in traffic crashes between the months of May and August than any other time of the year, statistics show.
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The Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement Task Force assisted the Scottsville Police Department in obtaining and executing a search warrant in the 300 block of Valley Street in the Town of Scottsville on Wednesday.
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A planned March 3 protest against an Augusta County business has been canceled, Augusta County Sheriff Donald Smith said today.
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