
Waynesboro Police seek public help in ID’g suspects in credit card fraud spree
The Waynesboro Police Department is requesting assistance from the public to help identify two individuals involved in a credit card forgery and fraud spree.

The Waynesboro Police Department is requesting assistance from the public to help identify two individuals involved in a credit card forgery and fraud spree.

Four years after agreeing to pay $3.475 million for 177 acres of scrub brush located off Interstate 64, Waynesboro City Council is only now reluctantly applying for money from the state to help pay for an access road to open up the property.

The Waynesboro YMCA is hosting a Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 8-10 a.m.

The Waynesboro Police Department took time Monday to honor five department members who all celebrated their respective 30-year anniversaries with the Police Department in 2015.

Terry Short will formally announce his candidacy for the at-large seat on Waynesboro City Council Wednesday at 7 p.m. at The French Press, a new coffee shop at 134 N. Wayne Ave., in Downtown Waynesboro.

Waynesboro City Council voted 3-2 Monday night to nix a proposed move for the Waynesboro Tourism Center from the top of Afton Mountain into the city limits. The reason: fear of the unknown. Well, certain unknowns.

The Waynesboro Police Department arrested a Staunton man on drug and traffic charges Thursday afternoon after a traffic stop netted hidden controlled substances. Dale Raymond Gangaware III, 47 years old, is facing two felony charges of Possession of a Schedule I or II Drug a misdemeanor Driving on a Suspended License/3rdor subsequent offense.

Travis Mozelle Poindexter is in custody. He was arrested by officers with the Charlottesville Police Department and Waynesboro Police Department at approximately 7:40 a.m. this morning at the Sleep Inn, 1185 5th Street SW, Charlottesville.

The Waynesboro Police Department charged a city man with numerous charges when he nearly overdosed after ingesting a Fentanyl patch Monday evening. Eric Michael Shifflett, 24 years old, faces three felonies related to firearms and drug offenses.

Larry Wayne White surrendered himself at the Waynesboro Police Department on Thursday on two felony warrants related to an Oct. 21 drug raid. White is free on bond on the two charges: possession with the intent to distribute marijuana and distribution of marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school.
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